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1. Ingredients for Air Fryer Coconut Candy
Ingredients needed to make delicious air fryer coconut candy
2. Essential Tools
Non-stick pan
Air fryer (lined with parchment paper)
Grater
3. Step-by-Step Guide to Make Air Fryer Coconut Candy
Prepare and Marinate Coconut
Start by washing coconut husk with clean water, scrape off any remaining brown skin. Then, use a grater to cut the coconut into small, bite-sized strands.
After grating, rinse the coconut with clean water until the water is clear, then drain the water.
To remove excess coconut oil, soak the coconut strands in boiling water for 3 minutes, then drain and let it dry.
Place the grated coconut into a bowl, add lime juice, filtered pandan juice, and sugar. Mix well, marinate for 1 hour and 30 minutes until the sugar completely dissolves.
Prepare and marinate coconut with a mixture of lime juice, filtered pandan juice, and sugar.
Coconut Strips Using Non-Stick Pan
Place the pan on the stove, heat it over high heat until hot, then pour the grated coconut into the pan and start making coconut strips. Simmer until the sugar water boils, then reduce the heat to medium and stir evenly to let the sugar coat the strands.
Afterward, lower the heat to the lowest setting and continue stirring until you see the sugar water forming threads, then turn off the heat.
Stir evenly to avoid burning the coconut.
Air-Dry Coconut Strips Using Air Fryer
For drier and longer preservation, place the coconut in an air fryer (lined with parchment paper on the tray) and air-dry at 90 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Then, take it out, stir evenly, and continue drying for another 10 minutes.
Dehydrate Coconut Using Air Fryer
At this point, the coconut is starting to dry. Set the temperature to 80 degrees Celsius and continue dehydrating for an additional 10 minutes (3rd round) to complete the crystallization of sugar.
Finish dehydrating coconut using an air fryer in a total of 30 minutes.
4. Finished Product
Coconut candy after air fryer dehydration will be slightly different from manually spun strands. The outer layer of sugar coating on coconut strands will be less, but the coconut candy will be fragrant, crispy on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside, with a refreshing sweet taste.
Air fryer coconut candy: crispy outside, soft inside
5. Tips for Choosing Coconuts to Make Candied Coconut
- To make candied coconut, choose bread coconuts. They should neither be too raw nor overly mature at first glance.
- The shell of this coconut type has a slightly pale and uniform color. Pressing your fingernail onto the coconut shell should reveal its crispness, not toughness. The coconut flesh should separate easily, displaying a light white color, and the outer shell should be a light brown.
- Choose young coconuts with a slightly thicker flesh layer to facilitate separating the coconut meat into large pieces for slicing into strands.
- Pay attention not to buy overly mature coconuts as they may result in stiff, non-chewy candied coconut. On the contrary, if the coconuts are too young, making candied coconut may not be feasible.
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