Using a vegetable peeler, make thin strips of coconut meat until you have 2 1/4 cups.
Another popular ingredient is young coconut meat taken from coconut trees.
In tropical countries graters are also used to grate coconut meat.
The coprah is left to dry for more than a week until the coconut meat has lost over 90% of its moisture.
Malungon's economy is largely based on agriculture with a high level production of dried coconut meat.
If you're energetic, you can break off a piece of the shell and use it to carve out some coconut meat for a healthy snack.
Some were holding trays of coconut meat, nuts, and roast pig.
Often the still jelly-like coconut meat is also added to make a tropic drink.
These small balls of coconut meat are called Laskara.
The main things that come from here are peanuts, wood, coconut meat, palm oil, and rubber.