MAKING COCONUT MEAT JAM

One of the biggest holidays in Vietnam is Tet holiday. In this special occasion, for those, who leave their hometown to work around Vietnam from North to South will have a chance to meet their family and their friend after a hard-working year. This is also a time to enjoy many traditional foods.

In Tet holiday, people cook many dishes such as Caramelized pork “Thịt kho tàu”, Sticky rice cake, Vietnamese pork sausage, Fried spring rolls, etc. Those are main course. How about snacks? Vietnamese always prepares a tray with full of candy, roasted watermelon seeds and many kind of jams to serve relative or friends when they visit.

One of jams mentioned is Coconut meat jam. If you eat Coconut meat jam along with drinking tea. It will make the taste of this jam more perfect. Because bitter taste in tea combine with sweet and fatty taste. That is a great combination. You can buy Coconut meat jam at your nearest market or you can make it at home.

Follow these steps for perfect Coconut meat jam:

Ingredients:
2 – 3 coconut fruits (not too old, not too young)
500gr white sugar
250ml fresh milk (no sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla.

Step 1: Separate cover of coconut with meat. Use the knife to rake the brown layer around coconut meat until they are white.

Step 2: Clean coconut meat again carefully. Wait to dry.

Step 3: Use knife to cut around the coconut meat to create long pieces. You can have 1kg sliced coconut meat after that. Soak coconut meat into cold water in 7 – 8 hours. Then clean again with cold water and wait to dry.

Step 4: Here is the important step to create the flavor of jam. Pour sliced coconut meat into bowl, add sugar and use chopsticks to mix well. Wait in 10 – 12 hours.

Step 5: Put coconut meat (in step 4) into big pot or pan, add more fresh milk and cook with small heat. About 15 – 20 minutes, use chopsticks to stir well.

Step 6: Continue cooking with small heat in 45 – 60 minutes until cococnut meat is dried. They also turn into yellow colour.

Step 7: Wait coconut meat to get cold, pour into big basket, spread well and wait 1 day before serving.

Source: www.vietnamesefood.com.vn