Whilst at the supermarket today, I chanced upon one of my newest culinary finds – Cute little berry like white drops, some with a pink blush and a star shaped calyx. They were labeled “exotic fruit” “(which didn’t help). So how did it taste? When I bit into the fruit, I felt a strange astringent-dry feeling in the mouth. A very tart fruit with a few tiny seeds in the centre. Although it makes the mouth feel weird, they’re kinda fun to eat. I will probably have the next set with a little salt sprinkled. In the mean time, can you help me with the name?
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They look a bit like pale cranberries….
Cheers,
Rosa
Hmmmmmmmm…are they the local karondas that people pickle?
@Passionate about baking: They do remind me of that flavour, but then they have a firmer texture than karondas.
Looks to me like miracle fruit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
I’d have so much fun with it!
Looks like a miracle fruit!
in india we make pickles out of them which are amazingly yummmy and tart-y.
@ T, Soul eating: I’m wish it were the miracle berry, but it isn’t! Doesn’t have the texture of it. Plus its got a cluster of tiny seeds and not just one seed.
I found a nice link for the Miracle Berry though!
Hi Coco,
Thanks for your recent comment on Rasa Malaysia. I am just popping in to say hello. These little berries are so cute and colorful. I love the colors, a little white and red. Purty.
Hi Coco, great blog … delish!
Those fruits are locally known as ‘karondas’ though we always called it damson. I’m sure its the same plant because I grow this in my garden but I’m not too sure of the English name we dubbed it with. I’ll find out for you though.
The flesh is very firm with crisp ‘bite’ when they’re immature and have some sticky white stuff which stains like nobody’s business. When ripe they turn purple and soft with a tart juice which we used to pretend was blood when playing as kids.
Here’s a tip,next time make sure you dont bite into the seeds… thats what gives it that weird taste.
Oh, and they’re fantastic for making wine!
Wow Sunita thank you for all that information. I just have to come to you when I plan to revive my window plants. Wine sounds like such a fun thing to make out of karondas. Now that you mentioned it turns purple and mushy, karondas makes perfect sense!
They look like little Tamarillos, a fruit grown in South America. The one’s I bought were slightly larger, and orange, but I know they do come in red -so maybe white and smaller. The seeds sound the same too.
The one’s I bought tasted like the spawn of a marriage between a tomato and passionfruit. I am posting a recipe with them next post! And I have pics too.
Hey thanks hot garlic. I’m getting to learn so many new thing in the process! I’m definitely going to keep a track of your posts now.
Nope Miracle Fruit is more red and the green is not star shaped. Anyway, this is a cool berry as well
I recommend making a limon grapfruit smoothy, the perfect miracle fruit drink