coconut

[pammyowl]

When dessicated coconut is called for in Aus/New Zealand recipes is it sweetened or unsweetwned? I have both, but just wanted some clarification! Are both there, too?

[auzzi]

It's a case of ingredients not quite matching.

Your unsweetened coconut is the equivalent to our shredded coconut.
Dessicated coconut is an unsweetened, fine cut that is extremely dry.
An example:
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/513619091/Dessicated_Coconut_Powder_Desicated_Coconut_Powder.jpg

An Indian or asian market would have dessicated coconut.

We do not have sweetened coconut ..

[pammyowl]

Thanks! Isn't that strange? I have to go to the co-op to get unsweetened, but the sweetened is in every store!

[**Jubes**]

Until recently , we could only source the (unsweetened) fine dessicated coconut or the shreded dried coconut (again unsweetened).

It's only recently that we can also buy the "moist coconut flakes" in our stores. I think this product is more like the US style coconut flakes

-Julie

[JoyfulCook]

Asian food shops also sell it.