It is no secret that fruits are delicious.
They can cut cravings, fill you up, and open your eyes to so many exciting
flavors. Typically, we hear about or have our kitchen stocked with typical
fruits like grapes, oranges, apples, and bananas. However, while we are stuck
in the rut of eating thees typical fruits every day, we are actually missing
out on so many other flavors and exotic tastes.
Adding in tropical and exotic fruits to
your home can introduce you to flavors you never thought of and open your eyes
to recipes using dragon
fruit syrup that you would not learn about without trying. Below are some
amazing tropical fruits that you should try and a description of what they look
and taste like so you know what to look for next time you are at the store.
Mangosteen
This
fruit is typically found in Southeast Asia but it can also be found in
places like Columbia, and if you know where to look, Puerto Rico. Mangosteens
smell very sweet and provide you with a tangy, juicy bite. Each piece (it is
similar to orange slices on the inside) is very juicy and fragrant. It has
white-colored slices on the inside and the fruit is covered with a rind that is
a deep maroon color when it is ripe.
Passion Fruits
Do not let their weird look keep you from
trying these tasty fruits out. On the outside, they look like a mixture between
a lemon and an orange while other strains are large and purple. Purple
passionfruits are typically the ones that people will buy to eat while the
orange ones are used for juices. Inside of these fruits, you will find a host
of hard, gray, crunchy seeds that are covered in a slimy film; this is where
the juice is found.
Rambutan
The two fruits mentioned above are fairly
easy to get your mind around and convince yourself to eat as they look similar
to most of the fruits you generally have in your kitchen. Rambutan is a fruit
for those who are a little more adventurous and ready to try something totally
new. It is native to Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillippines, Vietnam, and Borneo.
It has a tough outer shell, similar to those of a coconut, which is covered in
what looks like long green grass. Once you cut this shell open you will find a
white fruit. It is sweet and juicy with a tart afterbite. This
may be exotic here, but it is as common to cooler climate countries as apples
are here.
Lychee
Lychee is native to China though it has
been grown in Hawaii for about a hundred years now. This tiny purple fruit
looks much like a large grape. It has a scaly purple peel that gets peeled off
to reveal a white fruit on the inside with a seed in the middle. You can pop it
right in your mouth and eat the white fruit and spit the seed out. It is often
said to taste and feel much like a grape, though it is a bit sweeter and more
tart than your typical grape would be.
Jack Fruit
Jackfruit is believed to have originated
from rain forests in India thousands of years ago and has crept through
Southeast Asia over time. It is a very popular food over there and is the
largest tree fruit in the world growing up to 80 pounds in weight and 36 inches
long.
Durian Fruit
This is another fruit for those people who
are a little more adventurous than others. It is often referred too as a corpse
fruit because, unlike most sweet-smelling fruits, it has an odor that smells
like rotting meat. If you can get past the smell, you will find a fruit that is
surprisingly filling and even sweet. It is a fruit that you are either going to
love or absolutely hate; there is rarely any in-between.
Any one of these fruits are amazing options
to try. They will open your mind and teach you more about the amazing world
around you and show your taste buds what they have been missing out on for so
many years.
