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Coconut Oil: What is it and what could it do for me?

Research shows that coconut oil can speed up metabolism, help you lose weight and also make your skin more beautiful when applied topically

[ Why Coconut Oil Is Said To Be The Healthiest Oil On Earth ]

Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, which is known for being antiviral and antibacterial. Studies have been done on its effectiveness in lowering the viral load of HIV/AIDS patients. Coconut oil is also being used by thyroid sufferers to increase body metabolism, and to lose weight. Virgin coconut oil is also used for making natural soaps and other health products, as it is one of the healthiest things we can put on our skin. This site aims to provide information on the health benefits of coconut products, particularly virgin coconut oil.

At one time coconut oil received bad publicity because of its high level of saturated fat. However, modern research has shown that not all saturated fats are alike and that the fatty acids in coconut oil, the medium chain triglycerides, do not raise serum cholesterol or contribute to heart disease like the long chain triglycerides found in seed oils. Also, most research done on coconut oil in the past was done on hydrogenated coconut oil, which has been altered from its original form.

Much research on the nutritional and medicinal benefits on coconut oil has surfaced in recent years. Much of that research has been done by Dr. Mary Enig. Dr. Enig has classified coconuts as a "functional food," which provides health benefits over and beyond the basic nutrients. She has specifically identified lauric acid as a key ingredient in coconut products:

"Approximately 50% of the fatty acids in coconut fat are lauric acid. Lauric acid is a medium chain fatty acid, which has the additional beneficial function of being formed into monolaurin in the human or animal body. Monolaurin is the antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoal monoglyceride used by the human or animal to destroy lipid coated viruses such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria including listeria monocytogenes and helicobacter pylori, and protozoa such as giardia lamblia. Some studies have also shown some antimicrobial effects of the free lauric acid."

As a "functional food," coconut oil is now being recognized by the medical community as a powerful tool against immune diseases. Several studies have been undertaken on its effectiveness, and much research is currently underway on the incredible nutritional value of coconut oil.

Virgin Coconut Oil can only be achieved by using fresh coconut meat or what is called non-copra (see below for a definition of copra).

How is Virgin Coconut Oil different from other coconut oils?

Most commercial grade coconut oils are made from copra. Copra is basically the dried meat of the coconut. It can be made by smoke drying, sun drying, or kiln drying, or derivatives or a combination of these three. If standard copra is used as a starting material, the unrefined coconut oil extracted from copra is not suitable for consumption and must be purified - i.e. refined. This is because the way most copra is dried is very unsanitary. Most of the copra is dried under the sun in the open air, where it is exposed to insects and moulds. The standard end product made from copra is RBD coconut oil. RBD stands for refined, bleached, and deodorized. Both high heat and chemicals (e.g. solvent extractions) are used in this method.

RBD oil is also often hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated. Hydrogenated oils have been shown to increase serum cholesterol levels which contribute to heart disease.

One of the main differences between Virgin Coconut oil and refined coconut oils is the scent and taste. All Virgin Coconut Oils retain a distinct fragrance and taste of coconuts, whereas the copra-based refined coconut oils have no taste or fragrance at all due to the refining process.

Why do some say that coconut oil causes high cholesterol levels?

While this claim has been widely disproved in many scientific studies and journals, unfortunately this perception is still around. The tropical oils were very popular in the US food industry prior to World War II. With the war and the shortages of imported tropical oils, an effort was made to promote local oils, like soybean and corn oil. The US is the largest exporter of soybeans. Studies were done to show that coconut oil, and all saturated fats, were bad for one's health because they raised serum cholesterol levels. However, these studies were done on hydrogenated coconut oil, and all hydrogenated oils produce higher serum cholesterol levels, whether they are saturated or not. Recent research shows that it is the presence of trans fatty acids that causes health problems, as they are fatty acid chains that have been altered from their original form in nature by the oil refining process.

In addition, numerous studies now show that the high lauric acid content of coconut oil is very beneficial in attacking viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens, and that it builds the body's immune system just as human mother's milk does, which also contains lauric acid. Promising studies have been done on patients suffering from immune deficiency diseases, such as AIDS. With polyunsaturated seed oils now largely replacing coconut oil in the American and British diet, there is a huge deficiency of lauric acid that was present prior to World War II. The need for quality coconut oil, like Virgin Coconut Oil, is greater than ever!

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[Nichiro]

Dear Kugan,

Good to read your recipes.
Why I feel that you are some one known to me?

Nichiro

[kugan98]

You are right uncle.
I have pmed you all the details.
love Kugan.

[kugan98]

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VAZHAI POO VADAI

Ingredients:
1 cup chopped vazhai poo
1 cup channa dal soaked for an hour
2 medium onions finely chopped
3 green chillies finely chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp finely chopped ginger
8 curry leaves finely chopped
3 stalks coriander leaves finely chopped
2 cups of thin butter milk
Salt to taste
Oil for frying.

Method:
Peel the outer skin from the banana flower.
Remove the small white stem inside each flower.
Remove also the small petal like skin.
Cut the flower into small pieces.
Immediately place them in the butter milk.
Otherwise the they will become dark.

Remove 2 tsp of the soaked channa dal.
Now drain the water completely from the dal.
Grind the dal to a coarse paste.
Mix the chopped onion, green chillies, ginger
Cumin, fennel seeds, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Squeeze out the butter milk from the chopped flowers.
Add the flowers and salt.

Mix everything to form a thich dough.
Make small balls of the mixture and flatten
To make the vadai shape with your hands.
Deep fry them in oil till golden brown.
Serve hot.


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[Anoushka]

This is exactly like how I make vazhaipoo adai too yummy! & thanks for the info on coconut oil kugan!

[kugan98]

Thanks Anu.

[kugan98]

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Perandai Thuvayal

This thuvayal has good medicinal value
Botanical name is: Cissus quardrangularis.


Perandai Thuvayal:

Ingredients:
1 cup young tender perandai
¼ cup shredded coconut
6 green chillies
2 small red onions
2 pips of garlic
2 tsp tamarind paste
2 sprigs curry leaves
Salt to taste
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp urad dal
Oil.

Method:
Wash and cut the perandai into pieces.
In a wok add 2 tsp of oil, add the onions,
Garlic, green chillies, curry leaves, coconut,
And the tender perandai. Saute nicely.
If not well sauted , the perandai has a tendency
To itch. Let it cool. Then grind it with salt in a mixie.
Remove from the mixie. Heat a 1 tsp of oil temper with
The mustard seeds and urad dal. Pour it over the thuvayal.
Mix and serve with rice.

This is how perandai looks like.


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[kugan98]

[tscii] For the goodness of green gram dal.

PESARATTU

Ingredients:

250 grms of green gram dal soaked for 5 hours.
3 tbs of raw rice also soaked
1 big onion
5 green chillies
¼ inch of ginger
Salt to taste

To garnish:
½ a cup of chopped onions
1 tbs of finely chopped green chillies
½ tsp of cumin seeds
Oil

Method:
Grind together the green gram dal, rice, onion,
Green chillies and ginger to a dosa batter.
Add the salt and keep aside.
In a pan add 1 tbs of oil and sauté the chopped onions,
Chopped green chillie and cumin seeds.
Remove and keep in a plate.
Heat up a dosa kal, spread the batter to a thick dosa.
Pour 1 tsp of oil all around the dosa.
Sprinkle the garnish on the top of the dosa.
Press lightly with your dosa spoon..
Cook on medium heat till the dosa is little crisp.
Serve with ginger chutney.

Note: this dosa will be soft till the next day.
Green gram dal is full of protein. Good for a change.


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[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Mr.Kugan!

Hats off to a fine and very different thread! it is a pleasure to see a traditional and old recipe like perandai thuvaiyal. I think that you are from the south side of Tamilnadu.
Keep up the good work and do not go to the usual recipes.

[kugan98]

Mrs. Mano, I am honoured by your compliments.
I am no way compared to a professional like you.
I will try my best to revive disappearing receipes.
Thanks again.