Jackfruit, which looks very similar to the king of fruits, durian, is a common tropical fruit in Southeast Asia. When many people see jackfruit for the first time, they will not only mistake it for "durian that has not grown well", but also do not know how to identify the ripeness, treatment and taste.
There are 3 ways to discern doneness
Smell the smell
Ripe jackfruit, like durian, will exude a unique fragrance, which can be easily smelled when you smell it closely, and unripe fruit will not have any special smell.
Look at the color
Unripe jackfruit has a greenish color and turns yellow-green or yellow-brown when ripe.
By touch
If you can't press it down and the touch is hard, it is recommended to put it for a few more days to soften, or wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the sun for one or two days to speed up the softening speed. In addition, you can also pat the fruit by the way and listen to the sound it makes, and the lower it means that the ripeness is higher.
Solution:
Tool:
Salad oil to taste
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Method: Put gloves on both hands, apply salad oil on the knife surface, cut directly, remove the white core in the middle after cutting, and remove the pulp and seeds hidden in the shreds.
The fruit of jackfruit, after cutting, will produce a very sticky mucus, which is difficult to clear on the hands or on the knife, with gloves to prevent the mucus from sticking to the hands, as well as the outer layer of the peel to prick the hands, salad oil can avoid the mucus from directly contacting the knife surface, and the follow-up cleaning will be more convenient.
Tips: If there is still some mucus on your hands and knives, you can use a vegetable melon cloth dipped in salad oil to scrub it.
How do you eat jackfruit?
pulp
The flesh of jackfruit, the moisture content is less than that of other kinds of fruits, it tastes a little drier, the taste is soft and with some Q strength when chewing, the sweetness is high and the taste is unique, such as a comprehensive version of pineapple and banana, in addition to eating alone, it can also be added to the dish, fried with meat, fried after wrapping in a coat, or cut into small pieces and put it into sweet soups such as almond tofu, momochi, sago dew and other sweet soups as ingredients, which are all good choices.
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The easiest way to eat jackfruit seeds is to put them in boiling water, cook them for at least 30 minutes, and then take them out, peel off the outer layer of skin and eat them directly, or they can also be stewed with pork ribs and chicken in soup. Cooked jackfruit seeds have a fluffy and creamy texture, similar to water chestnuts or chestnuts.
Tips: When jackfruit seeds are removed from the pulp, they will be covered with a seed coat that is very similar to the pulp, and that layer of seed coat must be removed before you can start cooking.
How to store
The jackfruit pulp removed, if you can't eat it, can be stored for 4~5 days in refrigeration, and can be stored for 1 month if frozen, and the jackfruit seeds are not resistant to storage, so after being peeled off the pulp, you need to cook and eat it as soon as possible.