Making home-made coconut oil is not so easy as it taste! | Traditional Me

The coconut tree is a tree that is not only wide-spread in our island nation, but something that is intricately woven within our culture & cuisine. The Sri Lankans of old called it 'Kapruka' which is a tree of legend that is said to give you whatever you wished. The coconut tree is given such a high honor because each part of the coconut tree can be used for something or the other, making the tree one of the most useful trees to grow. It has been tradition to make coconut milk by heating up dried coconuts. This 'milk' can be used to cook food and to mix with different herbal medications to put in your hair. This distilling process used to be a very common site in Sri Lanka, with an entire day being utilized to distill the oil from 20 to 25 coconuts. When the coconut milk heats up and the oil starts floating on the top, the condensed pieces of coconut milk is called “kirijja“ and is also known as “kiri Kanda“ in some parts of the country. This “kiri ka