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Exotic fruits tempt with their color and unusual shape. Carambola, lychee, kumquat, rambutan, persimmon, passion fruit, pomelo … The very names of exotic fruits stimulate the imagination. What to use them for? What nutritional values ​​are there? It's time to give it a try.

Exotic fruitspicturesquely arranged on stalls or shop counters, they surprise with their appearance and arouse curiosity. You have wanted to buy such a "bizarre" fruit more than once, but what to do with it? It is worth trying, exotic fruits have an interesting taste, although different from Polish ones. But just like native apples or plums, they contain a lot of minerals, vitamins and fiber. In addition, they can turn an ordinary dish into a unique dish.

Exotic fruits: persimmon (sharon, cocoa)

Orange round fruits resemble tomatoes. They have a smooth and shiny skin (edible) with a large, dry, green flower calyx. The flesh of the ripe fruit is jelly-like and sweet. It is best suited for sauce, sorbet or jelly. Firm fruit can be cut into pieces and served with cheese or added to a salad. More tart fruits are suitable for drying - then they taste similar to figs. It is a good source of beta-carotene and vitamin C. Due to the high fiber contentpersimmonhas a laxative effect.

Exotic fruits: carambola

The oblong crinkled fruit is covered with a yellow-green (yellow-brown) thin edible skin, under which is a slightly transparent flesh with a small number of small, edible pips. It is sweet and sour and very juicy. In the cross section, the fruit is star-shaped.Carambolais usually eaten raw. Decorative stars can be added to salads, desserts, meat and fish dishes. The fruit can be stored at room temperature for quite a long time. They contain a lot of magnesium, iron, vitamin C, and beta-carotene.

Exotic fruits: pomegranate

Covered with a purple, purple, sometimes brown hard shell, the center consists of segments filled with jelly-like red balls with edible white seeds. You can eat the peeled fruit raw - cut it in half lengthwise and eat it with a spoon. Pomegranate juice, sweet and tart at the same time, quenches thirst well. It successfully replaces lemon juice in dishes. When buying grenades,let's choose heavy fruit with a uniform color. They contain organic acids, iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamin C.

Exotic fruits: rambutan

Plum-sized fruits are covered with a hard skin with soft hairs that can be purple, yellow, or orange in color with yellow-green tips. The transparent flesh is sweet, juicy, aromatic and refreshing. After breaking the fruit, it is best to eat it with a spoon. Peeled fruit can be added to salads and desserts, poultry and pork dishes. Choose ripe fruit - without green spots on the skin. Rambutans are perishable and unstable. They provide plenty of vitamin B12and C.

Exotic fruits: passion fruit (passion fruit)

This small roundish fruit is also called passion fruit. The sticky, orange-red or purple gelatinous flesh contains numerous edible seeds (but these are usually discarded). Passion fruit is perfect for juice, it is also a great addition to cocktails, ice cream, yoghurt and other milk desserts. Peeled passion fruit can be eaten raw. Orange fruits are sour, purple fruits are sweet. Passion fruit is high in vitamin C, beta-carotene, B vitamins, calcium and iron.

Exotic fruits: kumquats

Looks like a miniature orange. The fruit is the size of a plum, it can be oval or spherical, with an orange, smooth and thin skin. The flesh consists of several particles. There are seeds in each of them. The fruit is slightly acidic and aromatic. They are eaten raw with the skin on, or cooked whole or divided. You can make compote and marmalade, preserves or tincture from them. Candied kumquats are added to desserts. Choose fruit of a uniform color. They provide vitamins, especially C, and mineral s alts.

Exotic fruits: mango

Depending on the variety, they differ in color and size. Some specimens exceed 1 kg, but the best fruit is 30-50 grams. They are most often elongated and somewhat flattened, have a thin and smooth but hard skin which, although edible, is usually thrown away. The flesh is yellow-orange, juicy. There is a large, flattened stone in the center of the fruit. The fruit is eaten in different ways. You can cut the mango in half, remove the stone and eat the pulp with a teaspoon, or cut it into small pieces. Mango is best chilled in the fridge. Raw fruit is added to salads, cooked for desserts, preserves, and sauces. As the fruit ripens, it turns from dark green to yellow, golden to red. Some varieties can be stored in the refrigerator for up to several weeks. Mango is rich in sugar, protein, fiber, minerals and beta-carotene.vitamins C, PP and group B.

Exotic fruits: guava

It looks like a spherical pear. It has an edible smooth skin covered with a waxy coating. The flesh with numerous small edible seeds is most often yellow or pink with a sweet and slightly sour taste. The raw fruit, cut into quarters, can be eaten alone or added to a salad. When cooked, it is added to desserts and cakes. They are suitable for preserves - juice, syrup, marmalade. As it matures, the guava turns from green to light yellow or light pink. You can store it for a few days at room temperature, even a dozen or so in a refrigerator. It contains sugar, protein, calcium, iron and a lot of vitamin C. It surpasses citrus fruits in this respect.

Exotic fruits: papaya

The fruits are oval in shape, most often they are small (20-30 g), but you can find them weighing 6 kg. The flesh with numerous black edible seeds (but they are most often thrown away) is yellow-orange, salmon or pink in color. It is sweetish, not very expressive in taste. The papaya is cut lengthwise in half, the seeds are removed and the pulp is eaten, or the papaya is peeled and cut into pieces. It tastes best when sprinkled with lemon juice. It is added to salads, jams and pickles. You can also cook and prepare like pumpkin vegetables. Papaya is ripe when it becomes soft and turns from green to orange or dark yellow. The fruits are very fragile. They contain sugar, a lot of vitamin C and beta-carotene.

Exotic fruit: pomelo

They are the largest fruits of the citrus family. Some specimens weigh up to 2 kg. The fruit looks like a large grapefruit - it has a yellow, yellow-green or pink spongy skin up to 5 cm thick. It is less bitter, but also less flavorful and less juicy than grapefruit. It is eaten raw, alone or in salads. Pomelo can be made into juice and marmalade. Candied crust is a good addition to cakes and desserts. Pomelo can be stored at room temperature or in the refrigerator for a long time, but over time the fruit dries up and loses weight. When buying, it is best to choose heavy fruit. Pomelo is a mine of minerals and vitamins, especially C.

Exotic fruits: lychee (Chinese plum)

They resemble raspberries, but are larger and covered with a thin, dry, lumpy shell, carmine, yellow or yellow-brown in color. They have an inedible bean-sized seed inside. When the fruit is ripe, the shell is easily detached from the flesh. You split it with your fingers and eat the sweet, aromatic, jelly-like flesh. Lychee tastes great with whipped cream. They are added to salads, compotes, fish and poultry dishes. Peeled fruit without seeds can be frozen. Stored inroom temperature, they deteriorate after 2-3 days. They last longer in the refrigerator. They contain sugar, protein, potassium, organic acids and vitamin C (already 100 g of fruit cover the body's daily requirement for this vitamin).

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