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Crack This Classic Coconut Challenge

Priya Johnson
Coconuts have been touted for their numerous benefits for centuries. Let's find out how well we know coconuts via this fun-filled challenge. Time to play!
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In botanical terms, coconut is a drupe, with a dry and fibrous mesocarp. It's a one-seeded drupe, with a dried husk.
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Coconut meat is high in saturated fat, as well as manganese and copper. Manganese is essential for bone health and copper is essential forred blood cell formation.
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Coconut flour is low in carbohydrates, but high in protein and fiber. It is used as a gluten substitute and is also safe for those with nut allergies.
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The sap from the flowers of the coconut tree is extracted and then fermented for a period of 8-10 months to give us coconut vinegar. It is high in probiotics and aminoacids.
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Coconut water is free from fat and cholesterol. It's high in electrolytes and is touted as 'Mother Nature's Sports Drink'.
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Virgin coconut oil is extracted from fresh coconut milk using cold press technology, which retains all natural properties. Thus, it's superior to regular coconut oil.
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Coconuts are 100% fat, of which 80-90% are saturated fats. It's because of this fat content that coconut oil solidifies in cold weather.
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In 2019, Indonesia was recorded to produce about 2.83 million tons of coconuts, of which a major portion was grown on the island of Sulawesi.
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Cream of coconut is the sweetened version of coconut cream. While substituting in dishes, you can use coconut cream instead of cream of coconut, but not vice versa.
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Desiccated coconut is coconut meat that is shredded or grated and then dried. Sometimes it is even sweetened and used in desserts.
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Nata de coco is a translucent, gel formed on fermenting coconut water. It's mildly sweet and can be consumed as it is or with desserts and ice creams.
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