Toddy Tapping Methods in Malayalam. കുട്ടനാടൻ തെങ്ങു ചെത്ത്. 4K video with drone shots

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Toddy tapping on coconut tree. Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Arecaceae family, especially involve in palm tree family. It is the only known living species of the genus Cocos. The term is derived from the 16th centaury Portuguese. Coconuts are used in food and cosmetics. The inner flesh of the mature seed (where coconut milk is extracted) forms a regular parts of diet of many people in the tropic areas. The Spanish word Coco means hard or skull and this is given to the coconut due to the presence of 3 indentations on coconut shell that resemble facial features. The endosperm of coconut contain coconut water. Mature coconuts are used for oil making as well as used in many dishes. The entire coconut tree and its parts(husk, leaves, shell etc..) is very useful to us. Coconut tree also has a religious and cultural significance in India. The name coconut derives from seafarers during the 16th and 17th Centaury. Coconut is a large palm, growing upto 30m(98ft) tall. Coconut palm produce their first fruit in 6 to 10 years and will take 15 to 20 years to reach peak or maximum production. Kerala is one of the state to cultivate coconut in large density. The Sanskrit name of coconut tree that is Kalpa Vriksha indicates that "the tree which provides all the necessities of life". Coconut sap, that extracted from cut inflorescence stalks is sweet when fresh and can be drunk. The sap derived from incising the flower clusters of coconut can be drunk as Neera, that is also known as toddy. When the sap content undergo fermentation it will convert into palm wine. Palm wine is distilled to produce arrack ( a distilled alcoholic drink). The alcoholic version of sap derived from incising cluster of flowers is known as toddy in Kerala. Toddy, the liquid is often collected into pots. Toddy is usually drunk after fermentation which require a day or so and as its sourness and accidences increases, it is considered as tastier. Toddy in Kerala is sold under license issued by the excise department. Toddy tapping (coconut). For making toddy from coconut trees, palm trees are carefully selected and the toddy tapper uses a coir rope tied with coconut husks at a 2ft interval which makes for a ladder. Then the unopened buds of the palm flower are cut and open and with 95% left remaining on the tree. Then the bud is made to swell but to beat it and pounding it with a hammer. Then pots made up of clay are attached to catch the sap. As a result some milky liquid being collected in that pots which are then taken down and segregated. Then the collected liquid undergo fermentation process and it undergo alcoholic forms. It is then sold in glass bottles to licensed toddy shops. Toddy has an alcoholic content of about 8.1% and is considered as natural alcohol. And a health drink in kerala.
Please do not imitate this without toddy tapping license. Only the person with valid license is authorized to do this. Any un authorized activity of the same may have to face the legal issues.