Amazing, vibrant, mouth-watering and fragrant - these are the most famous exotic fruits (not counting pineapples and bananas) that you can eat.
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Instruction manual
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Carambola
This fancy fruit has a light plum aroma, and its fresh sweet and sour taste resembles an apple, an orange, a gooseberry and a cucumber at the same time. The pieces of carambola are star-shaped, so this fruit is ideal for decorating desserts and drinks.
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Passion fruit
This is an oval-shaped fruit of yellow or dark violet color. Its taste is fresh, sweet and sour, and the smell is very pleasant. But the immature passion fruit is sour.
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Durian
An oblong fruit that can reach a weight of up to 5 kg. Under the thick peel is a yellow creamy pulp and 1-2 large seeds. Durian has a peculiar onion-garlic smell and an unusual sweet taste, while resembling fried onions.
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Pitaya
Large growths are located on the smooth skin of the fetus. The pulp is tender, sweetish, sometimes fresh, with a pleasant smell. It is easy to scoop it out with a spoon. The peel is inedible. Seeds contain healthy vegetable fats, but are not digested in the body.
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Mangosteen
Under the thick peel is a white oily flesh. The taste is juicy, sweet and sour, very pleasant. Smells mangosteen strawberries and apples.
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Kiwano (horned melon)
An oval fruit that looks like a chestnut, in size - like an orange. The spikes on its surface are soft. Unripe fruit has a taste of lemon, ripe like the taste of melon, bananas and cucumbers.
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Mango
Its fruits sometimes reach a size of 25 cm. The color of mangoes can be red, yellow or green, depending on the variety. A hard and dense fruit is usually immature. Ripe mango is very juicy, sweet, fragrant. The smell is characteristic, coniferous. The peel is inedible.
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Feijoa
Dark green small fruits. The pulp is juicy, reminiscent of jelly, tastes like strawberries, kiwi and pineapple at the same time. Ripe fruits must be soft, may ripen at room temperature.
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Papaya
Soft fruits from yellow to red-orange. The pulp is dense, reddish, sweet. Papaya cannot be frozen - it becomes tasteless.
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Grenadil
Unusual berry, which can reach the size of a small melon. The skin color may be reddish, orange or green. It tastes like pomegranate and gooseberry. The pulp of grenadil can be grated, sprinkled with sugar and pour milk.
