Do you like gooseberries and sour green apples? Most likely, you will like carambola - a fruit of a cheerful yellow color with a sour taste.
For the first time, carambola was discovered in Southeast Asia, which is considered its homeland. Carambola grows in Indonesia, the USA and in the countries of the above-mentioned Southeast Asia.
As for the name, it varies easily. There are a huge number of options. Star apple, gherkin, fifth corner, starfruit - all this is carambola. A kind of guest with many faces.
Reading the list of useful properties of this star fruit, you involuntarily ask yourself the question: "Why doesn't it grow in Russia ?!" Actually, it's a shame, because the list of useful properties of carambola is as long as the list of ships in Homer's Iliad. This is what one small fruit contains: iron, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, magnesium, potassium. Thiamine, vitamin C and beta-carotene are also at your service.
Due to the content of a large amount of trace elements, vitamins and acids, carambola is able to strengthen various systems of the human body. For example, vitamin B1 (thiamine) strengthens the nervous system, vitamin B2 contributes to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland, strengthens hair and nails.
You can eat star fruit in different ways. If you want, eat it raw (by the way, you can eat it directly with the peel, as this fruit is used in Sri Lanka), or if you want, add it to any other dishes. For example, the Chinese are very fond of fish with carambola.
No matter how you eat carambola, remember that the vitamins contained in this fruit will only benefit you. And do not forget to please children with carambola - they will definitely be delighted with the unusual shape of the fruit.
