There are many unusual fruits in the world that deserve much more attention to themselves. Some repulse at first, but it is worth trying them, and you will fall in love with this taste forever. We present a list of the strangest and most unusual fruits according to most-beauty.ru, which should appear in the lists of real gourmets.
12 most unusual fruits in the world:
1
Rollinia
Rollinas are not the most delicious fruits. When he is not ripe, he has soft green spikes, and he looks like an artichoke. As they ripen, the spikes turn yellow and then brown. Inside, the rollia is filled with white, sweet, creamy pulp that tastes like caramel or lemon pie. Rollins can be found in many tropical forests around the world (Tahiti, Hawaii, Mexico, Peru, etc.), but they come from the Brazilian Amazon. You can eat them with a raw spoon or in fruit salad. They are squeezed, mixed with milkshakes and even make wine.
2
Ice Cream Beans or Inga Beans
These fancy beans taste like vanilla ice cream. Ice cream beans are a green pod 20-30 centimeters long in which large black seeds are wrapped in white sugar flesh. The pulp also gives such an unusual taste. Although ice cream beans are actually legumes, they are eaten as raw fruits. They grow in Central, South America, in the Amazon. Their pods can reach 90 centimeters and are a popular snack. Inga trees (this is the name of this family) are often used for shading coffee and cocoa plantations, and not for eating. But you can kill two birds with one stone, using them as a shadow and as a source of delicious cotton candy. Why not?
3
Finger lime
Finger limes are one of the most unusual, cool fruits. Outside, they look like elongated limes (hence the name) or like pickles, and the inner flesh consists of small beads similar to caviar. They are filled with sweet and sour juice, which spreads in the mouth. The colors of the unusual fruit range from yellow, purple, pink to bright red. Finger-limes are endemic to the Australian rainforests of Southeast Queensland and New South Wales.
Do not miss, there is an interesting article on the most unusual edible cultures in the world on the site most-beauty.ru.
4
Miracle berry
The Miracle Berry, found and brought from Cameroon to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century by David Fairchild, is an incredible fruit by its properties. It looks like an ordinary red berry, but has amazing properties. One bite of this berry makes acidic food very sweet. Such an effect is obtained by the protein miraculin, which fills the taste buds of a person. He can make lemon juice sweet lemonade, and pickles - honey. The effect of the fruit can last from thirty minutes to two hours. Although fans of the unusual fruit grow it in greenhouses around the world, they come from West Africa. Finding a miracle berry is not so easy.
5
Asam Paya
Asam Paya - this is the name of the fruits of the palm of Eleodox, the indigenous people of the tropical forests of Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. These are super-acidic fruits that are most often used in seasonings. You can eat them raw, but it would be better if before that you try a miracle berry. They are red, yellow or brown, pear-shaped with a scaly skin, similar to a walnut shell. In different countries and places this fruit has different names. In Sumatra, this is Kuwai-Kuwai, in Malaysia - Kelubi, in Thailand - Lumpi. According to the encyclopedia of edible and medicinal plants, their stems, husks are used in Malaysia for coughing and hoarseness.
6
Durian
Southeast Asian travelers are aware of this large, prickly fruit that smells of sewage. According to travelers, this is the most persistent and strong smell of fruit in the world, but it has a creamy taste and texture that resembles pudding. Although the smell repels it from tasting. It is so strong that in some Asian countries it is even banned in public places. The fruit is distributed in Southeast Asia. To try it, you need not to breathe and pinch your nose. Locals describe it as "hell outside and heaven inside."
7
Mangosteen
Mangosteen look very cool and delicious in taste. They are about the same size as apples, but on the outside they are purple. The colorful peel hides a juicy, white pulp, which is very tasty. It is known that Queen Victoria was an ardent admirer of this fruit. Mangosteen native to Malaysia and Indonesia, but now found in the rainforests of India, the Caribbean, Northeast Australia. In our latitudes little is known about them.
8
Water Apple or Java Apple
They look like shiny pears and belong to the same fruit family as the guava. They are not like apples from which your grandmother makes cakes. Water apples may be pink, light green or white. The peel of the fetus is thin and protects the white, juicy, spongy pulp. Inside there are only two small seeds. Water apples are slightly sweet and tart in taste, however, they are very refreshing, hence their name. According to Purdue University's Center for New Crops and Plant Products, they are found in Southeast and East Asia, India, Taiwan, South America, the Caribbean, and some African islands such as Zanzibar and Pemba.
By the way, on our site most-beauty.ru there is a curious article about the important reasons to eat an apple a day.
9
Hand of buddha
The most creepy-shaped fruit on our list on most-beauty.ru. Buddha's hand is becoming more and more popular fruit all over the world. Unlike all the other fruits on our list, this creepy lemon hand is a citrus that does not have pulp or even seeds. The only way to eat it is to crumble and brew, letting it brew to make tea or a cocktail. Buddha's hand is native to India, but has long been grown in China. Funny and unusual fruit.
10
Pitaya
Pitaya, pitahaya or dragonfruit is the name of the same fruits. This plant belongs to cacti, but grows, like all epiphytes, on other plants, climbing with the help of its vines. Pitaya fruits are usually white, red or pink. They have a sweetish-sweet taste and are very low in calories.
😆 Did you know that when drinking a lot of pitaya, urine and feces can temporarily turn red?
11
Rambutan
These pom-pom fruits come from Asia, where they are popular garden fruits. They grow on trees of the Sapinda family. Their flesh has a transparent white or slightly pink color. It tastes sweetish. Each rambutan also contains one soft, crispy seed, which, when raw, is slightly toxic. But when it is fried, the poison is destroyed.
By the way, the lychee fruit, which has recently entered our domestic markets, is one of the closest brothers of rambutan.
12
Kiwano
Kiwano is an exotic, unusual looking fruit from central and southern Africa. Its official name is Cucumis metuliferus, but it is popularly called horned melon or African horned cucumber.
When ripening, the thick outer shell of the Kiwano melon becomes bright orange, it is covered with small spiky ledges or horns. The inner flesh consists of a gelatinous, lemon-green or yellow substance, which contains many edible seeds.
Although formally kiwano is not a fruit, we nevertheless included it in this list. The taste of kiwano pulp is similar to something between a cucumber and a banana. It is consumed raw and salted. Fruits are low in calories and have many beneficial properties for the body.
Summarize
We told you only about 12 unusual fruits, but in fact there are much more. And each of them has its own distinctive features, which may seem very strange and unusual.
In the photo: Mangosteen.
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In the photo: Opuntia.