Coconut meat is the white part of the coconut inside the coconut. For most people this is the only way they know coconut, the coconut meat. The actual fruit is a hard shelled nut with "milk" inside the center of the nut. The "meat" is the white sweet edges of the inside of the shell.
The meat of a coconut is the white and fleshy edible part of the coconut, usually scooped out of the coconut with a spoon. What we buy in a bag labeled as "coconut" in the store is actually the meat of a coconut.
Coconut meat is the white-ish stuff inside the ripe coconut. Coconuts have an outer husk, a shell, and meat when mature. When they are still immature the insides are liquid (coconut milk) and as they mature, the coconut milk starts to turn into the coconut "meat" or "flesh". It is being used, in a sense, like the term walnut "meat" referring to the edible part of the nut (coincidentally also in a shell).
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The white eatable inside of a coconut is the coconut meat.
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The edible insides of a coconut are merely called " meat ", just as we say the flesh of an orange or tangerine.
Some delicious recipes that feature soft coconut meat as a key ingredient include coconut milk-based curries, coconut rice pudding, coconut macaroons, and coconut smoothies.
The fibrous material left of the coconut meat after the milk is squeezed out of it.
Fresh coconut meat should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator to maintain its freshness.
No. All coconuts I have seen have a white flesh.
There's a lot of fat in coconut meat, and not many minerals/vitamins to make it worth eating for nutritional purposes. But it does taste nice.
Coconut milk is clear but if you press the flesh it turns white.