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pouteria sapodilla

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This is the second post about the things I have read or heard before but never knew what or how it looks and taste until I find it 😊.

On my way back from Bandung, West Java to Pamulang, Banten Via Puncak, Bogor last month, I told My Hubby that we should stopped over if there's any unique things selling at the side of the road. He the asked his nephew, Dody who also our driver that day to stop by for a while right in front of a small fruit stall which you can find a long the national road in Padalarang, West Java.

Hubby told me to buy some Alkesa or Sawo Mentega or Campoleh or chiesa/tiesa or yellow sapodilla. I admitted that this is the first time I saw that fruit and wondering how the tree is. The seller show me the way to the tree behind the stall , but I couldn't get closer because it is growing in the slope. So, I just asked him to choose the good mature fruits and half matured.

this is half ripe, the skin would wrinkled later and the taste is a bit bitter if not well ripe

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How's the taste? So Sweet..like boiled sweet potatoes and sweeter😊 it has 1-5 seeds inside the yellow flesh. From the colour you knew it contained good vitamin A like carrot. People usually eat the fruit freshly.

the texture is soft and melted in your mouth, just like butter

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All right, because I already knew the taste and its texture, I thought that I could cook it just like sweet potatoes or pumpkin😂 so, I started my experimental cooking as usual. Unfortunately, I run out the well ripe fruits and I forgot to let the half-ripe out of the fridge.

I'm a stubborn one when I'm eager to try anything comes up in my mind. I thought thatcif I cook the galf-ripe fruits with coconut's milk it will soften like pumpkin or sweet potatoes.

BUT I WAS WRONG, TOTALLY WRONG😂

half ripe alkesa

peel it and slice it the way you like

cook it with 3 cups of coconut's milk and add some sugar later

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My plan was to make a sweet soup which can be be eaten with the steamed sticky rice.

I soaked the sticky rice for an hour in fresh water

I pour a cup of coconut's milk, a tsp salt and cook it in simmering heat

turn of the heat when it half dried and cooked

prepare the steamer and put the half-cooked sticky rice and steam it for 15-20 minutes

it is ready to eat, but let it cool down

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After cooking the Alkesa for 20 minutes, I found out that it would never soften forever and the taste was still the same, but my soup has a sweet scent. So I add some sliced plantains as alternatives for the soup and let it simmering for another 5 minutes.

Because this was for my toothless FIL coffee break snack, I just served him the soup with plantains and the sticky rice. I forgot to captured the picture because I'm a bit disappointed with the result. But My FIL ate everything I served on the plate😂😂😂 without the alkesa for sure.

I learned something from this failure😊

Don't you ever cook the half-ripe Yellow Sapodilla forever😂😂😂

Well.. next time I have the well ripe Yellow Sapodilla, better turn it into cookies or cake rather than a compote or sweet soup😣. I still keep my curious with the fruits because I couldn't eat more than one fruit at a time because it is too sweet and soft, a good ingredients for ice cream and smoothie.

What is Yellow Sapodilla?

This fruit is native to South Mexico, around 16th century the Spaniards who cane to Philipina brought the seeds and from there it spread through all over South Asia including Indonesia. In Indonesia, we couldn't find this fruit anywhere in the island. So far, I just know that the fruit is growing wild in West Java. An evergreen tree and the fruits always available through the years. It will fell down from the tree when it is riped and couldn't survived more than 3 days after that.

We called this fruit as Sawo Mentega, Wolanda, Campoleh and Alkesa in Indonesia. I don't find many information about how to proceed this fruit into desert or cakes in my country but I read that some people would turn it into jam, pie and marmalade too. It needs more research about its benefit for the health. I'm sure that thus fruit is a good source of Vitamin A and C, dietary fiber and the latex can be use as a mixed latex to make Gum Candy.

Who said that you should post only the succeed recipe? Even the squirrel fell from the tree sometimes. Thanks for Stopping By and See You Around.

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