Eat a Sprouted Coconut

Eat a Sprouted Coconut.
In Marshallese it's called "Yu".
It's really delicious.

For more ways to eat a coconut, try
Coconut Juice and
Coconut Milk

First step: Sprout lots of coconuts. Take all the brown coconuts in your yard and half-bury them in damp places. Coconuts don't sprout until the fibers of the husk soak up fresh water. A coconut can float in salt water forever without sprouting.

You weren't going to eat those coconuts anyway, so might as well sprout them. It's emotionally hard to kill such a beautiful hopeful thing as a sprouting coconut. Until you find out how delicious it is. You'll want to get a lot of them sprouting so you won't feel like you're removing coconut trees from the world. Also you might want to plant some and let them grow to trees. An old Marshallese man told me the secret of growing good coconut trees was to bury the nuts deep so the roots get a good foundation. I think he said he buried his two feet down.

Step 1: Husk It

Use your usual method to husk a coconut.
I had a pickaxe handy so I used that.
I wanted to leave the sprout in one piece for photos, so I used the chisel end of the pickaxe.

The fibers run lengthwise. Jam the chisel between them.
Jam the nut onto the chisel as shown and pry. Rotate and repeat until it's easy to pull the husk off.

Comments

[Sparrowhawk]

I'd love to try this but we don't have many coconut trees in England... I can buy brown nuts with no husk or green ones with a husk, are either of those likely to sprout?

[raziz]

Only a healthy mature coconut with brown husk intact will sprout, once you remove the husk, it will never sprout (maybe because air or fungi gets inside the shell, or the juice dries up)

[ERNesbitt]

Tie some string between two swallows...

[mdkelsh]

ahhhhaha I made an instructable on how to make those coconuts

[hurtzmyhead]

lol funniest movie ever!

[raziz]

rarely, you may find a coconut with two sprouts, but elders say it's not good for planting, i think maybe because, when they grow up, they will compete for nutrition and sunshine, the the trunks will "lean" opposite ways.

[raziz]

you can eat the core of the sprout raw. no need to cook it.

the meat becomes thinner and mushy and taste oily, the nubbin grows and fills the shell and replace the juice and meat.

[raziz]

that little nubbin is more delicious than the older spongy one..

[Yerboogieman]

What happened to your thumb in the last picture?

[lil jon168]

sounds good but thats kinda like deforestation because ur killing it

[temp]

that's why you plant one you don't eat. and let it grow into a tree.

[sadunpererarules]

im telling you man. this is the best part of the coconut. but i like to do it halfway through. (when the sprout isnt that big), so i get a bit of milk to drink as well.

[mattress]

interesting, so it's kinda like wheat or barley, after it sprouts it's more sugary. Time to make coconut beer...

[toomuch]

If you are able to ferment with coconuts than you have some pretty good skill. I imagine the high fat content will make that difficult. If you can do it, please make an instructable. I'd like to try it myself if I know it's possible.

[~Sasquatch~]

toomuch, it CAN be done:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_milk#Alcohol

I'm going to have to try it meself!

[mrdiablo9]

I have tried this when camping in far north queensland a local showed me he had a pile 1mx3m left to sprout very nice reminisant texture of styrofoam cant remember what they tasted like except they were good.Watch out for ones that have spoiled they are @$%$&* disgusting enough to make me vomit. Bad enough to scare me from trying another one, but when good theyre exellent

[Dark Solar]

It looks like there's a lot more stuff inside your coconut than there is inside the ones I usually get at the market. Ummm...?

[Ulfer]

Read the title. I doubt your market sells sprouted coconuts.

[Dark Solar]

Well, therein lies part of the problem; I did get a coconut that, while not sprouted, was full of something visually like what your pictures show--but it turned out to be some kind of fungus. Anyway...all the more reasong to attempt a sprouting of my own. Thanks for the pointers.

[mexikids]

can you or do YOU eat the actual sprout part? If so, does one just eat it raw or prepare it in some way?

[sdtacoma]

My Home Depot sells sprouted coconut palm trees for about $20. Would that be the same thing? I have been dying to try this ever since I saw Les do it on Survivorman.

[baslisks]

Isn't that a little cost preventive to enjoy it?

[lironess]

Does the edge meat change in flavor from before it was sprouted?

[metaljoe0]

i'm going to go to my backyard, and try this right now.

[lancego30]

coconut water by the way is very good when you are drinking wine, you wont get drunk if you'll drink its water

[masterochicken]

Well there's one thing I'll never do.

[Firebert010]

You made me laugh. I commend you sir.

[masterochicken]

Why thank you

[lesrebnav]

hello , the sprouted coconut is very good, it taste like marshmallow

[Foxtrot70]

If I purchased a coconut with husk can it be planted anywhere during local warm seasons?

[T-K]

Man im 13 and so wanna try this. dunno if mum will let me though

[narunijja]

in Micronesia it's called Fa Ha

[CementTruck]

In a dialect of the Philippines called Bikol, this tasty treat is called Ampol. I have not had one of these since 1985. This 'ible brings back some good memories. ;)

[lancego30]

this practice of eating sprouted coconut is common to a place where the tree grows. not all countries have coconut but yes it taste really good i have tried it in the philippines it tastes sweet and two are not enough fro me.

[Solderguy]

Awesome! If you get stuck on a deserted island you'll be better off planting the coconut, unless there's plenty to go around.

[Plasmana]

This is a cool instructable!

[Hoopajoo]

Very cool, Tim! I'm on the Florida coast near the Space Center at the moment (Virginia normally), So I'm DEFINITELY trying this! Thanks again!

[ChrysN]

Cool instructable. "Take all the brown coconuts in your yard..." LOL, I'm going to have to move to a warmer climate.

[shooby]

So as it's sprouting the milk turns into more a starchy substance, it appears. Looks really good. Are there any other ways that it's prepared, locally, or is it only really eaten as you showed?