Star Fruit Salad

Yes. Today in Zai Han Fruits we gonna talk and share all the goodness and on how to prepare a star fruits.
We should be proud as Star Fruit -Belimbing are a species of tree native in Malaysia.

Check this out on a simple Star Fruit Salad for a light and refreshing fruit salad to serve your friends or family after a nice BBQ

Total Time : 1 hrs 50 mins
Prep Time : 20 mins
Cook Time : 1 hrs 30 mins
Servings : 5

Ingredients

• 250 ml pineapple chunks (drained)
• 1 bananas (sliced)
• 3/4 apple (peeled cored and chopped)
• 1 orange peel (sectioned and cut in small pieces)
• 250 ml star fruit (chopped)
• 5 ozs peaches (drained)
• 125 ml seedless grapes
• 62.5 ml raisins (optional)
• 25 ml honey
• 125 ml plain yogurt (vanilla)
• 1 ml vanilla extract
• 1/2 whole star fruit

Mix together all fruits. In a separate bowl add and mix it with honey, yogurt and vanilla together.

Then pour the dressings over the fruit and toss. Cover it up and chill for few minutes. 

Before serving, slice the starfruit and decoratively on top. 

Simple isn't it. Enjoy!

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Tastes

SALTY

SAVORY

SOUR

BITTER

SWEET

SPICY

 

Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving

Calories 110

Calories from Fat 0

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 1g	2%
Saturated Fat 0.5g	3%
Trans Fat
Cholesterol less than 5 mg	1%
Sodium 15mg	1%
Potassium 260mg	7%
Total Carbohydrate 26g	9%
Dietary Fiber 2g	8%
Sugars 21g

Protein 2g

Vitamin A	4%
Vitamin C	30%
Calcium	4%
Iron	2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

How To Eat a Belimbing?

There's a many way for you to prepare or eat a star fruits. Either to eat it raw, make it as a juice or as a salad. Credit to wikiHow, here are few suggestions on how to eat or prepare a star fruit.

Basics

1. Eat star fruit with yellow skin.

2. Cut the star fruit in slices and eat plain.

3. Alternatively, remove the edges and seeds before eating

4. Avoid star fruit if you have kidney problems. The fruit contains a neurotoxin that healthy kidneys can filter out, but damaged kidneys are unable to do so

Other Ways to Eat Star Fruit

1. Include star fruit in a fruit salad.

2. Mix star fruit into leafy green salads.

3. Use star fruit as an exotic garnish. Decorate dishes and platters with sliced star

    fruit for an edible garnish.

4. Add star fruit to cake or bread. Use mashed star fruit in fruit bread or sliced star fruit in upside-down cake

5. Use star fruit as an accompaniment to poultry or seafood dishes. 

6. Create star fruit preserves.

Ways to Drink Star Fruit

1. Make a tropical smoothie. Blend star fruit with other tropical fruits and juice to create a thick, fruity drink.

2. Create a star fruit cocktail.

3. Prepare a star fruit juice drink

Carambola, (starfruit), raw

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	128 kJ (31 kcal)
Carbohydrates	6.73 g
- Sugars	3.98 g
- Dietary fiber	2.8 g
Fat	0.33 g
Protein	1.04 g
- lutein and zeaxanthin	66 μg
Thiamine (vit. B1)	0.014 mg (1%)
Riboflavin (vit. B2)	0.016 mg (1%)
Niacin (vit. B3)	0.367 mg (2%)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.391 mg (8%)
Vitamin B6	0.017 mg (1%)
Folate (vit. B9)	12 μg (3%)
Choline	7.6 mg (2%)
Vitamin C	34.4 mg (41%)
Vitamin E	0.15 mg (1%)
Calcium	3 mg (0%)
Iron	0.08 mg (1%)
Magnesium	10 mg (3%)
Manganese	0.037 mg (2%)
Phosphorus	12 mg (2%)
Potassium	133 mg (3%)
Sodium	2 mg (0%)
Zinc	0.12 mg (1%)

Oh My Belimbing

Carambola, also known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The fruit is popular throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia. The tree is also cultivated throughout non-indigenous tropical areas, such as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southern United States.

The fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually five, but can sometimes vary); in cross-section, it resembles a star, hence its name. The entire fruit is edible and is usually eaten out of hand. They may also be used in cooking, and can be made into relishes, preserves, and juice drinks.

Common Names

In Malaysia and others maritime Southeast Asia, it is known as belimbing in Indonesian and Malay; and balimbíng or saranate in Tagalog. In Indochina, it is known as ma fueang (มะเฟือง) in Thai; maak fueang (ໝາກເຟືອງ) in Lao; plae speu (ផ្លែស្ពឺ) in Cambodian; sungwarthi in Myanmar; and khế in Vietnamese. In East Asia, it is known yángtáo (楊桃/杨桃) in Chinese (Mandarin).

In South Asia, it is known as kordoi (কৰ্দৈ) or rohdoi (ৰহদৈ) in Assamese; kamranga (কামরাঙ্গা) in Bengali; kamrakh in Hindi and Gujarati; karambal-drakshi or kaparakshi hannu (ಕಪರಾಕ್ಷೀ ಹಣ್ಣು) in Kannada; chaturappuli (ചതുരപ്പുളി) or vairappuli (വൈരപ്പുളി) in Malayalam; karambal in Marathi and Konkani; karmanga in Oriya; thambaratham (தம்பரத்தம்) in Tamil; ambanamkaya(అ౦బాణ౦కాయ) in Telugu; khafrenga in Sylheti; theiherawt in Mizo; kamranga (කාමරංගා) in Sinhala; and bimbli in Tulu.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, it is known as jimbilin in Jamaican Patois; five finger in Guyanese Creole and Trinidadian English; karanbol in Haitian Creole, Seychellois Creole andMauritian Creole; and fransman birambi in Sranan Tongo.