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The fruit of the coconut palm; for soup the mature nut is cracked, its firm white flesh cut into strips, and the water often poured in as well. Slow simmering draws out a rich, fragrant sweetness that turns a chicken or silkie pot silky and aromatic.
Nature · warming Flavour · sweet Meridians · spleen、stomach
In Cantonese food therapy coconut flesh is used to tonify qi, strengthen the spleen and generate fluids, and it is prized for making tonic soups fragrant and rich.
Take out the flesh and cut it into strips; the coconut water can boil along with everything else, or go in later to keep it clean and sweet.
海南為中國主產；市售多來自泰國、越南 — Australian online stock skews to young Thai coconuts; mature brown nuts are an in-store buy
Common at Asian grocers · A$3.11–4.59 / each
young coconuts only: easy-open single $4.59 (sale, was $9.29), Kulaway carton of 9 $27.99 (≈$3.11 ea); mature brown coconut not observed online
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.