How To Make Coconut Flour With Fresh Coconut Easy At Home

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In general, the process of making cakes and other foods uses wheat flour as the main ingredient.

However, in some people who have an allergy to gluten, wheat flour will leave a problem, and this is what trying to get around by replacing wheat flour with coconut flour.

Coconut flour is produced from freshly grated coconut meat, which has been shredded, then squeezed and taken coconut milk, then the coconut pulp is dried, coconut flour is 100% gluten-free, and has more fiber.

The color of coconut flour is also not much different from wheat flour, and for baking raw materials which undergo a roasting process, coconut flour is known to be suitable for food in the making process.

One of the benefit that will be felt when making various foods using coconut flour is those who suffer from diabetes. because coconut flour as food has a low glycemic index.

Low glycemic index will not make blood sugar in the body rise.

Based on one study, an example using coconut flour that is mixing with rice and water in a rice cooker, before cooking, stir in coconut flour, rice and water until evenly distributed, a mixture of rice with coconut flour can reduce the glycemic index of rice.

Although coconut flour mixed with rice has a high fiber content and can slow down the process of glucose absorption from rice, but excessive eating will cause efforts to keep the body healthy will be in vain.

Other benefits of coconut flour

Besides being able to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetics, dried coconut flour has another benefit, namely, being able to lose weight, if we can control appetite, because it has a high fiber. besides that coconut flour also has a high protein, low in fat, and has lauric acid which plays a role in the body's immunity and skin.

Coconut flour also contains manganese which plays a role in the absorption of important minerals for the body, another very high nutritional value in coconut flour is the content of healthy saturated fats in the form of medium chain fatty acids or MCF4, these fatty acids will be used by the body to produce energy and support healthy metabolism and balance blood sugar levels.

Very high nutrient density from dried coconut flour will make digestion healthier.

Coconut flour is also known to be able to reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels for those who have high cholesterol levels, and the high content of dietary fiber which is soluble or not in coconut flour can make the intestines healthy.

The following are the steps for making coconut flour:

• Take some old coconut grains that are good quality, characterized by coconut shells which are dark brown in color, and when shaken the sound of water comes from inside the coconut.
• Break the coconut shell using a hammer, then take the coconut meat, then peel the skin of the coconut flesh which is brown until the whole coconut meat is clean and white.
• If blended using a blender, cut small pieces of coconut meat into a blender then mix with boiled water, to easyer the grinding process
• After the coconut is ground in a blender until smooth, strain the mixture through a thin cotton cloth to separate the coconut milk from the coconut pulp. Store coconut milk in a container and put it in the refrigerator.
• The pulp that has been obtained is then put into a baking dish and then flattened in such a way that makes it easy to dry.
• Put it in the oven at a temperature of about 180 degrees Celsius and then bake until it dries.
• Grind the pulp that has been dried in the oven until smooth. To get a finer texture of coconut flour, you can sift it before using it.
• If coconut flour will not be used immediately, coconut flour can be stored but try the flour is already cold, and use a container with a lid or a tight plastic so that air from outside can not enter, and store in the refrigerator to maintain the quality of the flour

Tips and Tricks 

• When you are covening, keep monitoring as much as possible so that the color of the flour does not turn brown. Brown flour will reduce the quality of the coconut flour itself.
• If you do not have an oven, you can use a pan by roasting coconut dregs on low heat and turning it over routinely until the pulp is dry and not charred.

From this article, it can be concluded that using coconut flour as a substitute for wheat flour in food processing, especially making baked goods, is healthier, and will have benefits for those who suffer from diabetes, high cholesterol, and those who want to lose weight, hopefully this article useful, and for those of you who want to try making dried coconut flour with fresh coconut at home, good luck, and let you know the results through the comments column huh ??