Most people have a strong feeling about porridge. It is an economical way to start your day in a healthy way. Here in Philippines, there’s a lot of porridge with various taste you have tried, maybe, to name some of these are lugaw, aruscaldo, goto, oatmeal, etc. Eating porridge in the first meal of the day may sounds boring. However, there’s another way of making it more exciting to eat that would offer your palate a new taste.
Desiccated coconut is briskly known nowadays and it goes well to all recipes. Because of its concentrated and has the highest total fat with saturated fat content, we can make it as additional recipe and include it to our healthy diet. It will definitely be a good source of high fiber and antioxidants and will help to stabilize the blood sugar level. For this reason, we can make a nutritious, creamy and delicious porridge using desiccated coconut. On a chilly morning, have a creamy and delicious coconut porridge with desiccated coconut.It may be peculiar, but fabulously be perfect to change your bland oatmeal to a satisfying delight that you would undoubtedly love to eat on a daily basis. No exaggerations, besides, a porridge with a desiccated coconut can give changes on a mundane food and will drive you to a beautiful and nutritiously unique taste.
A porridge with desiccated coconut is an essential food that is easy to prepare, easy to eat and less time consuming. Probably, you might be thinking of how to make it appealing with flavorful, beautiful and colorful toppings such as fruits, superfoods or butternuts. And to make it more tempting you can add or mix these fruits altogether with desiccated coconut to a coconut porridge. Likewise, you can use seeds or nuts for additional flavor.
Here’s an example of a simple, creamy but delicious coconut porridge using desiccated coconut you have to prepare the following:
- Three (3) table spoon of desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
- (optional) one-third (1/3) cup of oats
- (optional) one spoon of butternut
- (optional) One (1) Banana, blueberry fruit
- One (1) cup of coconut milk (canned or prepare it from a coconut fruit)
- To make a coconut milk manually: pour 1 cup of warm water to a shredded coconut meat, you can squeeze it over a bowl to yield about 3 cups and strain it. Repeat it for a third extraction. You can use a cheesecloth if you do not have a strainer.
- One (1) big bowl
- (optional) One (1) cup of water
Instruction:
- In a big bowl, add the 3 table spoon of desiccated coconut and 1/3 cup of oats
- Add the 1 cup of water
- Put it on low heat and mix it well
- Add the half of the 1 whole banana and smashed it (it will serve as a natural sweetener)
- Mix them altogether, then turn off the low fire when it reached the dense level you prefer
- Pour 1 cup of coconut milk for a creamy taste.
- Mix them well.
- Then, put it on your preferred bowl
- Then, sliced the other half banana, add it as a topping together with the blueberry
- (optional) Add the butternut on toppings for additional delectable taste.
After this recipe, you can create and serve up another coconut porridge with desiccated coconut and the fun really starts when adding your toppings.
