Split the coconut open, and place one coconut half cut side down on a flat surface. You can use the back of a chef’s knife or ...

To open the coconut itself, hold a folded kitchen towel ... Once the coconut has cracked into pieces, put those pieces cut side down on a cutting board and tap the shell with the mallet to loosen ...

With a few common items, you'll be more than ready to crack that coconut open. Here are the tools you need to open a coconut: You'll also ideally have access to an oven and a baking sheet ...

The clip opens with the man and his grandmother holding the Aruvaal (coconut-cutting tool). Two coconuts lay on a table in ...

Since we gather you'd rather use some tools instead of banging a coconut against a hard surface until it opens, we've put together this guide on how to open a coconut three different ways.