Carolina College of Natural Health Sciences

A Carolina College of Natural Health Sciences

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Coconut Butter


5.00 out of 5 stars 1 rating, 395 likes

Customer Reviews

5.00 out of 5 stars
Sign in to review or comment

See all reviews

How to Make Coconut Butter

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Coconut butter contains only one ingredient: coconut flakes. And it takes only one step to make it: a blender. The yield for 4 cups of coconut flakes is about a cup and half of coconut butter.

Start with raw, dried, unsweetened coconut flakes. Puree 4 cups of coconut flakes in a blender on high for 8 minutes, pushing down the sides as you go. The coconut flakes will undergo 3 stages in the transformation to coconut butter. First, the flakes will be finely ground. Second, the texture will become a grainy liquid. Finally, it will become a smooth, thick liquid. The final texture will ultimately be thick, slightly grainy peanut butter.

Pour the coconut butter into a jar and serve!

Leave a Comment / Question

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Coconut Butter is a delightfully creamy whole food, made of pure, dried coconut flesh. This tasty tropical treat literally melts in your mouth. Warm it up to use as a spread. Or, add to smoothies, sauces & dressings, desserts, toppings & icings. It even works great in home-made ice cream. Its many names testify to the rich creaminess of coconut butter; it's also known as coconut cream, coconut oil butter and coconut body butter.

Don't want to make it yourself? Buy Coconut Butter here...

WHAT IS COCONUT BUTTER?

The coconut is a delight for the senses and the body, the very symbol of tropical paradise. This idyllic and fun tree nut restores your balance and harmony. Among oils it is light and sweet to cook with, soothing to the skin and nerves, nourishing while stimulating energy.

Constitutional nutrition is tailored to the individual. In the kitchen, especially during your family’s formative years, you shape your family's lifelong health.

Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.

Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine, constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body, so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance. See How it Works.

Is Coconut Butter a Good Match for My Body?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Coconut Butter' is a good fit. Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.

Medicinal Effects of Coconut Butter

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

Find Out More

HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

LEARN MORE ABOUT HEAVY

OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

LEARN MORE ABOUT OILY

COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

LEARN MORE ABOUT COLD

TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

Find Out More

SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

LEARN MORE ABOUT SWEET

AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

Find Out More

PACIFIES
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

Find Out More

PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHOLERIC

MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

LEARN MORE ABOUT MELANCHOLIC

AGGRAVATES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PHLEGMATIC

SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SANGUINE

Other Health Virtues

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'CRUNCHY' FOODS / HERBS

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Coconut Butter
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

(see all)
Antacid

ANTACID

Herbs that neutralize acidity in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach in particular.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'ANTACID' FOODS / HERBS

Brain Tonic

BRAIN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens the brain and thereby enhances memory or other cognitive functions and improves mental stamina or stability.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'BRAIN-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-ENERGY' FOODS / HERBS

,
Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

,
Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'NUTRITIVE' FOODS / HERBS

Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'ANTI-INFLAMMATORY' FOODS / HERBS

,
Antifungal

ANTIFUNGAL

Herbs that destroy fungus.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'ANTIFUNGAL' FOODS / HERBS

Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'BLOOD-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Raises Thyroid

RAISES-THYROID

An herb that increases thyroid function.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'RAISES-THYROID' FOODS / HERBS

Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'PROMOTES-VIRILITY' FOODS / HERBS

Constituents:
Soluble Fiber

SOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'SOLUBLE-FIBER' FOODS / HERBS

,
Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes

SEE ALL 'FATS' FOODS / HERBS

Foods with a Similar Nature to Coconut Butter

  • Coconut Cream

    Coconut Cream has these Actions in Common

    Antifungal, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Brain-tonic, Raises-thyroid

    LEARN MORE

  • Coconut Flakes

    Coconut Flakes has these Actions in Common

    Antifungal, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Brain-tonic, Raises-thyroid

    LEARN MORE

  • Coconut Butter

    Coconut Butter has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Brain-tonic, Raises-thyroid, Antifungal, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Blood-tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Coconut Oil

    Coconut Oil has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Antifungal, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Brain-tonic, Raises-thyroid

    LEARN MORE

  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Nutritive, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Raises-thyroid

    LEARN MORE

  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility

    LEARN MORE

  • Flower / Bee Pollen

    Flower / Bee Pollen has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive, Tonic, Promotes-virility

    LEARN MORE

  • Sesame Oil

    Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Coconut Butter

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Antacid, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Draksha Digestive Tonic

    Draksha Digestive Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

    LEARN MORE

  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility

    LEARN MORE

  • Ginseng, Chinese

    Ginseng, Chinese has these Actions in Common

    Antifungal, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Guggulu

    Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Raises-thyroid, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Anantamul

    Anantamul has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Tonic

    LEARN MORE

  • Rhodiola

    Rhodiola has these Actions in Common

    Brain-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Blood-tonic

    LEARN MORE


Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

View Other Healthy Recipes for Summer

This recipe is recommended for Summer. Check out these other Summer recipes here.
VIEW ALL SUMMER RECIPES MORE VATA / PITTA RECIPES
MAIN RECIPE PAGE

About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC

Please update link

upcoming courses

About the College Apply for a Scholarship
Monthly payment plans available.

What is Ayurveda?

Founder of Joyful Belly Ayurveda, John Immel, answers the question ‘What is Ayurveda?’

Comments & Questions About 'Coconut Butter'

Do you like 'coconut butter'? Why or why not? What makes it unique? Is there something else you'd like to know about 'coconut butter'?

(5.00 out of 5 stars) 1 rating, 395 likes
Sign in to review or comment

Jess Allen park, MI
2013-08-12
“I was just wondering why this recipe shows it's suitable for vata and pitta only whereas when I go to the item 'coconut butter' under shopping, it shows it's okay for all. Does it depend on how it's made?"
“Great question Jess. The answer is ambiguous. Among fats, coconut is light like ghee - only slightly Kapha provoking, which makes it ideal for Kapha when compared with butter, animal fats, and other vegetables oils. So you could list it as kapha neutral at the dose mentioned in the coconut butter product page, but kapha provoking for larger quantities. Sometimes it's hard to fit Ayurveda in a box. Thanks for asking."
“Yes, fresh coconuts may be used. Just flake the inside and follow the recipe."
David McKaig Swannanoa, NC
2014-05-25
“It will last several weeks after opening, but we've never heard of it staying in the jar that long and away from your tummy!"
Lucart Lucart Springfield, OR
2014-11-02
“Did it and awesome :-)"
ENZYME DEFICIENCIES

ENZYME DEFICIENCIES

BOOKS BY JOYFUL BELLY

BOOKS BY JOYFUL BELLY

Master Ayurvedic Digestion & Nutrition

Master Ayurvedic Digestion & Nutrition

Join Joyful Belly

Want our top Ayurvedic recipes and health tips?
Subscribe to our free newsletter!

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The information and products on this website are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.