I saw some small coconuts packaged with a plastic soup spoon in the fruits section just now, as I was getting some water for the night. It looked interesting and I thought it's the regular coconuts they sell at food courts with some jelly bits.
The brown fiber colored small coconuts looks like the coconuts from Thailand and the size is comparable to a grapefruit. That's pretty small for a coconut. The Jelly Coconut retails for RM 3.30 for a single coconut and a spoon wrapped in Saran wrap.
I opened it up from the perforation at the temple of the coconut and was surprised to see that the "jelly coconut" seems to have the coconut flesh pre-shredded. The flesh appears to be suspended in the coconut juice (or so I thought).
I looked closer and realized that the entire content of the coconut is made of jelly! There I was, holding it carefully so that it won't spill, but it turns out that the laws of physics (or solid state food, I forgot which :p) would make that impossible.
The coconut jelly is actually made of coconut juice which has been solidified to become jelly. It has all the coconut juice taste, without any of the spill. ;) There are pieces of coconut flesh embedded inside the coconut juice jelly too.
The inside of the coconut is carved with interesting patterns which makes for an entertaining distraction while you're eating, much like the puzzles behind cereals. The jelly coconut (not coconut jelly) is a great concept. It's coconut juice jelly inside a real coconut with coconut flesh inside.
It makes for a great, filling snack!
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