How to Make Coconut Flour

Coconut flour is an excellent alternative to grain-based flours, but it can be costly. I find that it is cheaper to make your own. I made a post on how to make coconut milk. The by-product of producing coconut milk is coconut pulp/or the remaining fibre. That is what is used to make coconut flour.

Ingredients:

• Coconut pulp(devoid of milk/fat)                 

Materials:

• Oven/Dehydrator
• Baking tray
• Coffee grinder/Food processor
• Wax paper

Method:

Take the coconut pulp left from making coconut milk and spread it out on a baking tray lined with wax paper. Put the coconut on the tray that comes with your dehydrator if you are using that. 

How to Make Fresh Coconut Milk

Ingredients:

• Mature coconut
• Warm/hot water

Materials:                                                                

• Coconut grater(optional)
• Knife (to crack coconut)
• Blender/food processor
• cheese cloth
• 2 stainless steel bowls

Method:

Crack open the coconut and pour the water from it inside a bowl. Use the coconut grater to grate all the meat out into the bowl. If you do not have a coconut grater, you can use a knife, although an easier method is to put both halves of the coconut in the freezer for a few hours. After it is out of the freezer, the white meat should dislodge out of the shell.