KEFIR COCONUT JUICE RECIPE
Fermented juice of the immature (young) coconut

This recipe uses real kefir grains to culture the juice of green coconut, and produces a healthful probiotic drink. Drinking coconuts are available in the refrigerated section of supermarkets in Australia, and most likely available overseas. At present in Australia the demand is outstripping supply so please encourage the supermarket to let the supplier know to import more stock.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 drinking coconut.
• 1 tablespoon of water kefir grains.

INSTRUCTIONS
Cut off the top of the coconut with a hacksaw. Pour the juice into a bowl. Scrape out the coconut meat with a large metal spoon. Either transfer the juice and the coconut meat to a 500ml glass jar or blend them in a blender to form a coconut milk.

Take one tablespoon of real kefir grains that have been used to culture milk and wash them in filtered water. Add the kefir grains to the coconut, screw on the lid and leave at 20C- 25C to ferment for 24 hours before transferring to a refrigerator. Drink the kefired coconut juice straight or diluted with water. Reuse the water kefir grains to culture more coconut juice or another type of fruit juice.

NOTES
1. Once the kefir grains have been used to ferment a water based substrate such as coconut or fruit juice they are then known as 'water kefir grains' and should not be used to culture milk. To help maintain the integrity of the milk kefir grains that are shared around the world please ensure that water kefir grains are never used to culture milk.

2. The label on a drinking coconut purchased from a supermarket reads as follows:
Origin: Thailand.
Taste description: Refreshing sweet coconut juice and white tender coconut meat.
Nutrition: Calcium, phosphorus, lauric acid, amino acids, glucose, B vitamin, vitamin C, iron, zinc, potassium and copper

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