For lovers of the exotic.
Our world is full of unusual fruits that you may not even know. No matter how good your supermarket, you will still find there is only a small fraction of the choices of fruits that can offer the mother nature. Indeed, in different parts of the world to discover the most strange and exotic delicacies, most of which you probably never even heard of. They look outside the box and try them — a real adventure.
1. “Hand Of Buddha”
Citron palmate, or, as it is called, “Buddha’s hand” is increasing in China, India and Japan. This fruit is more sweet than sour, and often candy, canned, and insist instead use lemon peel.
Fruit often offered in temples in China as a symbol of good luck and longevity. In Japan it is used as decorative element and for scenting rooms and clothing.
2. Durian
This South Asian fruit prickly on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside, known for its unbearable smell, which is prohibited in many public places in Singapore.
3. Longan
It is also called “dragon eye”. A small juicy fruit eaten in China and often used in soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet and sour dishes. In Chinese medicine, longan has a sedative properties.
4. Mangosteen
Mangosteen, another South Asian treat, is a favorite dessert fresh in the Malaysian archipelago. The flesh is often canned, although this fruit prefer to eat fresh.
5. Palmyra
Palmyra grows on palmirovoy palm, and it can often be seen in summer in India, in Southeast Asia and Malaysia. The fruit is known because within it there are small white grain, soft and gelatinous, when the fruit is still young.
6. Turkish delight
This South American fruit, like in Peru and Costa Rica. Often it is eaten raw or used in desserts. Powder delights are often used as additives and sweeteners. Although the fruit is quite delicious, some people consider it unpleasant, as it leaves a peculiar aftertaste.
7. Marang
Under the barbed rind of Marang are sweet little prisiminti the size of a grape. If the fruit is cut, it must be immediately eaten within a few hours, as it quickly loses its flavor and oxidized.
8. Jackfruit
One of the most famous fruit that grows in Southeast parts of Asia. The jackfruit is a fleshy, fibrous pulp, and eat it as fresh, and as an additive to desserts and savory dishes.
9. Java Apple
This resilient Taiwanese fruit and crisp, and eat it fresh or make a tincture.
10. Tamarind
Tamarind grows in Africa, but is widely used in many countries. Acidic fruits are used in various Indian dishes and Asian cuisine. Drink tamarind drink in South America.
11. Lula
Naranjillo, or Lolo, from the outside looks like an orange, and inside looks like a green tomato with a citrus flavor. The fruit is very popular in Colombia and Ecuador, and it is often called the “Golden fruit of the Andes” and “nectar of the gods.”
12. Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini is a popular fruit used for desserts in India. Often, the fruit is eaten with salt. Also it is used in Ayurvedic medicine.
13. Aki
Aki fruit grow in Jamaica, and can be eaten raw when they are ripe. Most often they are used as snacks in popular Caribbean dishes.
14. Breadfruit
This large fruit of the Pacific Islands sliced and eaten fresh or roasted and served as a side dish. In fruit starchy texture and a flavor reminiscent of freshly baked bread.
15. Jujube
Varieties of jujube, jujube, or “Chinese date”, growing up in India, China and throughout Asia. When the fruit is slightly underripe, the flesh is white, crisp, juicy and sour-sweet, like wild apples. Ripe fruits are not as crisp and rather loose, wrinkled, and the flesh is porous and musk.
16. Canistel
Canistel, often referred to as “egg fruit” and it has a sweet and soft pulp, which is used for making milkshakes, ice cream and custard.
17. Puhala
This unusual sweet fruit is an important source of food in Micronesia. The leaves of the tree are often used as seasoning in sweet dishes, and the oil and flowers for medical purposes.
18. Black sapote
Everyone who tasted this fruit, I will say that it tastes very similar to chocolate pudding, only it is much less fat than real chocolate pudding, and 4 times more vitamin C than the average orange. Tropical fruit is a kind of persimmon growing in Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia.
19. Akebi
Akebi is a very beautiful fruit that grows in the North of Japan. He has white flesh, inside filled with a variety of shiny black seeds, which are used as fruit. At the same time, purple pod eaten as a vegetable.
20. Eliot
The fruit itself is inedible, but the seeds and pulp are edible, and they taste like fresh pepper with a sweet hint of nutmeg. They are often used for the manufacture of annatto, which is added to food for flavoring and as a food dye.
