Pick your own fruits

28th. April 2012

On the way to Blue Mountains..we stopped over here for a while,

Its actually towards the end of the season, 

yes...I ate a few...hehehe...

Persimmons (or "Pisang Kaki" as my mother calls it...her favourite...wished then that I could buy it for her).

Wishing till now for this little tool...now why didn't I buy it then?......

..not because that I love eating apples much, but because I want to do this......hahahaha...

Earlier we were here ...

I bought some spices.....where did I put it???

:-)

Health note : bitter gourd and green apple juice.

A friend recommended drinking green apple with bitter gourd juice for health purposes, so I have tried for the past few days :

Looks green...hehe..but its nice with brown sugar and when slightly cooled.

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(Info from Mr. Google)

Nutritional Benefits

Bitter gourds are very low in calories but dense with precious nutrients. It is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, C, magnesium, folic acid, zinc, phosphorus, manganese, and has high dietary fiber. It is rich in iron, contains twice the beta-carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, and twice the potassium of a banana.

Bitter melon contains a unique phyto-constituent that has been confirmed to have a hypoglycemic effect called charantin. There is also another insulin-like compound known as polypeptide P which have been suggested as insulin replacement in some diabetic patients.

Health Benefits

Few other fruits/vegetables offer medicinal properties for these ailments like bitter melon does.

Blood disorders: Bitter gourd juice is highly beneficial for treating blood disorders like blood boils and itching due to toxemia. Mix 2 ounces of fresh bitter gourd juice with some lime juice. Sip it slowly on an empty stomach daily for between four and six months and see improvement in your condition.

Cholera: In early stages of cholera, take two teaspoonfuls juice of bitter gourd leaves, mix with two teaspoonfuls white onion juice and one teaspoonful lime juice. Sip this concoction daily till you get well.

Diabetes mellitus: contains a hypoglycemic compound(a plant insulin) that is highly beneficial in lowering sugar levels in blood and urine.

Energy: Regular consumption of bitter gourd juice has been proven to improve energy and stamina level. Even sleeping patterns have been shown to be improved/stabilized.

Eye problems: The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd makes it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.

Immune booster: This bitter juice can also help to build your immune system and increase your body's resistance against infection.

Piles: Mix three teaspoonfuls of juice from bitter melon leaves with a glassful of buttermilk. Take this every morning on empty stomach for about a month and see an improvement to your condition.

Psoriasis: Regular consumption of this bitter juice has also been known to improve psoriasis condition and other fungal infections like ring-worm and athletes feet.

Respiratory disorders: Take two ounces of fresh bitter melon juice and mix with a cup of honey diluted in water. Drink daily to improve asthma, bronchitis and pharyngitis.

Toxemia: Bitter gourd contains beneficial properties that cleanses the blood from toxins.

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Another "recipe" I found :

Blend 2 celery stalks, 1 green apple, 1/4 cucumber, 1/4 bitter melon, 1/2 green pepper

~ for weight loss and detox ;

~ good at preventing high blood pressure, cholesterol disorders and constipation.

I like that...just hope that I would continue diligently making the juice for at least 2 weeks...ha ha ha..

:-)

Seeing reds in C.H :-)

I love strawberries...,

but how frustrating that the places that we went to didn't allow any picking .. :-(

Any pickings to be done at the counter...haha..

Different kinds of strawberry I managed to "pick"...hehehe..

and of course not complete without this :

and the local strawberry ice cream

Mr Google Image - mine already finished..hahaha

:-)

Mango salad

Freshly picked mangoes from my friend's brother's house the other day:

As requested, they were unripe..as I had the intention of making my favourite dish, mango salad :-)

My ingredients in making this:

Unripe mangoes, skin peeled and flesh shredded

Shallots, sliced and fried.

Green chili, sliced

Cashew nut and groundnut (fried without oil and pounded finely)

Dried shrimps, pounded finely

Lemon juice (or lime juice) - to taste

Salt - to taste

(Optional - can add little bit of sugar and olive oil)

(p/s - please don't ask for the exact recipe..I just threw everything in..hehe..)

Method:

Place all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well.

Happy eating!

:-)

Passion fruit

Yesterday when a friend of mine said she'd give me some "buah markisa"..I thought, eh?..Wasn't sure what it was, so I just said ok, tq.

When I got it, was told that I've had the "markisa" juice before...mmm..

"Checking" the fruit at home...

(Had that with evaporated milk ~ as advised if it "taste sour", 

n I added banana and kiwi fruit, just in case..hehe).

mmm..I still wasn't sure what it was until I checked online...

laaaa...its passion fruit rupanya..hehehehe...

No wonder my officemate said I'd drunk the juice before, she's used to see me drink processed juices during lunchtime.

[thou now I try to curb my habit ~ less processed juices and less cold drinks..:) ]

Okay, the results of my search online on this (as usual I love to find the benefits of what goes into me).. :-)

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There are two types of passion fruits, one yellow coloured and the other purple coloured. Both these types taste alike and contain a pulp which looks like jelly, but tastes sour.

Passion fruit is rich in carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins such as A, B and C and minerals such as iron, calcium and water.

Health Benefits:

* Passion fruit juice is an excellent digestive stimulant and helps in the treatment of other gastric ailments.

* Passion fruit seeds contain high amount of fiber that the body needs to cleanse the colon, improve digestion, and help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

* Passion fruit is high in vitamin A which helps the body to remove free radicals that cause skin and tissue damage, and it also helps to improve our vision.

* It is also rich in Vitamin C which helps to repair tissue, helps prevent heart disease and cancer and helps our bones.

* There is also a compound in passion fruit that is believed to block histamine, reduce allergy and inflammation; passion fruit therefore has the health benefit of reducing the symptoms of asthma.

* The antioxidants found in passion fruit have been found to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Veggie : To eat or not to eat...?

TO EAT...

Chef Wan prepares a classic Malaysian Jackfruit Salad. The jackfruit originated in southern India and is most commonly eaten when ripe, however this recipe relies on young jackfruit, fresh herbs, pineapple and tempeh, a fermented soybean cake.

For recipe go to : Best Wan

Fruit salad (photo from google image)

...or NOT TO EAT?

Don't know the origins, but I received this photos in my mail box :

:-)