1. Search for a dry coconut on the ground. Shake it to make sure it still has water.

2. Make vertical incisions and twist with an axe to separate the skin all around the coconut

3. Peal off the skin and hair from the nut

4. Shave the nut until there's no more hair and it's completely naked

5. Hold the nut with a hand and cut on the middle with the axe all around the center until it opens

7. Enjoy some fresh coconut on the way to hidrate you on this tough work!

8. With hot water mold and squiz the meat until you release the milk

9. Squiz the coconut to release the milk and put apart de solid part

10. Filter the milk so there's no pieces on it

How to make coconut oil from scratch 🥥

July 28, 2022 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

During our stay in LazyBeach, Anthony and I had the chance to attend a coconut oil workshop only a few weeks ago to which some guests invited us to. After it, it felt so easy and natural, that I thought it might be a nice idea to try and make our own coconut oil so we could bring some with us. So I asked Da, the guy on charge of the workshop, if I could borrow his tools to make some for myself, and set ourselves to work. Nevertheless, on the way of searching for the equipment, bumped into the woman that helped him with the workshop previously, and while I was asking her how to fetch all the tools together, she ended up helping us all the way to our oil (and even invited us to some coconuts), so the result and progress was indeed more professional and successful than the previous thought. She was such a lovely woman (no word of english, of course) and we had such a nice time, and a pretty cool result.

Here are the steps of how to make a proper coconut oil from scratch through the traditional techniques used in Cambodia.Read more