Coconut and Coconut Milk

Coconut is used extensively througout balinese cooking for sweet and savoury dishes,it contains potassium and natural lecithin, and is good source of fibre in choosing a fresh coconut, make sure it is heavy with juice and that no cracks are apparent,
Coconut for Cooking oil
The main cooking oil in bali is coconut oil and this is made fresh in the traditional village,it is the most suitable oil for balinese food and compliments the intense flavour of the spice.
Coconut  and Coconut oil can also be heated to very high tempratures without burning or breaking down.and the hot oil sears the food quickly without penetrating the ingridients, for this sort cooking oil with a high smoking point.
Coconut oil is also used for making soaps, candles, protective skin lotion and cosmetic.
Coconut For Coconut Milk
The milk is obtained from the garated flesh of the coconut that is mixed with warm water and then straint.
Freshly pressed coconut milk has a pragrant,delicatedly sweet and slightly nutty flavour that is far superior to packaged coconut milks.Generally in balinese cooking a light,standard coconut milk is used, as opposed to the coconut creams used in bali cooking.the liquid inside the young green or yellow coconut is specially high in potassium,
In Bali normaly new born babies used to be given coconut juice after birth, and it is widely used as adehydration drink.The Coconut and Coconut Milk in bali is the symbol of life and fertiliy and is surrounded by rites and ritual,