Make coconuts ‘grate’ again

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Even today, no one knows where the coconut originally came from. However, thanks to the fact that it floats, it found its way across parts of Asia, becoming stables in Indonesian and South Indian cuisine. However, even today, it remains one of the most tough seeds to cook with. People in parts of India still rely on hand-scrapers to take the flesh off the inside of the coconut. Vasudev’s take on the coconut grater involves not just mechanizing the process, but binding the entire solution into a safe, simple, and product worthy of the modern kitchen.

The Coconut Grater comes with a completely enclosed design, along with a blade on a movable rail. The coconut fits into a button-operated vice grip at one end and another button on the handle at the opposite end starts the rotary blade, that the user then slides into the concavity of the coconut. The blades safely grate the white flesh, without humans having to hold the coconut or even interact with the blade. Everything happens under a safe, transparent Plexiglas cover that the user can see through, knowing when to stop grating the coconut. All the grated flesh collects in a tray at the bottom, ready to use in your food, or for desiccating and using later!

Designer: Vasudev M G

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Loco for grated coco!

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Coconut grating is a pain… but if done right, it absolutely lifts the taste of your food. Traditionally, the coconut is broken in half and each of the hemispheres have their flesh scraped off with a blade. The result is freshly grated coconut, which tastes remarkably better than store bought shredded coconut (much like grinding your own pepper in a mill instead of powdered pepper).

This new coconut grater wants to keep things traditional, but like all machines, it wants to make things easier. The solution? Motorize the blade. Just like an orange juicer, the blade here rotates (not too fast) and all you need to do is hold the coconut in place. And maybe be a wee bit careful!

Designer: Upendra Shenoy M

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