KURDI IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY TO GROW COCONUTS. FARMERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH HAVE BEEN USING THIS METHOD FOR CENTURIES
IN INDIA, COCONUT TREES ARE FOUND ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COASTS, ESPECIALLY IN KERALA AND KARNATAKA. COCONUTS FROM THE WEST COAST ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR HIGH WATER CONTENT AND THIN KERNEL, WHICH ARE TURNED INTO DRY COCONUTS THROUGH A HEAT PROCESS CALLED AS DRY COCONUT .ON THE OTHER HAND, COCONUTS FROM THE EAST COAST HAVE LESS WATER AND THICKER KERNELS, SO FARMERS IN REGIONS LIKE ANDHRA PRADESH TYPICALLY DRY THEM USING A COLD PROCESS CALLED AS KURUDI.
IN ANDHRA, FARMERS PICK MATURE COCONUTS AND LEAVE THEM TO DRY FOR 9 MONTHS IN A COLD LOCATION. THE WATER DRIES OUT AND THE KERNEL TRANSFORMS INTO COPRA.
EAST COASTAL TREES HAVE LESS WATER AND THICK KERNELS, WHILE WEST COASTAL TREES HAVE MORE WATER AND ARE CONVERTED INTO DRY COCONUTS USING HEAT.KERALA PEOPLE AND OTHERS USE THIS OIL. HOWEVER, EAST COASTAL TREES ARE DRIED WITHOUT HEAT, PRESERVING ALL THE NUTRIENTS WITH COCONUT WATER. THIS KURUDI COCONUT USE RAJISTHANIS.