There is no dearth of articles talking about the health benefits of coconut oil. It is renowned for its anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties as well its wondrous benefits for hair and skin. A spoonful of coconut oil can be used to lower blood pressure and even helps treat cancer. Moreover, the best part about coconut oil is that it is easy to make at home. Let us explore How to make your own Coconut oil at home.
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How to make coconut oil at home, homemade coconut oil
1. How to make Your Own Coconut
Oil at Home
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There is no dearth of articles talking about the health benefits of coconut oil. It is
renowned for its antioxidant and antibacterial properties as well its wondrous benefits for
hair and skin. A spoonful of coconut oil can be used to lower blood pressure and even
helps treat cancer. Moreover, the best part about coconut oil is that it is easy to make at
home. Let us explore How to make your own Coconut oil at home.
What you need
34 fresh mature coconuts (Don’t buy young coconuts. The outer shell should be
brown not white)
Cheese grater
Blender
Muslin cloth for straining
Glass bowl
2. Glass jug
Tight container for storage
Directions
Step 1: Firstly, try to shave off as much of the hard coconut shell as you can. Crack the
fresh coconut open and remove the meat from the hard shell using a spoon or knife. In case
you live in a place where coconuts are not easily available, you can use dried organic,
shredded coconut flakes.Chop the coconut into small pieces and put the coconut meat into
a juicer.
Step 2: In this process, you can either use a cheese grater to grate the coconut meat or put it
into a blender. By blending it, you will get a nice mixture of coconut and milk.
Step3: Add coconut water to the mixture if you used the grater in Step 2, in order to get the
same coconut milk mixture. Place a muslin cloth over a large glass bowl. Then squeeze the
coconut mixture using the cloth into the bowl. Repeat the process. Make sure you have
squeezed out all the liquid from the coconut so that all you are left with is a dry coconut
pulp.
Step 4: Now pour the coconut liquid into a glass jar and put it in the refrigerator overnight.
This liquid is now coconut milk which can be used to make smoothies or in other food
items as an additive. It can also be used in beauty products and applied on the face and
hair.
Step 5: In case you have not used your milk, you will find that a cream has developed on
top of the milk. Separate the cream from the milk, using a spoon, into a tight container.
Step 6: Put the container with the cream in a semiwarm place for 2448 hours and you will
see little bubbles form throughout the cream. These oil bubbles will start separating from
the cream and you can put the container in a bowl of hot water to speed up the process.