Mbalameyi imakhala chipatso cholimba. Kokoti imakula pazinthu zomwe zimatchedwa palm palm (kuchokera ku Latin - Cocos nucifera), mpaka makumi awiri mu gululo. Kupatula nthawi ndi miyezi eyiti kapena khumi. Malo oberekera chipatso ichi ndi India, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, Polynesia, Carribe, Hawaii, Southern California, South Florida - malo otentha kwambiri. Mkedza womwe, kumene kokonati ikukula, umatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa zomera khumi zothandiza kwambiri paumoyo waumunthu, komanso chimodzi mwa mitundu yakale ya mtengo wapadziko lapansi. Za mtengo uwu zikhoza kuwerengedwa m'mabuku ambiri onena za achifwamba ndi oyenda. Ndiponso, tsopano intaneti ili yodzaza ndi zithunzi ndi kanjedza iyi, ndipo oyendera omwe amayendera mayiko otentha samasowa mwayi woti afotokozedwe motsatira maziko a mtengo uwu.
Tiyeni tiyankhule za kokonati ndi zigawo zake. Kawirikawiri mkati mwa kokonati ndi chomwe chimatchedwa mkaka. Ndipo mkati mwa mitundu ina ya kokonati ndi odzola. Mitundu imeneyi imatchedwa Sap ku Vietnam. Mitundu imeneyi imakula m'chigawo cha Chavin, chomwe chili kum'mwera kwa dzikoli. Kumeneku kumakhalanso ndi "coconut waxy", yomwe thupi lake limawoneka ngati sera.
Ndipo tsopano, ngati muli ndi kokonati m'manja mwanu, ntchito yofunika kwambiri ndikutsegulira. Pofuna kuchita chilichonse ndi kokonati, choyamba muyenera kutsanulira madzi kuchokera. Kumtunda kwa kokonati pali mapiritsi atatu a mawonekedwe ozungulira. Mmodzi mwa iwo sakhala wotetezedwa ndi khungu lopweteka ndipo akhoza kuphedwa mosavuta ndi chinthu chakuthwa ndi cholimba. Ndikofunika kuti dzenje ndi kuthira madzi mu chidebe kapena kupyolera mu chubu kumwa madzi. Pambuyo pake, kuti mutsegule kokonati mofulumira, osasuntha zipangizo zanu, muyenera kugwiritsira ntchito mtedza kuzungulira mzere wonse ndi nyundo kapena chinthu china cholimba. Ngati mutapeza mzere wolakwika, mungathe kuchita popanda nyundo. Mukukankhira mpeni pamzerewu, kenako chipatso chimapitirira theka. Ndizo zonse! Pambuyo pa njira yonseyi, thupi limapatulidwa ndi mpeni ndipo lingagwiritsidwe ntchito pa cholinga chake. Kusankhidwa kwawo kungakhale kochuluka kwambiri.
Chakudya, nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito makoswe a kokonati (amatchedwa copra). Amagwiritsidwa ntchito mwatsopano kapena zouma mawonekedwe. Mkaka wa kokonati umagwiritsidwanso ntchito. Thupi liri pansi, pogaya grater. Mkaka wa kokonati ukhoza kugwiritsidwa ntchito mu zakudya zamtundu uliwonse kapena zakumwa popanda zopanda pake. Ndi chokoma komanso chosangalatsa kugwiritsa ntchito madziwa, mutatha kuzizira mufiriji, zidzakuthandizani kukhala ndi ludzu. Makoti angagwiritsidwe ntchito mu mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya saladi, mapiritsi, pies ndi mbale zina.
Popeza kokonati ili ndi zinthu zambiri zopindulitsa, kugwiritsa ntchito kwake kumapindulitsa ndipo kumapangitsa kuti thanzi la munthu likhale bwino. Maonekedwe a mkaka ndi zamkati a thupi ali ndi zakudya zosiyanasiyana - mapuloteni, chakudya, mafinya, ndi mafuta, zomwe zimatenga 65%, mavitamini, antioxidants, mineral ndi salt. Kotero tikhoza kunena kuti zamkati ndi mkaka wa kokonati sizikhala zokoma zokoma komanso zonunkhira, komanso zothandiza.
Mwachitsanzo, mafuta, omwe ali mu kokonati, amathandizira kusintha thupi, zimathandizira kuti thupi liyeretsedwe, zimathandizira kwambiri kuyamwa ndi kubwezeretsa ntchito za ziwalo zofunika m'thupi. Fungo losangalatsa la chipatso cha kanjedza lamtundu wa kokonati limatha kuthetsa chilakolako ndi kufooketsa njala. Mukamagwiritsa ntchito mapaipi a kokonati, katundu pa chiwindi amachepetsedwa, chifukwa sichikhalabe m'thupi ndipo amatembenukira ku mphamvu nthawi yomweyo atangomaliza kudya.
Kuchokera pa zamkati zingathe kukonzedwa bwino kokonati mafuta, omwe nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu zokongoletsa ndi zonunkhira, amapangitsa khungu ndi mazira. Ndibwino kwambiri kuti tigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati timapepala timene timasamalira tsitsi lathu, zomwe zimathandiza kuti tsitsi lanu likhale la thanzi, kuwathandiza kukula komanso kuoneka bwino. Mafuta angathandizenso kuchotsa khungu ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana.
Kawirikawiri, mafutawa amagwiritsidwa ntchito potikita minofu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chiwonongeko chikhale chochepa komanso chimachepetsa kukalamba kwa thupi. Kuwonetsa mavitamini, amino acid ndi mchere ndi chifukwa cha kokonati mafuta. Zimalimbikitsa chitetezo cha mthupi, chifukwa chimakhala ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, capric acid ndi caprylic acid, lauric acid, ali ndi antitifungal, antivirair ndi antibacterial properties. Mafuta a kokonati amapanga mpata, pamene amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku mabala ndi madera okhudzidwa, utetezi umenewu umateteza fumbi lakunja, bowa, mpweya, mabakiteriya, mavairasi. Komabe, mndandanda wa zinthu zonse zothandiza kokonati, mkaka komanso mankhwala ake onse ndipo izi sizithera pamenepo.