Some hesitate but cooking with coconut oil is easy when you know how.

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Coconut oil sets below 26°C so you can either scoop out dollops of the hardened oil or place the jar coconut oil in warm water until it is melted.

The subtle flavour of coconut oil almost disappears when combined with ingredients that have distinct flavours, making it suitable to use instead of oil or butter in almost any recipe. If you like a subtle coconut flavour, try coconut oil in salad dressings and marinades.

Share your PASSION for FOOD and if you’re selected our top ‘foodie’ you’ll win a copy of award winning South African cookbook Kok en Skinker by Dirk Nagtegaal and a KAPRUKA hamper.

How to enter:

• Buy KAPRUKA Organic Virgin Coconut Oil from our stand (F6) at the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition
• Get cooking and find a recipe which is even better with coconut oil!
• Submit your recipe to chef@kapruka.co.za (if you’d like to, include a photograph of your culinary masterpiece and the chef)

We’ll post all recipes on this site and Dirk Nagtegaal, author of Kok en Skinker will select the winner. Competition closes on 31 March.

Kok en Skinker is a compilation of more than 400 recipes collected over three generations. The book won the Gourmand World Cookbook Best First Cookbook of 2009. Kok en Skinker is filled with mouth-watering photography and delicious cooking techniques to inspire the food lover in you!

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