Coconut apple (sprouted coconut)

Cocos nucifera

fruit

A spongy, white, sweet mass that fills the coconut when it sprouts, eaten raw or baked in the Pacific and sold in slices in Kerala.

Origin

Pacific, Kerala, Southeast Asia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The shell is split with a machete or hammer, the ball freed and cut into pieces; any water left inside is drunk.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It is the young shoot digesting the nut's water and flesh to feed the future coconut palm.