Ingredients:
1 kilo diced nata de coco (raw)
3 cups white sugar
3 cups water
How to make sweetened nata de coco:
- Cover nata with water and boil 10 minutes.
- Repeat 3 times and rinse every time. Boil sugar and water until syrupy.
- Put in nata and cook 10 minutes. Let stand overnight.
- Next day, boil again in its syrup, reduce heat and continue cooking until syrup is absorbed by nata.
- Make another syrup ( 1 part sugar to 1 part water ). Cook nata in 2nd syrup 10 minutes.
- If you are going to preserve this, pack nata in sterilized bottle, then pour hot syrup ( 2nd syrup ) and seal tightly.
Cool Culinary Tips – Nata de Coco To remove sour taste and smell of nata, boil or rinse with water several times.
