Cookware and Tools
Coconut Shell Bowls
Halved shells sanded and oiled into light, hard-wearing bowls, no two the same size.
- Cut from shells that would otherwise be burnt as fuel
- Sanded through several grades and oiled, not lacquered
- Light and hard, with a wood-like finish
- Every bowl is a different size, because coconuts are
- Hand wash only, and we would rather say so on the label
Available to pre-orderSKU: CC-TOL-BWL
Size: Set of 2
- Carefully packed and shipped to your door
- 14-day replacement on damaged items
- Secure checkout
Description
Bowls cut from mature coconut shells, sanded smooth inside and out and finished with coconut oil. They are light, surprisingly hard, and completely irregular, because a coconut is not a manufactured object. Good for dry food, fruit, sambols and serving at the table.
The shell is what is left after the flesh, the water and the fibre have all been used, and for a long time it was simply burnt as fuel. Turning it into bowls is not a new idea on the island, it is what people did with what was there.
Each one is cut, ground flat on the rim, sanded through several grades and rubbed with coconut oil until the grain darkens. That is the whole process, and it is why the finish looks like wood rather than plastic.
They are not dishwasher safe and never will be. Hot water and detergent strip the oil, the shell dries out, and eventually it cracks. Rinse, dry, and re-oil every few months.
How to Use
- Serve sambols and pickles at the table
- Use for fruit, nuts or a breakfast bowl
- Hold scraped coconut while you make a sambol
- Serve curd with treacle poured over it
Cook with It
Customer Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share how you cooked with it.
Frequently Asked
No, and a dishwasher will ruin them. Hot water and detergent strip the oil out of the shell, which then dries, goes pale and eventually cracks. Rinse by hand, dry them, and rub a little coconut oil in every few months.
You May Also Like
Cookware and Tools
Coconut Wood Plates
Plates turned from the trunk of a felled coconut palm, dark grained and unusually hard.
- Turned from trees felled at the end of their bearing life
- Dark speckled grain unlike any other timber
- Harder and denser than most tropical woods
Cookware and Tools
Wooden Cooking Spoons
Long-handled spoons cut for a deep clay pot, so your knuckles stay out of the steam.
- Longer than a standard wooden spoon, for deep pots
- Three shapes that do three different jobs
- Unvarnished, so nothing peels into the food
Cookware and Tools
Bamboo Kitchen Set
A steamer, a strainer and tongs in bamboo, the three pieces a Sri Lankan kitchen keeps.
- Three pieces that each do a job metal does worse
- Untreated bamboo, no varnish and no glue in the weave
- The strainer suits coconut milk and loose tea
Cookware and Tools
Clay Pot Cooking Set
Two unglazed clay pots and a lid, seasoned and ready, with the rules for not cracking them.
- Two sizes and a shared lid, which covers most cooking
- Seasoned before dispatch, so it arrives usable
- Unglazed, porous clay that holds heat evenly
Free: 5 Sri Lankan Recipes for Beginners
Dhal curry, pol sambol, yellow rice and the pantry checklist.