Grated coconut

🥥 Fresh finely grated coconut gently toasted with a little sugar.

Grated coconut

Ingredients

  • 240 g plain fresh coconut flesh already removed from shell
  • 40 g sugar

Preparation

Choose food-grade fresh coconut flesh already removed from shell. Check condition and remove shell fragments. Prepare grater or shredding processor, heavy pan and food tray.

Finely grate flesh and mix with sugar in cold pan. 240 g means usable flesh not whole coconut weight.

Heat medium-low stirring regularly about 15–20 minutes until some moisture evaporates and shreds turn light golden. Lower heat if patches brown too quickly.

Carefully spread thinly on tray without touching hot sugar with fingers. Separate small clumps with two suitable utensils while warm.

Cool completely about 20 minutes then divide into 4 confectionery portions. Reference: 15 minutes preparation, 20 cooking, 20 cooling, total 55 minutes. Mostly shreds and small clusters, not shaped balls.