Buddha's Hand - Monday Fruits and Veggies Challenge
Today is Monday and the lovely Lena is calling on us all to show her some fruit and veggies.
Buddha's hand is one of my favorite fruit. It belongs in the citrus family but it doesn't have any juice at all.
A Buddha's hand is a citron - only peel and flesh. And it smells wonderful!!! Actually, the fruit is often used as an offering in Buddhist temples. It looks so unusual and freshens the air.
Let me show you another one before telling you more about this fruit. And, btw. it is the middle of December and that is what the sky's look like right now. We had the driest November since 17 years and so far, no rain in December either.
Last year, we were flooded at this time. Not a good thing either...
Here is a single fruit for you.
Besides smelling fantastic, the Buddha's hand also taste very good. One way to use it is to grate the peel for Lemon zest and add it to any dish you think a little lemon flavor would enhance.
Or add pieces to soups or rice to give it a bit flavor.
This is what the tree looks like.
The leaves also smell wonderful when crushed and they make a very tasty tea!
Just boil the leaves in some water for about 10 minutes.
But now, I have to show you some more of those weird and yet wonderful looking fruits.
Today, I decided to make some candied Buddha's hand. But I have to show you that later. For now, let me show you the inside of one of the fruit.
Later, I will show you how to make candied citron - Buddha hand.
There is also a citron which looks more like a large lemon. That one is often used during a religious holiday and is called Etrog.
Different cultures use the fruit for jams, to make syrup, and for pickles.
So far, I only made candied flesh and syrup. Pickles coming soon.
If you like to read more about this fruit, here is the wikipedia entry
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Never seen this before. Such a cool and strange citrus fruit. Hope you guys get some rain soon. Start of the dry season here.
Thank you, Amy. We really, really need it!! all the plants are crying.... I even killed a rosemary plant which is supposedly used to no water - but not that long of no water....
We had a severe drought here in Cambodia last year.. much of the rice crops died. I'll keep my fingers crossed for some rain ;)
Thank you!!! I am hoping - we have been in a long drought before. Not good.
These are quite marvelous variations of the Buddha's hand wow. I know only very little about his mind blowing fruit, so your information is very valuable. Thank you so much Dear Marianne for shraing ot with us and good luck 🍒 🍌🍑🌿🍍🍓🍇
Thank you so much!1 I was going to add the candied fruit making process - but clear ran out of time. Next week..... :)
Wow! I have never heard about a fruit named Buddha's Hand. I wouldn't have recognized it as a fruit. It looks strange, almost a little bit creepy! Very interesting to read about it! Thank you for this!
some of these really do look creepy :)
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this fruit looks horribly hee hee I would probably not risked eating it :))))
haha - those all turned out a bit gnarly lol
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This is a fascinating fruit! I've never seen it! Great photos!
Thank you!! I had never known about it before I got a tree - now I love it. such a conversation starter.