When you first get to Thailand, you are immediately surprised by the variety and quantity of exotic fruits that are sold in stores, in the market, and on stalls along the road. The selection of fruits is so huge that you can get lost among all this splendor. I would like to try everything at once.
Mango
The most popular and delicious is, of course, Thai mango. It is an oblong fruit, yellow or slightly orange in color with a bright characteristic aroma. In Russia, you can now buy this delicious fruit, but the taste will not be so rich and, most likely, with sourness, and not sugary sweet. Ripe mango, warmed by Thai sunshine, will have a sweet taste and a dizzying aroma. It is necessary to choose fruits that are not too hard, but also not quite soft. The skin of the fruit should be beautiful and even in color. The stone of the Thai mango is not as large as that of the one that we are used to buying in Russia. The pulp is not fibrous at all, but tender, juicy, melting in the mouth.
Coconut
One of the most popular fruits in Thailand is coconut. Many different dishes and drinks are prepared from it. All Thai cuisine is based on the use of coconut - this is the second bread of the locals. Coconuts are sold at every turn. Their season lasts all year round.
Coconuts look very different from those that we are used to seeing in Russia. They are large and green. Usually sellers will open the top of the coconut and insert the straw. Not everyone likes coconut juice, but it is very healthy and good for quenching your thirst. An empty coconut can be broken up and eaten with the flavorful white pulp with a spoon.
Durian
It is a huge fruit with a dubious reputation. It attracts the attention of tourists, but not everyone dares to try it. Durian has a disgusting odor that intensifies after the fruit is peeled in the air. This smell is reminiscent of rotting onions with hints of garlic and sauerkraut. But the fruit tastes sweet. Its pulp is very tender, cream-like, of a pleasant yellow color. Many Asians, for example the Chinese, respect this fruit very much and eat it right on the street like ice cream. Already cut durian is sold in almost all fruit stands. Many hotels forbid bringing it into the room, it is forbidden to throw durian in public trash cans, and it is forbidden to carry it with you on the plane. You yourself understand what such restrictions are associated with.
Papaya
This fruit will remind us of a pumpkin with a boiled carrot flavor. Papaya is used both as a vegetable and as a fruit. Salads are made from unripe, added to side dishes, and ripe juicy papaya is well suited for desserts. The taste of this fruit may not seem very interesting and not sweet enough, but the papaya pulp contains important B vitamins, vitamins C, D, A, potassium, magnesium and beta-carotene.
Dragon fruit (pitahaya)
The dragon fruit looks very exotic and attractive. Even more unusual is that it is the fruit of a cactus.
The skin of the fruit is bright pink, purple or yellow, and the flesh is creamy, white or dark pink with black seed dots.
The taste of this fruit is not very bright, especially with pink fruits. Patakhaya is most often compared to kiwi, but it is less acidic and more watery. Dragon fruit is often added to cocktails and smoothies. The bright pink color gives the drinks an attractive appearance.
Tamarind
Tamarind fruits are pod-shaped with a thick brown skin. Inside there is a sweet and sour pulp with a large smooth bone. Traditional Thai sauces are prepared from it, added to sweets and desserts, and eaten in a candied or dried form.
Longan (dragon eye)
This unusual fruit grows in bunches, somewhat reminiscent of grapes, but has a dense brown rind.
It is a sweet fruit with a honey-melon flavor. The pulp is similar in consistency to grape, but there are not several seeds inside, but one and rather large. It is eaten fresh and dried, and is often added to desserts and ice cream.
Jackfruit (breadfruit)
Considered the largest fruit in the world, its fruits weigh up to 35 kg. These fruits are bought already cut. Slices of yellow pulp are taken out from under the dense green peel. It tastes sweet, aromatic, but very specific. It is not for nothing that jackfruit is called a breadfruit, its fruits are very satisfying, in terms of calorie content - 94 kcal per 100 grams, but they do not contain fats.
Pink apple (chom-poo)
This unusual apple has an elongated shape and can be pink, red or green in color. Very juicy, crispy, sour and slightly tart with light sweet notes. Many people note that the aroma of this fruit resembles rose petals. It is bad to store a rose apple, so you cannot find it on sale in our store.
Lychee
This fruit is familiar to many, therefore it can often be found in Russian stores. The fruits look like small thorny balls of pink or yellowish color. The pulp has a characteristic aroma and sweet and sour taste; inside there is a large bone. Lychees are used in cocktails and juices, various desserts, and eaten fresh.
Baltic herring (snake fruit)
This strange fruit looks like a brown bulb covered with sharp snake scales.
The pulp is divided into slices and has a sweet and sour taste, which is sometimes compared with strawberries, then with nuts or sea buckthorn, and someone believes that there is a valerian flavor.
Noina (sugar apple)
The surface of the fruit is covered with a green, bumpy peel, inside is a white fragrant and sweet pulp with large black bones. Medicines are prepared from all parts of the plant and are used in folk medicine. Noina fruits are rich in amino acids and vitamins, tend to increase immunity, have a positive effect on the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
Mangosteen
This fruit looks very exotic. Its peel is thick and beautiful eggplant color. It separates easily from the pulp. The inside of the mangosteen looks like large cloves of garlic, sometimes stones are found in the cloves. The flesh of mangosteen tastes sweet and sour, fleshy and very juicy. Useful properties are possessed not only by the inner part of the fruit, but also by the peel, although it tastes astringent and bitter. Mangosteen peel is used in folk medicine, it is rich in flavonoids and antioxidants in autumn. Mangosteen is believed to have anti-cancer properties.
Passion fruit
This exotic fruit is also familiar to the people of Russia. Very often we sell juices and desserts with passionfruit flavor. She really has a characteristic pleasant aroma, which is difficult to confuse with something. Smoothies based on passionfruit pulp are very tasty and healthy.
Like other tropical fruits, passionfruit is a storehouse of vitamins and nutrients. It contains iron, calcium, vitamins A, B, E and C. The fruits also have antibacterial properties, and due to the content of acids, they increase the body's defenses.
Passion fruit is eaten with a spoon made from half of the fruit. The pulp contains many small bones covered with an acidic aromatic jelly-like shell.
A pineapple
Everyone knows about the beneficial properties of pineapple, and everyone has known the taste for a long time. In Russia, you will not surprise anyone with pineapples, but in Thailand they are more delicious. You can often see pineapple slices already cut and peeled on the shelves. They taste sickly sweet because the vendors pour sugar syrup on them. Better to buy a whole fruit and ask to cut and peel it with you.
Pineapples in Thailand are not very large, but sweet taste and rich aroma.
