Many people compare jackfruit and durian, both are tropical fruits, and there are certain similarities in appearance, not to mention that they all have one thing in common, that is, the evaluation is polarized.
Today let's talk about jackfruit~
Native to southwest India, jackfruit is a fruit produced in tropical lowlands.
Archaeological finds in India show that jackfruit was cultivated in India 3,000 years ago.
Jackfruit first grew in parts of the rainforest of India and is now widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia, as well as the north coast of Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, Florida and Africa.
A mature jackfruit tree can produce 100 to 200 fruits a year. Jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, and it can weigh up to 120 pounds. So...... If you sit under a jackfruit tree, be careful, if you are not careful, it will really make the news.
Jackfruit is made up of hundreds to thousands of petals, and it is its thick petals that we eat.
Unripe jackfruit is green in color and milky white in flesh, and must be cooked before eating. Jackfruit takes on the color of butter or yellow pineapple when ripe and can be eaten raw or cooked.
Fully ripe whole jackfruit will give off a strong fragrance, and the flesh inside is thought to smell like a mixture of pineapple and banana.
The pulp of jackfruit is made up of 74% water, 23% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat. In 100 grams of nuts, there are 95 calories and rich in vitamin B6. Now many healthy people in Europe and the United States directly use jackfruit instead of meat.
Some people believe that jackfruit is suitable for tropical and subtropical climates, when the global warming gradually increases, some major crops will be difficult to grow, drought and heat will affect the yield of wheat, corn, then jackfruit this multifunctional fruit may be able to play an unexpected role at that time.
Jackfruit is eaten in many ways in South and Southeast Asian countries.
In India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia, jackfruit pulp without ripe fruit appears in many traditional curry recipes. There are also places where dried jackfruit seeds are added to the curry.
In Indonesia, ripe jackfruit can usually be eaten straight or made into stews or desserts. Stews are usually made from jackfruit pulp, palm sugar, coconut milk, and other seasonings and spices, and are often served with steamed rice and eggs, tofu, tempeh, beef, or chicken.
For dessert, cut into slices and eaten with shaved ice, you can also add jelly, red beans, sago and other ingredients. Eating it with shaved ice is also common in the Philippines.
In Brazil, jackfruit pulp is cooked in sugar and then refrigerated in the refrigerator.
In the Philippines, unripe jackfruit is cooked with coconut and then served with rice.
In Jamaica, Jamaican hot sauce is served with unripe jackfruit pulp.
There are jackfruit processing industries in Sri Lanka and Vietnam, which can be made into flour, noodles, crackers, ice cream, and much more.
In Nepal, ripe jackfruit can be eaten directly, unripe jackfruit can be put in curry, and jackfruit is also used to make low-alcohol drinks.
The seeds of ripe jackfruit can be eaten directly and taste sweet, a bit like the feeling of Brazilian chestnut.
Roasted jackfruit seeds taste similar to chestnuts and are even used as a substitute for cocoa. In some places, jackfruit seeds are baked and sprinkled with salt for snacks, or fried and eaten.
Jackfruit seeds can actually extract oil, but it has not been popularized, because 100 grams of jackfruit seeds can only produce no more than 4 grams of oil, and industrial production is really not cost-effective.
In addition to fruits and seeds, jackfruit trees also have many uses.
In Indonesia, the hardwood part of the jackfruit trunk can be made into a drum used in the traditional Indonesian band Camelan, while the cork part can be made into a kind of boat piano.
In Vietnam, jackfruit trees can be made into Buddha statues and fish sauce buckets in temples.
In Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia, the heartwood of the jackfruit tree is made into a dye that gives the monks' robes a distinctive light brown color.
In Sri Lanka, the wood of jackfruit trees is termite-proof, so locals love it and export them to Europe.
The above is some interesting knowledge about jackfruit~
Do you like jackfruit?