Everyone who travels to Thailand is interested in what kind of fruits grow in Thailand? What are they called correctly?
How to recognize them and what time of year is the season of the most popular and beloved fruits such as mango, papaya or mangosteen.
The article contains absolutely all fruits of Thailand, with descriptions, photos and names, prices for fruits in Thailand and the seasons of their ripening and eating. After reading, you will remember what the fruits of Thailand look like and what they are called in Thai, which will make it easier to choose and buy them in the market.
At the bottom of the article there is a table of the ripening of Thailand fruits by months, it is easy to determine the lowest prices for Thai fruits during the year.

Fruit of Thailand photos with names and descriptions

Mango is the most delicate fruit in Thailand (Mamuang in Thai)

Let's start with the most delicious, popular and beloved fruit among Russians - Mango.
Thai mango - (Ma-muang in Thai) has many varieties. Let's not go into details
they are all delicious and edible.
Some people prefer the oblong Thai yellow mangoes,

the most popular mangoes in Thailand - these are

someone loves round, small and plump (I think they are sweeter)

For me, the king of fruits in Thailand is not durian, but mango. Because you can't taste such delicious mangoes like Thai mango anywhere else.
Mango is good for your health. Despite the fact that it is sweet, eating mango will not harm the figure, so you can safely make necks, salads from it, add to desserts and cook jam.

In Thailand, many cosmetic products, creams, masks, toothpastes are produced on the basis of mango. Round Thai mango toothpastes are generally a delight.
In Russia, you can order them in the online store Siamgarden.ru, the prices are good there and everything is in stock, there is no need to wait for months for a parcel from Tai.

The season for Thai Mango falls in March - June. In general, mango bears fruit in Thailand several times a year.
Unfortunately, during the tourist season (from October to March), prices for mangoes are generally not humane, but all because it is not available in such quantities.
But he who seeks will find. This winter, in the Jomitien market there was also such a price for mango:

Although the average price for a mango is now 60 baht. In summer it's even cheaper - 30 baht per kilogram.

Life hack for tourists: buy the hardest and hardest mangoes home. Take different varieties of mango. Do not disdain green mangoes, they will ripen within a week.

In general, when buying a mango, you need to pay attention to the following things: Mango peel should be dense and clean. No dark spots or puffiness.
Do not wrinkle mangoes when buying, they quickly deteriorate. By the way, mangoes are as tender as bananas. I put a little pressure on them - that's it.

Vendors in the markets will ask in Russian "With me?" "Home?" and depending on the answer, throw mangoes into the bag for you. So, smile and collect your own mangoes, since the market is everywhere the market, before you can blink an eye, you will be thrown into sluggish and spoiled.

Don't buy huge mangoes. It is much more convenient to eat and peel those mangoes that are the size of a girl's palm. Such mangoes by weight are 3 - 3.5 pieces per kilogram.
Thais peel a mango like this: they take a knife, cut the mango together with the peel on one side and on the other. The pulp is cut with a knife to the skin and then horizontal strips are made. The resulting cubes are easily cut into a plate:

I personally do not like the popular Thai dessert "mango stiki rice" (glutinous rice with mango - khau niyau mamung). It is much more pleasant to eat mango without rice. But my children are just delighted and they even take ice cream along with glutinous rice and mango.

The king of fruits of Thailand - Durian (Thu-rian)

Everyone who travels to Thailand knows about Durian. Everyone who has been to Thailand should try it, since this is exactly the very exotic that cannot be ignored.
A huge prickly fruit costs crazy money, especially in the off-season.
A small piece of durian packed in plastic is sold for 120 - 150 baht.
At the same time, fans and connoisseurs of Durian advise to eat it immediately after cleaning, as it very quickly begins to fade and stink.

Almost all hotels in Thailand have a sign saying that entry with durians is prohibited. It is clear why. Nobody likes a mixture of rotten onions, garlic and garbage, and this is exactly what peeled durian smells like, as it contains a huge amount of sulfur, which, interacting with oxygen, gives such a smelly smell.

Durian tastes like a fat milk cream, somewhat similar to ice cream. I can't say that you can eat durians every day. Also, durians are very high in calories.
Refrain from eating durian if drunk. Since durian can greatly increase blood pressure, which, together with drinking, can harm your health.
The price of Durian during the harvest season starts from 100 baht per kg. Durian season in Thailand is summer. June to August. Durian is also sold throughout the year, but it is more expensive and the choice is less.

Dragon fruit - the most tasteless fruit in Thailand - Pitthaya (Kheu - mang: con)

Oh, I remember how I wandered at night with my husband around the night Bangkok in search of this very dragon, which our relatives ordered to bring to us. The dragon was eventually found in Bangkok's night fruit market, but was it worth the effort?

In my opinion, Dragon Fruit is a tasteless thing. This beautiful cactus relative has neither taste nor smell. Nevertheless, many people love the dragon fruit and buy it in Thailand.

Some people eat it with lime juice, they say it tastes better.
Deliciously add the Dragon to smoothies and milk necks, ice cream, decorate desserts.
The dragon is very low in calories, its bones improve vision, and it is also useful for diseases of the stomach and intestines.

The dragon looks very exotic. It comes with white and raspberry flesh inside, the color does not affect the taste.
To eat a dragon, you need to cut it in half and eat it with a spoon. or after peeling the peel, cut into wedges.
It is added to salads, tinctures and syrups.
The price of Dragon Fruit fluctuates depending on the season. From 40 to 80 baht per kg.

Dragons grow in the form of creepers, but in general the dragon fruit is a cactus.

Noyna - the heavenly apple of Thailand - (Noy-na)

It looks like a green scaly ball. Solid to the touch. In Thailand, the noina fruit is called a sugar apple.
The inside of the noina is filled with cream-like pulp. Lots of bones. It is customary to eat by cutting poplam, throwing out bones, which are poisonous enough if you eat a lot of them on purpose.

Noinu, or sugar apple, is definitely worth trying in Thailand, the sweet, soft pulp inside is somewhat reminiscent of a pear in taste.

Noyna is sold throughout the markets of Thailand, the price in the harvest season is about 40 baht per kg. Sold all year round, I bought somewhere for 60-70 baht per kg.
Noina can be made into a delicious children's dessert by mixing Noina pulp with coconut juice and freezing.

Rambutan is the hairiest fruit in Thailand (Ngo)

Rambutan is one of my favorites. Its pros: easy to clean, easy to eat, delicious.
Rambutan belongs to the lychee family, and the word "rambutan" in Malay means hair.

Be careful when buying. Fresh and tasty rambutan should have healthy hair.
That is, no blackness, the appearance is vigorous, with red-green hairs.

To eat it, you need to cut it in a circle with a knife, press on the skin, which will peel off and eat, spitting out a bone that is inside it (one), but it separates extremely badly.

The taste of rambutan is hard to describe. It is firm like grapes, with a scent of rose and spices.
The price of rambutan starts at 40 baht per kg.
Stores very poorly. You may not get to Russia.

Mangosteen - unusual garlic (Mang - khuuk)

the most delicious and delicate Thai fruit - mangosteen!

Another favorite of mine. Exactly in the top 5 fruits in Thailand in my ranking.
Inside the mangosteen there are many cloves that look like garlic. This is what we call him among ourselves.
The pulp is juicy, sweet and sour, reminiscent of a mixture of peach and grapes, cannot be described, you need to try.
The fewer slices inside the mangosteen, the fewer seeds.

It is easy to clean: just like the rambutan in a circle, you just need to twist the halves in different directions.

Thais clean mangosteen simply by scrolling the top flower in different directions. When the flower has fallen out, divide the mangosteen in half with your fingers.

How to choose fresh mangosteen?
Take the fruit in your hand. It should not be too soft, but also not wooden. If it's wooden - that's it, it's gone, the same thing with a soft, rotten fruit. Should be easily pressed with your finger.

Mangosteen becomes woody after spending a lot of time in the refrigerator or outside.
Freshly harvested mangosteen is good for girls on a diet. Its calorie content is only 40 kcal per 100 grams of pulp. Mangosteen peel is used in Thai medicine for many diseases as an antiseptic, astringent, diarrhea remedy and to improve bowel function.

Prices for mangosteen in Pattaya are from 50 to 120 baht. Mangosteen's season is summer.

Papaya - like boiled carrots (mala-koo)

The oldest Indo-Chinese fruit. Super useful. It is possible and necessary even to give small children as the first complementary foods.
It tastes like Thai papaya, they say it's not as wonderful as Indian papaya. But I haven't tried Indian, there is nothing to compare with.
There is no pronounced taste. Probably, papaya tastes like boiled carrots the most to me.
Papaya weighs between 1 and 8 kg.
To choose fresh and good papaya, look at the rind. It should be yellowish with a green tint.
The all-green papaya goes into the famous Som Tam salad.
Oh, that's where it really tastes good! Drooling at the memory. Sometimes, in Som, they put green mango instead of green papaya.

The papaya should be eaten by cutting the skin off like a potato and dividing the fruit in half to remove the seeds inside.
low-calorie papaya helps with many ailments.

In winter, another variety is sold in Pattaya, which looks like a large peach. The difference is that it has no seeds at all, but it tastes like strawberries.

Papaya costs in Thailand from 20 baht per kg. On average, one papaya costs 20-40 baht.

Passion fruit - the most fragrant and healthy fruit in Thailand (Passion fruit) (Sau-va-root)

Also a great fruit. Exotic for Russia due to its poor transportation.
Passion fruit is a fruit with a very rich aroma and taste. The jelly-like pulp under the thick skin smells really cool!

Passion fruit is usually cut in half and eaten with a spoon. One of the most delicious and low-calorie fruits, and in terms of usefulness it will give 100 points ahead of everyone!

Being a fan of passionfruit, I found out in foreign sources that it contains a huge amount of vitamin C and iron, and this is very unusual, since usually fruits only contain vitamin C, which is known to be absorbed in extremely small quantities without iron.
Passion flower, passion fruit or passion fruit - on the contrary, allows the body to assimilate the entire supply of vitamin C, as well as iron, which makes it very, very useful during colds, for raising hemoglobin, for a weakened, tired body.

Passion fruit is especially useful for girls and women, as it has antioxidant properties and eating it has a beneficial effect on the skin, which becomes younger, rashes and pimples go away, the body rejuvenates and vitality appears.

The best and healthiest eating option is to eat raw, with a spoon, about 3-4 fruits per day. Since passionfruit contains a lot of vitamin C and it is a sweet and sour fruit, people with high acidity need to be careful. Passion fruit can be dangerous for them and bring heartburn.

Passion fruit is also indicated for those who have problems with the intestines and digestion. Literally in 2-3 days of eating, the chair gets better and all pains, bloating, flatulence, the initial types of hemorrhoids and cracks disappear.

The price of passion fruit in Pattaya markets varies from season to season. Bottom plank - 60 baht. The season is summer-autumn, in winter passion fruit is sold at 100-120 baht per kg.

HERE IS THE SUCH PASSION YOU CAN BUY

When choosing passion fruit, take fruits with wrinkled skin, this is a ripe fruit. It is desirable that the passionfruit is of medium hardness, of a good color of ripe eggplant. A smooth skin indicates that the fruit was recently picked, it may be sour, but you can also take it.

Useful information for tourists in Thailand

We have been living in Pattaya for many years and over the years a lot of useful information has accumulated that will help you save money, because the ruble to baht exchange rate does not inspire optimism and I think no one has extra money.

Here are the articles that are most helpful to you before you travel:

Where to buy fruit in Pattaya profitably and cheaply

The most favorable prices for fruits in Pattaya can be found in the markets:

Ratanakaorn market. The address is Tepprazit Street, in the middle, next to the Colosseum show. It works from 5 am to 15-16 pm.

Wat Bun Market - located on the street. Wat Boone, adjacent to Paradise Condo, Park Lane, Amazon, Atlantis. It works from morning until 18 pm.

Jomtien Night Market. Located in the middle of the Jomtien waterfront, within walking distance of the Aqua condo. Open from 5 pm to 11 pm Prices may be higher than Wat Bun and Ratanakorn.

The Ambassador Hotel has fruit rows, the prices there are quite reasonable, there is no point in going to the city especially for fruit.

There are no good cheap markets in the center of Pattaya. Overpriced, overweight.

In the area of ​​st. Pattaya Park, next to the hotel there is a good market that works from lunch until late at night, and also, in the same street, fruits are often sold by farmers from cars

Sapodilla - like a tasteless persimmon (La-mut)

While in Thailand, I certainly tried almost all fruits, but there are some that cause confusion. Here is one of the sapodilla.
Tastes like unripe persimmon. Some strange astringent taste, in general, some kind of nonsense. If you are thinking of tasting, then sapodilla is inexpensive (of course)), the price of sapodilla in Pattaya is about 30-40 baht per kg.
Use a fruit that has a soft skin. The harder it is, the more it knits.

Baltic herring - sour strawberry (Sa-La (Ra-kum in Thai) Snake fruit

Certainly serpentine. Even when you take it in your hand, it feels like you are touching the snake by the skin. Likewise rough and prickly.

Sour pulp growing on a snake palm. It helps well to cope with diarrhea, since the fruits of herring contain tannin.
I do not see any other purpose of taking herring internally, except for antidiarrheal properties. Since the taste is rather strange for us. Sour, astringent.
It cleans well, the skin peels off by itself, you just have to press.

The price of Baltic herring (snake fruit) in Pattaya is 70 - 90 baht per kg.

LICHIE IS A WHOLE PERFUME FACTORY OF CHEAP PERFUMES

That's what Thais love, it's lychees. Litchi in marinade, lychee in compote, lychee everywhere.
Lychee fruits look very beautiful - such a soft pink ball that also smells good.
In appearance, the lychee is similar to both rambutan and longan. Lychee also has one bone inside the transparent pulp. The bone is not eaten.

For my taste - lychee painfully resembles perfume. So my aroma is stifling and intoxicating to me.

The price of lychee in Pattaya is 100-120 baht per kg. The season is June.

Lychee is very useful, it lifts the mood, contains a lot of B vitamins, phosphorus, protein, iron, pectin, while being low in calories.

Star fruit - (Carambola) Ma-feung) Star fruit

CARAMBOLA - FRUIT STAR!

The undoubtedly beautiful and exotic carambola fruit is star fruit.
It is not cleaned, it is simply cut across so that 5 final stars are obtained.

Serves as a decoration for the table, cocktails, etc. It tastes more like a vegetable than a fruit.
Very watery and sourish. Healthy, contains many vitamins.

Ripe carambola of bright yellow color. In Pattaya it is easy to find carambola just growing like a weed in the trees. The tree bears a huge amount of fruits that fall off and which no one even picks. Thais almost do not eat carambola, and if they do, they add greenish to salads.

The price in Pattaya for carambola (star fruit) is around 40 baht per kg.

Longan - Dragon Eye - (la-miai)

Long yang is the Chinese word for dragon's eye. Free translation from Chinese, and here it is - Longan.
The bone really looks like someone's eye.

Longan is one of my favorites. tastes like delicious and ripe melon, but be careful
Longan is very easy to overeat. Then there will be a feeling of lightheadedness and nausea.
You shouldn't eat more than 5-10 berries at a time, I know from myself.

When purchasing, inspect the Longan bunch. The fruits should be the same color, slightly rough, not wrinkled and without spots.
When pressed, the peel bursts quickly and can be eaten like nuts.
The bone itself is bitter, do not eat. The price of a longan in Pattaya is 60-80 baht per kg per season. sold all year round, the main season is summer.

Jackfruit breadfruit (Kha-well-n)

Jackfruit is very similar to durian, look make no mistake when buying!
The fruits of Jackfruit are enormous! They reach 40 kg in weight, so do not walk under the tree on which Jackfruit grows, and in Thailand you will often come across it.

Jackfruit from Portuguese is big and round. Thais love jackfruit, probably also because from one piece you can get a lot of pulp that looks like an apple.

Jackfruit has an unusual taste. It's hard to describe. It is most often eaten pickled in sweet syrup.
A huge jackfruit makes a lot of "berries":

It is unlikely that you will buy a whole Jackfruit, since the price for an average fruit is 900 - 1000 baht. Therefore, it is not sold as a green carcass, but packaged and sold on substrates.

Jackfruit is very satisfying and healthy. A large amount of folic acid in it is a recommendation for pregnant and lactating women. Jackfruit is sweet, soft, very fragrant and smells like turbo banana gum.
It contains a lot of vegetable fiber, which is so difficult to find in other foods, as well as magnesium.

The price for a substrate with jackfruit is about 40-70 baht.

Guava (fara-ng)

In Thailand, there is a delicious and fresh guava. The one that is pink inside is tastier, very aromatic, and the one that is light green is more watery and does not have a rich taste.
In Thailand, guava can often be found at fruit hawkers and will be bright light green in color. Don't be confused by this, it's just soaked in sugar syrup. This is how it acquires sweetness and taste. Hard, crunchy taste.
Even an unripe guava smells strong. It can be used at home as a scent and odor absorber, such as in the refrigerator or next to an ashtray.
Thais love unripe guava, eat it with spices and pickle it, make sauces.
Guava makes a very tasty and aromatic smoothie or juice. But on condition that sugar is added there.
The price of a guava in Pattaya is from 40 baht per kg.

Tamarind is the most nutritious fruit in Thailand (ma-kham-wang)

TAMARIND - THE CALORIE FRUIT OF THAILAND

Tamarind is a fruit of the date family. The taste is very controversial. Usually it is not eaten just like that, but soaked to get a juice-syrup, or dried, rolled in sugar, to be eaten like candied fruits.

And without sugar, tamarind is very high in calories. For 100 grams, tamarind has more kcal than a cheeseburger - as much as 240 calories! So it is not worth it for those who are trying to keep track of weight.

Tamarind is popular as a cosmetic product. It whitens, gives freshness to the skin, is used as a raw material for scrubs, foams for washing, creams, etc.

Coconut is the most popular fruit in Thailand (Ma-phrau)

Coconut in Thailand is pickled, eaten raw, baked, made syrups and ice cream, added to soups and sauces, meat and fish, everywhere in general.
About the benefits of coconut oil coconut is a very healthy and cool product.

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Did you know that coconut water was used for blood transfusions during the civil war? Because in its composition, coconut water is similar to blood plasma.
Coconut water (young coconut) should and can be given even to infants, as it is so useful and rich in vitamins.
I think almost everyone loves coconuts, and in Thailand there are a lot of them everywhere, at the most affordable price.
The harvest of coconuts in Thailand all year round, so the price of them does not change.
The price of coconuts in Thailand is 15 - 20 baht for a coconut in the store and 30 - 40 baht in the city or on the beach.
In Pattaya, most often they sell either white young coconuts or their counterparts, another variety, in a green skin.

I love the taste and smell of coconut, on occasion, I always order a coconut-wrapped cocktail or a coconut-wrapped shrimp cocktail, and children love the coconut ice cream, which is put in the coconut and sold by Thais from their carts. This ice cream costs 20 baht, if you see an ice cream maker with an iron tank under an umbrella, be sure to try it!
Season - all year round.

Banana - (cool-ah)

It is better not to use the Thai name for a banana in communication with Thais, as you risk being misunderstood due to the peculiarities of the pronunciation.
The fact is that klu-ai, spoken in a different key, means a male organ, and its name is in a rough form.

Bananas in Thailand, like coconuts, are everywhere. They are cheap, and every perfume house has them as an offering.
They taste completely different here than in Russia. It is generally accepted that "fodder varieties" are sold in Russia. I don't know, but in my opinion it is.
In the homeland, you can feed the whole family with one banana, they are of this size. Here I love to buy a bunch of small bananas because they are very sweet and satisfying.
Bananas are rich in potassium, and while they are not too dietary (a lot of starch), they are still good for health. Just eat them off a bunch a day.

I buy green bananas in Thailand, because they ripen very quickly (a day or two), and when I buy yellow ones, I didn't have time to blink - they are already black.
The price for a bunch of bananas, and they are sold that way, and not by kg, in Pattaya - 25 - 30 baht.

The tastiest bananas in Thailand are small. They are very sweet and can be conveniently given to children as a snack.

Pineapple (Sappa-root)

They say that the most delicious and aromatic pineapples grow in Thailand. And this is absolutely true. You will not find such sweet, juicy, delicious pineapples anywhere else. That pitiful likeness, what they feed us in Russia - just laugh at the chickens.

Pineapple is sold all year round in Thailand and is cheap. He, like bananas, is sold by pieces, not by kg.
One large pineapple costs -20-30 baht in Pattaya. Can be purchased already peeled for 20 baht per ice pack from a fruit vendor in town.

Thais masterfully peel pineapples without leaving a single sharp thorn and without cutting off anything superfluous, so I advise you to take peeled.
In the Jomitien market, peeled pineapples are sold for 20 baht (half). In the evening, you will be given 3 peeled pineapples for 50, so fly in!

Quacks like to sell fat-burning vitamins with pineapple, I don't know how they work, but pineapple really contains a substance that speeds up metabolism, improves concentration and stamina, helps to diet and lose weight.
It is clear that you cannot polish a Big Mac with pineapple and think that “Hurray! I eat and lose weight !! "

Pineapples should be eaten with caution for hypertensive patients and people who have high acidity.
When choosing a pineapple, press on the skin, it should be slightly soft. In color, even if you have taken an all-green pineapple, it will ripen over time.

Although not peeled pineapples in Thailand are bought in my only home. There is no difference in price, but it will still not be possible to clean it like the Thais.

Watermelon - (Teng-moo)

A distinctive feature of Thai watermelons is their size. If there are no options in Russia and you have to buy a 10-15 kilogram watermelon, just
because there are no others, in Thailand, watermelons are very compact. Thai watermelon weighs about 4-5 kg, sometimes less.
That is, it is easy to eat in one or two times and does not take up much space in the refrigerator.
Thai watermelon comes in red and yellow on the inside. This does not particularly affect the taste, in appearance it is also not clear what kind of watermelon you will end up with when you buy.
Watermelons in Thailand are sold all year round. You can often buy a sliced ​​watermelon or half a watermelon.
Everyone knows that watermelons are very healthy, especially in the heat.
The price for a whole watermelon in Thailand is about 30-40 baht,. Slicing - 10 -20 baht.

Do not buy too small watermelons in Thailand, which weigh 1-2 kg. They will be watery and tasteless. The ideal size is 2-4 kg. Entrust the seller with the choice of watermelon, they select well.

Tangerine (catfish)

Tangerine is a Thai manadrin. Basically, it has a green, very thin skin.
Tangerine is known for being squeezed everywhere and sold in 330 ml bottles for 20 baht.
By the way, the juice is very tasty, sweet and healthy.
Its trouble is that there are always sooo many bones.
After looking at what sap machines are used by sellers of tangerine juice, I bought myself one for 400 baht at Macro. Now I enjoy juices without leaving my home.

Tangerines, like tangerines, oranges and citrus fruits, are not cheap in Tai.
Rather, tangerine is just the cheapest of them. It is sold all year round and costs about 50 baht per kg.
wholesale is cheaper. 10 kg of tangerines in macro cost 330 baht.

Just like mangoes, papayas, watermelons and tangerines, in Pattaya you can often find a pickup truck with farmers selling their goods.
Tangerines from a car will cost 3kg per 100baht.

Kumquat

4664kumquat - mini orange

Last on my list, but not last. A very cute and tasty fruit of the citrus family. Like a mini orange. Kumquat can be eaten raw, pickled, made from candied fruit or marmalade.
Kumquat is very useful to brew for colds, as an antibacterial drink that helps with acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory infections. That is, kumquat + ginger + honey, and a tasty, healthy drink will quickly put you on your feet.

The price of kumquat in Thailand varies from 50 to 90 baht per kg.
For some reason, in Pattaya comes across quite rarely.

Fruit season in Thailand - table

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Curiosity is peculiar to a person and it manifests itself in so many things. The search for something new gives a huge experience, knowledge, and sometimes unforeseen surprises. With the opportunity to travel to different countries, a great opportunity has opened up to learn not only the life and culture of another people, but also their products. The inhabitants of Europe are amazed to taste what is brought from Asia and other continents. The fruits of Thailand are of particular interest, because they are different from other varieties and are something unknown, interesting, and, of course, very useful, which is why it is so important to learn more about them.

Peculiarities

Thailand is an amazing country that amazes tourists with the originality of its culture, which is very different from the European part of the world. Tourists often go to this country on vacation, as there are excellent beaches and a mild climate. Thanks to the bright, but not scorching sun and frequent rains, Thailand is rich in a wide variety of fruits that can be easily bought on every corner. The cost of any delicacies for which our resident at home will give a lot of money will be very small here.

Loyal pricing policy is not accidental, because the harvests in the country are very high and they are harvested from two to three times a year. In this regard, there is another distinctive feature of fruits from Thailand: they do not have any chemical additives in their composition, because even without them they grow perfectly, ripen on time and do not get sick.

Thai fruits are known all over the world and are in demand, because their taste and useful qualities can hardly be overestimated.

Of course, for tourists, the food in Thailand is unusual, especially if the trip is made for the first time, but Thais consume exotic dishes every day, not considering them to be something atypical. Thai chefs and culinary experts know a huge number of recipes for dishes in which you can use fruits, and the most delicious of them are adopted by masters from all over the world and cook in the most expensive restaurants, asking for crazy money per serving. If you want to see everything with your own eyes, try all the variety of food and healthy fruits, you should visit this amazing country.

If we talk about the fruits themselves, which grow in Asia, then they contain a large amount of vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to health, in addition, some can be used as a medicinal product, whose action has been proven by many generations. The Thai people eat not only ripe, but also unripe pulp, which is combined with a wide variety of dishes. A special feature of this country is mini-markets and shops that are located on every street, where not only fruits and vegetables are sold, but also ready-made juices, smoothies, cold cuts and soups - you can taste them right on the street.

Since fruits are exotic for tourists, it is important to consume them in moderation so as not to get digestive problems due to the consumption of large quantities of unfamiliar food.

Another feature of new food can be unconventional taste sensations that arise when tasting a particular fruit. If you want to enjoy food in the comfort of your room, you should prepare for eating in advance by watching a video of exactly how certain fruits are peeled and eaten, because Thai delicacies have a number of features.

Having visited Thailand, you can get a number of important discoveries for yourself:

• new knowledge about the culture and traditions of another people;
• new taste sensations from food in Thailand;
• acquaintance with all the exotic fruits of the country at a low cost;
• the opportunity to learn some of the intricacies of recipes and cook them at home;
• a chance to bring a little exotic home and pamper your family.

In order for the trip to be pleasant, and the taste sensations from new food leave unforgettable emotions, you need to read in advance about all the fruits that are found in this country: about their benefits, the effect on the human body, methods of cleaning, cutting and eating - then every day in this country will be full of surprises and delight.

Titles and descriptions

Since the variety of fruits in Thailand will not leave anyone indifferent, it is worth learning more about the most popular ones.

• Durian- is considered one of the most delicious delicacies in the country, but it has a very strong fetid odor, therefore it is not allowed to be transported or even eaten where there is a large crowd of people. The trees where these fruits grow are very tall, some of them reach 50 meters. Thailand is famous for its great variety of durian, but not all of them are suitable for human consumption. There are only 9 varieties that do not pose a threat to human health. The fruit is also magnificent because its weight can reach four kilograms. The appearance is also unusual: the fruit is prickly on the outside, and the flesh is located in a shell, through which it can be difficult to get through. Durian's color is yellow-green.

• Dragon fruit - pitahaya- This is an interesting-looking fruit: outwardly the color is pink, but inside it has white contents with black seeds. Despite all the mystery, the taste is very mediocre, and often there are almost none, because the Thais themselves add lime juice while taking pitahaya. The most popular use of this fruit is in the production of drinks, smoothies and cocktails, which must be supplemented with sugar. The demand for pitahaya is that it has a small amount of calories, and therefore contributes to weight loss. In addition, this product is endowed with a large amount of nutrients, the seeds have a beneficial effect on eyesight, and the pulp becomes an excellent raw material for preparing remedies that help with gastrointestinal problems.

The process of eating pitahaya consists in dividing the fruit in half, peeling and cutting into slices.

• Mango- a fruit from Thailand, which has gained worldwide popularity and occupies a leading position in export from the country. All this is explained by the excellent taste, tenderness and juiciness of these fruits. At home, you can find a fairly large species diversity of this fruit, but, unlike durian, all the fruits of mango are suitable for consumption. An interesting fact is that this delicacy is low in calories, although it tastes very sweet. Due to the great popularity of mango, Thais prepare salads, desserts from it, add to cocktails, yoghurts. Due to the presence of useful properties, this product has found its application in cosmetology: for example, you can see shampoos, creams and other products where this fruit will be in the composition. Thailand has its own traditions of cutting and peeling fruit, for which the peel is cut with vertical lines, affecting the pulp, after which horizontal lines are made, which in total gives cubes that are convenient to cut into a plate.

• Longan Is a berry that tastes like our melon. It is very tasty, but it is important to know when to stop, using no more than 10 berries, otherwise you may feel a worsening of your condition. Externally, the longan is covered with a hard shell, but it is quite easy to clean it. The pulp is dense inside, but not hard, in the middle there is a seed that cannot be eaten, because it is poisonous. To choose the right fruit, it is worth carefully examining the berry, touching its peel, which should be rough, not have irregularities, dents and spots.

• Rambutan Is a hairy exotic fruit native to Thailand. This fruit is extremely popular because it has a pleasant taste, low calorie content; it's easy to clean and eat. To buy this shaggy fruit, you need to thoroughly examine the hairs, which should be red-green, lively, without signs of aging, deterioration or black spots. The process of peeling the peel consists of making an incision in a circle and applying slight pressure to the fruit. There is also a bone inside that cannot be eaten. Everyone has their own taste, therefore there is no single description of what this shaggy fruit tastes like, although it is noted for some similarity to grapes.

• A pineapple- is a popular delicacy in Thailand due to its pleasant taste and low cost. Pineapples bear fruit all year round, so you can always buy them at a low price. Buying this fruit, you can spend a little money and immediately order cleaning and it will be right, because the Thais know how to carry out this procedure correctly, removing everything unnecessary and not cutting off anything edible. All over the world, this fruit is valuable for the presence of a substance that helps to speed up metabolism, which allows you to lose weight faster.

To choose a ripe pineapple, you should pay attention to its skin: it should be a little soft, but if you get a green fruit, it doesn't matter, you just need to wait a little and the fruit will be ready to eat.

• Mangosteen- it is a small purple fruit, inside of which white slices "hide", which have a delicate and pleasant taste with hints of sourness. Each slice has a seed that is unsuitable for eating. You need to cut the mangosteen by analogy with rambutan, cutting in a circle. When choosing a fruit, it is important that it is not hard, but at the same time not too soft. It is best to consume freshly harvested mangosteen, which is how you can get all the benefits of the fruit.

• Banana- the most famous fruit, which is familiar to everyone from childhood. In Thailand, they grow abundantly and year-round, because their cost is almost always minimal. At home, this delicacy differs greatly in taste from what is brought to the same Russia, therefore connoisseurs of this fruit simply must visit Thailand and pamper themselves with real bananas. These fruits in the composition have a large amount of starch and potassium, therefore they saturate very quickly and you should not eat too much of them. When buying these fruits, you should look at the peel: if it is yellow, then the banana will not be stored for a long time, you need to eat it in a day or two, but if you need to hold them longer, then it is better to take green fruits that ripen themselves.

• Guava- delicious, but insipid fruit. There are two varieties: pink and green. The first is tastier and sweeter; for other cases, Thais use a marinade, after which the fruit becomes sweeter and crisper. Guava is popular for making a variety of sauces and drinks, it is eaten fresh and pickled, and is also used in everyday life as an air flavoring or odor absorber in the refrigerator.

• Lychee- extremely popular at home, not a single dish or drink can do without it. Lychee outwardly looks like a longan, has a pink tint, a pleasant smell, and inside there is a jelly-like transparent substance and a bone that should not be eaten. Unlike others like him, in this case it is worth noting the great sweetness of the fruit and the heady aroma. Due to the presence of vitamin B, phosphorus, proteins, iron and pectin, after eating lychee, a person's mood improves.

• Apple Chompu- is a favorite fruit of children, as it tastes good, does not need cleaning and does not contain seeds. The shape of these apples is pear-shaped and the skin color is pink. Thanks to the pulp, which has a dense texture and white or pink color, you can quench your thirst on a hot day. When choosing a fruit, it is worth evaluating its color: it is undesirable to choose a dark color, it will not have the proper level of sugar, which will affect the taste.

• Jackfruit- the fruit, in terms of external indicators, is very similar to durian, but has much larger dimensions. Often, jackfruit weighs about 40 kilograms, in contrast to durian, the maximum of which is 4 kg. In Thailand, there are a lot of trees with these fruits, so you should be careful and not walk under them, so as not to get over the head with a heavy fruit, though exotic for our person. Jackfruit is highly popular in Thailand due to its size, which makes it possible to get a lot of pulp, the taste of which is very similar to our apples. The method of preparation usually boils down to marinating in sugar syrup, but you can also make balls from fresh fruit, which are sold at any street stall.

• Passion fruit Is a popular fruit in Thailand, which is rarely seen in Russia due to the rapid deterioration of the product and poor conditions for transportation. This fruit is also famous for its aroma, due to which it is added to various cosmetics. The pulp is under a thick skin and has a delicate and delicate taste.

At home, this fruit is eaten with a spoon, cutting the passionfruit into two parts. Juices, smoothies, fresh juices, cocktails and desserts are prepared from this fruit.

• Pomelo- a yellow-orange fruit, which in its homeland reaches 30 cm in diameter and can weigh up to 10 kilograms. The taste is pleasant, sweet, but there is a slight bitterness. The fruit is valuable for the abundance of vitamins and nutrients that are important for people of different age groups.

• Baltic herring- an exotic fruit that is dressed in a peel that looks like a snake skin. Inside the herring there is a white flesh with a strawberry and sea buckthorn flavor and a nut flavor. It is the original taste that is what makes this fruit so popular.

• Langsat- in all respects it is similar to lychee and longan, grows on trees in bunches. Langsat is a berry that hides in a shell, and the inner part of it consists of slices, which have one or two seeds. Unlike the aforementioned crops, it tastes quite tart and resembles very sweet grapes that have been mixed with tangerine and lemon. The Thai people use langsat for various dishes, but most often it is served with meat and salads. The residents themselves are trying to consume more of this fruit, as it helps to strengthen the immune system and resist diseases.

• Coconut- is the most favorite fruit in Thailand. Locals eat it in a wide variety of forms: fried, pickled, baked, cheese, as an additive to meat and fish, in soup, sauce and more. Such popularity is associated not only with its pleasant taste, but also with the huge positive properties that coconut has. The liquid inside - the so-called coconut milk - is very similar to human plasma, because in wartime it was used as an aid in blood transfusion. Despite such popularity and the presence of useful properties, the pricing policy for this fruit remains stable: it is not expensive, and therefore is in demand throughout the year, since the harvest takes place all the time.

• Bail- This is an unusual fruit, which is also called a stone apple, because how to get to the pulp is problematic. The Thai people use a special technique for this. Unlike all previous fruits, baile is not consumed fresh, it serves as the basis for making teas.

If the pulp is dried, then it can be added to ice cream, jam, jam, and also to salad.

• Carambola- a very interesting-looking fruit that looks like a five-pointed star. Despite the bright yellow color and attractive appearance, the taste of the fruit is completely different: it is unsweetened and looks more like a vegetable. The main purpose of carambola is the decoration of confectionery, salads and more.

• Mafai- another representative, similar to Longan, Rambutan and Langsat. Mafai are small yellow-orange berries that hang in clusters on branches in a thin shell. The pulp is sweet and slightly sour. It is very similar in consistency to grapes. Mafai bears fruit almost all year long, depending on where it grows.

• Noina- these are fruits that outwardly resemble cones, only of a large size. Even their aroma is coniferous, there are scales and a green color of the peel. Inside, noina is tender and sweet, with a vanilla tint and a piney aroma. It is difficult to remove the skin of the fruit, because the juice must not be allowed to leak, which can leave a burn if it gets on the mucous membrane. The process of consumption is also different: you need to eat Noinu with a spoon, removing the bones that are inside the fruit.

The popularity of the fruit is associated with its tonic effect and the ability to raise a person's mood.

• Noni- a special fruit that is not sold on the shelves of shops or stalls, they are grown in specialized closed plantations. Healing juice is prepared from noni, which tastes very bitter, but has a huge number of useful properties. It can be drunk or used externally to treat wounds and burns.

• Cherimoya Is an exotic fruit that has an original appearance that resembles a nut in green scales. Indigenous people and tourists alike love cherimoya for its pleasant and tender pulp, which resembles custard. When using it, you should be careful, because inside there are a large number of bones that cannot be eaten.

• Papaya- a fruit from Thailand that has a neutral taste and great benefits for the body. It is this fruit that is considered necessary for use by children under one year old as a complementary food. If you need to choose a good papaya, then you should pay attention to the skin, the color of which should be yellow with small green areas.

Green papaya is an artificially bred variety used in a variety of salads in Thailand.

• Santol- a fruit that children love very much because of its soft and pleasant taste. Outwardly, Santol looks like an apple, its color is beige, and the flesh is white and looks like slices. The taste is similar to mangosteen, but has a weaker aroma. Inside the lobules there are bones that are difficult to separate from the pulp, which has become the reason for the weak popularity of Santol in the homeland.

• Sapodilla- a fruit that looks like a potato, but radically different in taste. The brown skin on the outside makes the fruit unsightly, but the creamy tender pulp will not leave anyone indifferent. The sweet taste is complemented by the aroma of coffee beans and dates.

• Tamarillo Is an exotic fruit that looks like a tomato. The red fruit with a dense skin is about five centimeters in size. You can eat only the pulp, which has a sweet and sour taste and resembles a mixture of tomatoes and currants.

Tomarillo is valuable for its rich set of trace elements and vitamins, thanks to which it is often used as a remedy that is excellent for migraines.

• Tamarind- is a legume, looks like a long pod, in which the fruits are located. Tamarind is not eaten fresh, it is added to drinks, desserts, sauces, and seasonings.

• Watermelon- a fruit familiar to everyone, which in Thailand has a different taste, and sometimes a look. For Russia, the most common are watermelons with red flesh, and in Thailand there are varieties with a yellow and greenish center. The size of watermelons in this country is small, so it is not difficult to carry them with you and on a hot day you can easily quench your thirst. Such a delicacy is inexpensive, everyone can afford it.

Thailand is rich in a wide variety of fruits and tourists who travel to this country for the first time should be familiar with them in order to be able to taste real delicacies and delight themselves not only with tasty, but also healthy food.

Season by months

In order to know which fruits will be relevant in Thailand in a given month, it is worthwhile to stock up on knowledge in advance about how they grow and what when they bear fruit. There are a number of fruits that are year-round in the country, which means that you can eat them at any time of the year, but not all fruits of the country belong to these. So, jackfruit is harvested between March and June, so late spring and early summer are the best times for a trip to Thailand to taste this interesting product. Ripening times are almost the same for mangoes, which can be bought fresh between March and May.

This indicates the spring nature of the ripening of these fruits.

A more summertime culture can be attributed to the Longan, which sings from June to September, allowing indigenous people and tourists to receive this product in abundance. Lychee is a crop that gives birth only two months a year, from May to June, so fans of this fruit should carefully choose the time of their trip to Thailand. Mangosteen is also one of those fruits that ripen actively from spring to late summer. You can enjoy mangosteen starting in May and ending in August. Rambutan has almost the same framework for the readiness of the fruit for consumption, but often the season drags on until the end of September, and in October it is already completely over.

To the fruits that bear fruit almost the entire season and can often be found on store shelves, there is the possibility of attributing papaya, which can be obtained all year, except for three months of summer. The situation is similar with pineapples, which are popular both among the local population and in the tourist environment. You can try pineapple on any day of the week of every month, but from August to October in some areas the trees stop bearing fruit.

As in our latitudes, a purely summer fruit is the watermelon, which ripens actively from May to the end of September.

It was at this time in Thailand that the highest temperature is noted, from which you can escape not only with soft drinks, but also with juicy watermelons. Asia is rich in a wide variety of fruits that may be familiar to us for a long time or completely incomprehensible and exotic. The same strawberries can be found here in November and December, when in our latitudes there are already severe frosts and winter. Plum bears fruit in April and May, while our trees are just beginning to come to life after winter and bloom. The abundance of tasty and healthy food, beautiful nature and non-traditional way of life for a European make Asia, and, in particular, Thailand, a place of active tourism. In order for the rest to be cognitive and good, it is important to carefully prepare for it.

Is it possible to export fruits from Thailand?

When going to a new state, especially such an exotic one as Thailand, there is a desire to bring something from there as a souvenir. Many people prefer souvenir products for this, but there are also real connoisseurs of exoticism and a healthy lifestyle. Thais do not put any bans on the export of fruits from their country, because they are fully provided with them and are not afraid to lose most of the harvest. To transport certain fruits on an airplane, you need to know the conditions of storage, transportation and packaging in order to bring fresh fruit home, and not crush it on the way.

Despite the open policy regarding products, Thailand has certain regulations and laws for the import of such baggage into their country. It is allowed to carry those exotic fruits that are not subject to quarantine or some other prohibition, because in this case it will not be possible to take such a load with you. Importation into Russia with such baggage is permitted if:

• each fruit is properly packaged, for which it is better to use the help of professionals;
• fruits are packed in a specialized plastic container, which can be bought without any problems in any Thai supermarket;
• pack a plastic container in a bag to hide it from clear view by inspectors at the airport, which will help to avoid unnecessary problems.

These plastic containers can be checked in as main baggage, but you can keep it with you, which will be considered as carry-on baggage that can be carried inside the cabin. If you adhere to all the above rules and do not accumulate large stocks of exotic fruits, you can easily go through the control and transport the fruits and then enjoy the memories of a paradise vacation, eating real Thai fruits.

How to eat them?

Since Thailand is considered the birthplace of a large number of exotic fruits, it is important to know not only their names, get acquainted with their appearance and read about their taste and benefits, but also understand exactly how to eat them. There are fruits that we have known for a long time and there are no difficulties with their use, for example, bananas or watermelons; but there are more original fruits with which you will have to smash your head, not knowing the ritual of taking them for food.

To peel the herring, you cannot do without a knife, which will have to carry out painstaking work to remove the dense peel, which also has thorns.

The pulp of the fruit is light and has two or three lobules with a stone inside, which cannot be eaten. To make the cleaning process go faster, it is worth buying fresh herring, because after storage it becomes even more difficult to clean it. Longan has a dense but thin skin that needs to be pryed off and removed from the pulp. This fruit is easy to peel, and pretty soon it is possible to get to the pulp, which is almost transparent and tastes like a plum. Sapodilla peels as easily as potatoes by skinning. The pulp that remains after peeling resembles a persimmon or a pear, but inside there are two rather large bones.

It is worth noting the excellent taste of the fruit, but there is also a minus: it spoils very quickly. Mangosteen is also peeled with a knife, so as to get to the pulp. Inside, the mangosteen has the appearance of white lobules, inside which there are bones that are not suitable for consumption. For a tourist, the fruit may seem incomprehensible, so impressions may vary. Pitahaya can be eaten in two ways: the first involves dividing the fruit into two parts and eating the contents with a spoon, and the second is cutting the pulp into rings after the skin is removed. Pitahaya attracts tourists with external data, beautiful bright colors and original content, but its taste is far from external data.

Fruits, which are difficult to peel, are usually sold by Thais already peeled, and they do it at a high professional level.

Those who want to try everything on their own experience need to be patient, didactic literature and up-to-date videos on cleaning and preparing fruits for eating. There are a great many options for how Thais use fruits exotic for Europeans: adding them to main dishes, desserts, meat and fish, making cocktails, yoghurts, drinks and much more, which only makes the inhabitants of this country amazed.

Interesting and delicious fruits from Thailand in the video below.

It will not be difficult to answer the question - what tourists take out of Thailand most of all - of course, fruits. You will hardly see such a variety of taste, smell, color and shapes anywhere else. Moreover, all fruits are environmentally friendly, they are grown without any chemistry. For those who travel to Thailand for the first time

Some of the fruits will, of course, already be familiar, but most of the fruits that grow here are not yet imported to Russia. Therefore, we will conduct a small educational program: you can look at the photo - how these fruits look, and read their brief description.

Season - all year round, price - from 20 baht / piece.

Pomelo (Som-Oh)

The largest fruit of the citrus family, which has been purchased by Russian retail chains for a long time. Many people like it more than oranges and grapefruits, although they do not have much useful weight due to their very thick peel. Like all citrus fruits, they are rich in vitamin C. Choose those that smell stronger. Many Thais eat pomelo with a mixture of salt, sugar and pepper. Added to some dishes. Often used in a variety of diets.

Season - June-February, price from 50 baht / piece.

Dragon eye, dragon fruit, dragonfruit (Geow mangon)

A very interesting fruit, in fact, it is the fruit of a cactus. The scientific name is pitaya. A bit like kiwi in taste and consistency. Edible pulp with small black seeds, which is white and red. Red is tastier, but also more expensive. Pitaya is good for the thyroid gland, skin, eyesight, promotes weight loss, and helps in the treatment of gout. It is recommended to eat it chilled by cutting it in half and picking out the flesh with a spoon. Pitaya flowers are brewed with tea. Be careful - the juice from the peel is very difficult to wash off.

Guava (Farang)

A round green fruit that looks like an apple. It has a white, rather hard, edible, slightly bitter-sweet pulp, weakly expressed in taste. Eaten with the peel, both ripe and unripe fruits, in this case with a mixture of salt, sugar and pepper. You can also cut the guava into slices, remove the seeds, soak in sugar syrup and chill. You will get a delicious dessert. They also make delicious jelly, jam and marmalade from guava. The fruit is good for the heart and digestion. Rich in vitamin C, guava contains 5 times more of it than oranges. An interesting fact - Thais call European tourists farangs.

Season - all year round, price - from 30 baht / kg.

Durian (Too-ree-an)

The most interesting and controversial fruit in the whole world. It translates as "the opposite flavor". Considered the king of all fruits. A treasure trove of trace elements and vitamins. It has a terrifying appearance of a battle club - large (up to 8kg), prickly and firm. Inside, in a kind of five chambers - edible cream-colored pulp.

The taste is very peculiar. It causes different taste sensations in different people. Apparently because taste buds are closely related to the sense of smell. The peculiarity of this fruit is that before opening it practically does not smell, but after opening, after 10-15 minutes, a reaction with oxygen occurs and a very strong and persistent nasty putrid smell appears. Therefore, not many people decide to taste it. So if you take the risk, then do not buy the already cut and packaged fruit, but ask to be opened right in front of you. Ripe pulp should be well pressed after pressing with a finger, elastic - has a not very pleasant taste. It is better to eat with a spoon, so if you take it with your hands, then it is difficult to get rid of the smell.

I advise you to definitely try it. Firstly, you will then tell us what the famous durian ate, and secondly, such an opportunity will not be presented anywhere else, since the export of durian from Thailand is prohibited. It cannot even be brought into the territory of hotels and the airport. True, who wants to treat friends can buy a permitted alternative - jam or durian chips. Most who have tasted freshly cut durian find it tastes nutty-cheesy-creamy-strawberry.

Rich in trace elements, amino acids and vitamins. It is very useful for male dignity, but keep in mind - you cannot try durian, if you were drinking alcohol that day, there may be problems with blood pressure and heart. Roasted durian seeds are also eaten.

Interesting facts: Currently, breeding work is underway to develop a variety that is devoid of an unpleasant odor. Collectors of durians necessarily work in helmets, since a large fruit that has fallen from a tree can easily kill a person.

Season - April - September, price - from 80 baht / piece, or from 120 baht / kg (cut), not a cheap pleasure.

Jack fruit, jektrut, breadfruit (Kha-nun)

Very large fruit, can grow up to 40kg. How can the trees only stand them? But the trees, however, to match the fruit, grow up to 25 meters, and the fruits, by the way, do not grow on the branches, but on the trunk itself. It is considered the largest fruit in the world. It looks like a durian, only the thorns are smaller and not sharp. Inside - in the form of lobules, many seeds surrounded by a soft pericarp. It is they who are eaten, after removing the bones. The taste is sweet and sugary, vaguely reminiscent of a melon. Sold already cut and packaged.

If you choose whole fruit, the main sign of ripeness is soft thorns. Jackfruit is also added to meat dishes, salads, canned and made into chips. Dried or roasted seeds are also eaten. The peel is used to make chewing gum. Wood is used to make boards, furniture and musical instruments. Latex is extracted from tree trunks. The fruits are rich in calcium, sulfur, phosphorus and vitamin A.

Season - January-September, price - from 20 baht for a bowl of 6-8 slices.

Carambola (Ma-fuang)

Fruits are green or yellow in very unusual shape. If you cut across, you get beautiful five-pointed stars. They are often used to decorate various dishes. Ripe fruits are juicy, without a pronounced taste, a bit like a mixture of bell pepper, pineapple, apple and kiwi. Moreover, the green variety is sweeter than the yellow one. Can be eaten with sugar or salt. Contains a lot of vitamin C and oxalic acid, therefore it is contraindicated for people with peptic ulcer disease. Salads, juices and sauces are made from carambola, added to meat dishes.

Season - May – December, price - from 40 baht / kg.

Kumquat

Probably the smallest member of the citrus family, but very healthy. Rich in vitamins, has antibacterial and antipyretic properties. It is rather difficult to clean, but you can eat it with the peel. Compotes, preserves, jams, marmalade and jelly are made from kumquat, candied fruits are made. Jam is good for colds.

Season - May-June, price - from 40 baht / kg.

Langsat, Longkong

In fact, these are different fruits, but from the same family. It grows in bunches like grapes. It also tastes a bit like it. It only has a hard, thin skin, under which a translucent sweet and sour elastic pulp is hidden. We can say that these are Thai seeds. Contains many vitamins. The bones are bitter and not edible.

Season - May-November, price - from 40 baht / kg.

Longan (Lam-yai)

Practically the same as langsat. Under the peel - juicy sweet pulp with a non-edible bone. It translates from Chinese as dragon's eye. Delicious compote is obtained from longan, it is also often added to ice cream, dried - eaten like raisins. It is not recommended to eat a large amount of longan at a time - the body temperature may rise.

Season - May-October, price - from 50 baht / kg.

Lychee (Linchi)

Similar to langsat and longan, only with a red and pimpled skin. Has a pleasant strawberry aroma. On the territory of Thailand, they began to grow not so long ago, so it is still quite expensive. Eaten raw and canned, they make jellies, juices and wine. Used in cooking, cosmetics and household chemicals. Helps with anemia, good for digestion. You can't eat bones.

Season - April-June, price - from 60 baht / kg.

Mango (Ma-muang)

One of those fruits worth bringing from Thailand. The mangoes here are very juicy and delicious. They have a pleasant smell. They sell both ripe yellow and unripe green fruits. Greens are eaten with salt and pepper or added to salads. Many Thai dishes are prepared with mango, as well as pickled, juice, jelly, sauce and chips are made. The export of mango and pineapple brings good money to the Thai budget.

Mango is not only tasty, but also a very healthy fruit, it is not for nothing that many consider it the number 1 fruit in the world. The fruits are rich in vitamins, amino acids and trace elements. It has a beneficial effect on the proper functioning of the intestines, heart and brain. Do not take soft fruits on the road, choose yellow ones, but rather elastic, they will ripen perfectly later.

Season - January-June, price - from 45 baht / kg.

Mangosteen, Mangosteen (Mang-khut)

It is considered one of the most delicious fruits. If durian is the king of fruits, then mangosteen is the queen. Under the thick purple peel hides delicate sweet and sour, in appearance resembling garlic cloves. In some - bones come across. The bulk of the weight falls on the thick peel, therefore, if you calculate the real useful weight, it turns out that mangosteen is not only one of the most delicious, but also one of the most expensive fruits. By the way, monkeys are also very fond of mangosteen, moreover, more than bananas. It is a powerful antioxidant. Contains half of the periodic table.

If you are lucky with your things, pack well, because the juice from the peel is very difficult to wash off. Choose fruits with a hard (but not stony) skin that is intact. A very hard, spotty, dry or, on the contrary, too soft skin indicates that the fruit is already old and possibly spoiled. It is better to eat like this - cut with a knife in the middle in a circle, but not completely, you only need to cut a hard shell. Then use your hands to split the fruit in two. In this case, the pulp will be in one of the halves. Mangosteen is used to make juice, wine, and is used in cooking and cosmetics production.

Passion Fruit

Translated as the fruit of passion. Has a bright, rich sweet and sour taste. The fruit is cut in half and the jelly-like pulp is eaten with a spoon along with the seeds. The taste of passionfruit is familiar even to those who have never tasted it, since it is part of the Multifruit juice. It is good for vision, improves immunity.

Season - January-April, price - from 10 baht / piece.

Noi-na, sugar apple (noi-naa)

The fruit is about the size of a large pomegranate, light green in color, with a bumpy skin and white sugar flesh inside. The taste is very pleasant. You can eat by cutting it in half and picking it out with a spoon. Ripe fruits are quite soft to the touch. If you mix the pulp with coconut juice and freeze, you get a delicious ice cream. Noy-na is rich in vitamins, fiber, contains practically no calories. Can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks. Do not try to eat bones - they are poisonous, they even make insect poison and lice repellent.

Season - June-September, price - from 50 baht / kg.

Noni

A very controversial fruit. Manufacturers consider noni juice to be very beneficial for health and say that it is a powerful antioxidant. Helps in the treatment of many diseases. A good means for losing weight, as it tidies up the metabolism in the body. Many people generally consider noni a panacea for all diseases. Most scientists are not so optimistic and consider noni juice to be simply fortified fruit juice. And the anti-doping committee generally included him in the list of prohibited drugs. The noni fruits themselves are rarely found on the market, as they have a bitter taste and an unpleasant odor. Most of them are made, which are sold in Thailand and many other retail outlets.

Season - all year round, price from 250 baht / 0.7 l. 100% juice.

Papaya (Ma-la-koo)

Quite large oval-shaped fruit with orange flesh. In appearance and texture it is similar to a melon (the second name of papaya is a melon tree), in taste it is more like boiled carrots. In unripe papaya, the skin is green and tough, in ripe papaya it is golden yellow, the fruit is slightly squeezed after pressing with a finger. Useful for blood vessels, digestion, proper liver function, people with diabetes and peptic ulcer disease.

Some people do not like the smell of papaya, it is easy to get rid of it by watering the pulp with lemon or lime juice. Often served in hotels for breakfast. Unripe papaya is the main ingredient in the famous spicy Thai salad "Som Tam", which is also mixed with crab meat, fish, dried shrimp, garlic, chili, lime and spices. Meat cooked with papaya will be very soft and juicy.

Season - all year round, price - from 25 baht / kg.

Sala, Salak, Rakam (La Kham, Ra-kum)

A very peculiar fruit. Has tough brown leather covered with small thorns, so be careful when cleaning. It is also called the snake fruit because of its scaly skin, although some refer to the crayfish or snake fruit as a separate species. The white-yellow pulp has a strong aroma and distinctive taste. Cancers are good for bowel diseases.

Season - May-August, price from 50 baht / kg.

Sapodilla, Sapodilla (La-moot)

A brown fruit that looks like a potato with a thin, non-edible skin. Seeds are not eaten either. The yellow-brown flesh has a sweetish taste of burnt sugar, beer root, honey and pear. It is better to eat soft ripe fruits. Many people do not like it, because they try unripe fruits, and they have a high content of latex and tannin that are not very pleasant to the taste. Latex is even extracted from the trunk of a tree. It is better not to store the fruits for a long time, as the smell becomes not very pleasant. Sapodilla is rich in vitamins and tannins, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, and strengthens the immune system. Can be mashed, jam, or added to a milkshake.

Season - September – December, price - from 30 baht / kg.

Rambutan (Ngaw)

Because of its appearance, this is perhaps the most unusual fruit. Red hairy hedgehogs, the size of a walnut, hide delicate sweet flesh under the skin. Rambut translates to hair. It tastes like sweet grapes. Rambutan is used to make juice, marmalade, jelly and even candles. Eating rambutans has beneficial effects on the skin and also reduces the risk of cancer. Look for bright red (but not dark red) fruits with greenish hairs. It is better to eat it chilled. On sale sometimes there is a fruit similar to rambutan, but one and a half times larger in size and not hairy. This is a palasan. It tastes like rambutan, only sweeter.

Season - April-October, price - from 40 baht / kg.

Tamarind (Ma-kham-Wan)

Looks like bean pods. Having broken the tough peel, inside you will find a sweet viscous pulp with hard, non-edible bones. It tastes a bit like dates. Compotes are made from tamarind, candies and other sweets are made. There is a variety with sour pulp, which is mainly used for making sauces. Has a mild laxative effect, reduces coughing.

Season - all year round, price - from 40 baht / kg.

Tangerine (Som)

A variety of tangerine with a green skin. It tastes like tangerine, only sweeter. It is rich in vitamin C. The streets often sell tangerine and tangerine juice in small bottles.

Season - August-February, price - from 30 baht / kg.

Chom poo, shompu, pink apple (Chom-phu)

The fruit looks like a bell. It can be green, red or pink. No need to clean. Has a mild sweet and sour taste, crunchy, very refreshing and quenches thirst if eaten chilled.

Season - all year round, price - from 45 baht / kg.

You can see about a dozen more unfamiliar fruits on sale, but they are quite rare, so we did not describe them in this article.

As for the season, if it says, for example, January-May, this does not mean that this fruit will not be on the shelves in December. Of course it will be, only in smaller quantities and for a lot of money. Don't look at the price too much, it is the price in season and in good places.

Personally, I've tried almost everything, but my favorites are pineapple, mango and mangosteen. It is them that I advise you to take with you to your homeland, well, the eye of the dragon is still possible, because of the unusual appearance and name.

Video about fruit prices in Pattaya (May 2014)

On their first trip to Thailand, many people want to try exotic fruits. Phuket markets sell yellow mango, prickly durian, and much more. I continue to acquaint you with all the diversity. To begin with, let's recall the fruits of Thailand with photos and names in and an article. What else can you try? Read about the rest of Thai fruits (including rare ones) below and tick the box that you haven't eaten yet.

Watermelon(Thai name: teng-mo)

Thai watermelons will definitely be at your hotel breakfast, because they are the most common fruit (or rather, berry) along with pineapple. Of course, they are far from the Astrakhan ones in taste, but they are also sweet. Most importantly, you can taste the yellow watermelon. If you compare its taste with red, you will not find any differences. Be sure to try the watermelon shake. Such drinks are prepared in many restaurants and even in markets (sometimes syrup and salt are added according to Thai traditions). At dinners in some hotels, you will see whole paintings and compositions of watermelon. Local fruit carving craftsmen use sweet fruit as one of the main materials to create their masterpieces.

Herring or snake fruit(thai name: sala)

In the markets, you will see whole branches with small oblong reddish-brown fruits. Their peel resembles the scales of a snake with thorns, which is why the name went. The skin is easy to peel off with a knife, then a gray-beige pulp is exposed, consisting of 2-3 slices, with an inedible bone inside. Herring tastes like something different to everyone: strawberries, pineapple or other sweet and sour fruit. Some people may not like the light, drug-like aroma, similar to valerian. However, herring is not, you can bring it to the hotel and eat it indoors. In markets and shops, they sell fruits directly on the branches or already peeled and packed in a tray.

Santol(thai name: kratkhon)

A rather rare exotic fruit, reminiscent of a large velvety yellow-brown or greenish-yellow ball, you will find only in summer - so there was another reason to visit the island during the rainy season. The skin of the Santola is very thick and can be easily peeled off with a knife. In the process of cutting, the fruit will remind you of mangosteen: if you remove the top half of the peel, you will see large white garlic cloves with inedible seeds inside. The flesh of Santola is juicy, sweet and sour to the taste. Thais eat this fruit fresh, and sometimes use it to make jams, jellies, desserts and salads. In the markets you can find marinated santol with dried shrimp and chili.

Banana(thai name: kluai)

It seems that bananas cannot surprise anyone. Even the myth from Soviet cartoons that bananas grow on palms has long been dispelled. Fruits grow in clusters on trees one or two human height. There are an incredible variety of banana species. In Phuket markets, you will find bundles with the usual long fruits (kluai hom), small rounded mini-bananas (kluai khai), thin as ladies' fingers (kluai lep we nang), and even pot-bellied fruits with a velvet skin and seeds inside (kluai nam wa). Some vendors only specialize in bananas and usually have several varieties on sale. Thais take everything from bananas: leaves are used to make baskets and boxes, flowers go to salad, and all kinds of dishes are made from fruits. Boats made from the stem and leaves of a banana tree are sold everywhere. In stores you will find a variety of desserts and sweets: sweets, chips, muffins, jellies, buns and more. At fairs and markets, be sure to try pancakes, bananas in syrup or batter.

Mandarin, tangerine and orange(thai name: catfish)

Most of Thais' citrus fruits are simply called "catfish". Our usual oranges are som tra, small tangerines are som tangerines, Thai tangerines are som khieu van, pomelo is som-o. With oranges, everything is clear and understandable: round fruit, orange skin and juicy pulp. Thai tangerines are completely different from African ones. The fruits are sweet and sour, and the skin is green or yellow-green. Freshly squeezed juice is made from tangerines in the markets of Thailand. As for the little tangerines, you will see them in winter. Each Thai considers it his duty to bring a box of these fruits from the north of Thailand as a gift to colleagues. Tangerines and oranges are not just people who love to eat. Citrus offerings are made to the spirits of ancestors and gods during ceremonies.

Cantaloupe(thai name: kantaloop)

A fruit with such a strange name resembles a melon in appearance and taste. However, this is its kind. In Thailand, two types of cantaloupe are grown with green and orange flesh. Thais eat this fruit fresh, dried, dried and dehydrated to make chips. Like watermelon, cantaloupe is used for carving.

Mariana plum or gandaria(thai name: maprang)

It is quite rare to find this fruit in Thailand, its short season is in April - May. Gandaria is a close relative, somewhat similar in taste, although it looks like a plum. In Phuket's markets, maprang is sold in bunches right on the branch. Ripe, bright orange fruits look like mini-mangoes, but don't need to be peeled before eating, just wash them well. Inside the maprang is an inedible bone. Unripe mariana plum is also used for food; Thais eat the fruit dipped in a mixture of sugar and chili.

Juyuba or Ziziphus(thai name: phutsa)

One of my favorite fruits. Its season is December to February. Thais eat the exotic fruit unripe. Small round fruits of light green color resemble a dense sour apple in taste. Inside the zizyphus there is a large pit, like an apricot. Local Chinese prefer to dry ripe fruits. In China, jujuba is considered one of the products of traditional medicine.

The fruits of Thailand are not only exotic. All year round, you will find the usual dates, figs, kiwi, apples, Chinese pears and avocados in stores. In the north of Thailand, strawberries are grown from January to February, but they are not at all comparable to the fragrant summer berries in Russia. Persimmons are sold from November to February. Pomegranates with red or white kernels appear on the markets from January to May. Vendors at makashnitsy sell various types of grapes grown in the central and northern parts of the country all year round.

All exotic fruits can be exported from the country, except for durian. You can buy something interesting and tasty as a gift for your family and friends. Don't forget about dried and sun-dried fruits that are sold in factories and shops in Phuket. What exotic fruits of Thailand do you like?

One of the main advantages of SEA is its special tropical climate. It is this climate that allows the flora of the Earth to offer us such unusual, exquisite and vibrant delicacies - exotic fruits. When visiting the countries of Southeast Asia for the first time, I want to try everything, enjoy fresh fruits ripened under the sun, desserts from them, sometimes with the addition of rice and exotic salads. In this article we will tell you about the fruits of Thailand with a photo.

Many fruit vendors have English and even Russian flyers describing the flavors of local fruits. Internet portals glorify these juicy, unusual flavors, attractive exotic fruits in every way. However, friends, let's remember that every phenomenon of this life is ambiguous. As in Russia, here all plants have a specific biochemical composition, each of the plants can influence certain processes of the body. And, as the saying goes, what is good for a Thai is that an organism that has grown up in the temperate climate of Russia is not necessarily as healthy. For example, Tamarind - sweet and tasty - has a laxative effect, sour fruits are dangerous for ulcers. I bring to your attention, in addition to brief background information on the appearance and tastes of exotic fruits of Thailand, some more nuances of their impact. The description of the fruits of Thailand is compiled according to the encyclopedias of botany, medicine, biochemistry, as well as my impressions and advice from local residents, all of them are arranged by the name of the fruit. I also give Russian, English and Thai names. I indicate the ripening season, because this often affects prices. To choose from the whole variety, be guided by the external description, the description of the taste, the method of consumption, the content of useful and dangerous substances - who is useful to eat the fruit, and who is categorically contraindicated to get carried away with exotic fruits.

A pineapple

Pineapple - Pineapple, Sapparot-Sappa-rote

Season: all year round.

Peak season: December-January and April-June.

Appearance: oval in shape with a rough, segmented green-brown or green peel, on top of a green crest of thick leaves. Regular sizes and small varieties.

Taste: sweet and sour. Thai pineapples are the tastiest in the world.

It is better to choose by touch - the pineapple should be slightly pressed under the fingers, but not too lightly, too soft, rotten.

Use raw in its natural form, or sprinkle with salt as the Thais do. Sweet and sour dishes and red curry, juice and jam are made from it.

Beneficial features: rich in vit. A, C, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, high fiber content. Helps fight colds and hypotension. Stimulates the immune system. It is useful for digesting protein foods, for removing cholesterol. Pineapple contains magnesium, which is very important for cardiovascular health. Contains bromelain - a mixture of enzymes close to pepsin and papain, which have anti-inflammatory and anti-edematous effects, it is recommended for diseases of the liver, cardiovascular system, kidneys and anemia, and for functional disorders of the nervous system. In India, pineapple leaf juice is used as an anthelmintic.

Dangerous properties: Contains enzymes that break down proteins rather than burn fat. A large number of acids - with caution for gastritis and ulcers.

Watermelon

Watermelon - Watermelon, Teng-mo, Taeng Mo

Season: all year round.

Peak season: October-March.

Appearance:watermelons are small in size, with red or yellow flesh. Yellow ones are more expensive because in Thailand, it is the color of wealth.

Taste: usual for watermelon, sugar-sweet, refreshing in both species. Much sweeter than Astrakhan.

To choose, as in Russia, by sound - ripe ones better conduct the sound, along the tail - dried up speaks of ripeness, without cracks, so that microbes do not get in.

Usage: Shakes, smoothies and fresh watermelon juice are popular. Used for curly fruit carving.

Beneficial features: the pulp contains fructose, glucose and sucrose, vitamins B1, B2, C, PP. Watermelon is useful for the cardiovascular system, endocrine glands and gastrointestinal tract, has a diuretic effect on the body. Rich in iron, which is essential for blood formation. It helps well with any intoxication.

Dangerous properties: with caution in case of urolithiasis, diabetes mellitus, severe diseases of the pancreas. Large watermelons are dangerous, because probably nitrate content, which leads to poor sleep and irritability.

Banana

Bananas Bananas, Kluai Kluai

Season: all year round.

Appearance: yellow or green. Kluai Khai, Kluai Khai are finger varieties, Kluai Hom, Kluai Hom are long.

Taste: very sweet, the smaller and thinner the skin, the tastier, but these are not stored. Long ones are stored better, are more expensive, here they are much tastier than those sold in Russia.

Use: nutritious, they are eaten unripe with spices, semi-ripe are dried in the sun, ripe ones are deep-fried, boiled in coconut milk or syrup, flowers are used in the preparation of various dishes.

Beneficial features: rich vit. A, B, C, minerals: calcium, iron and potassium, as well as carbohydrates and fiber. They contain tryptophan, which is essential for optimal brain function and mental health, especially in old age. They cause a surge of energy and a feeling of pleasure, and reduce the likelihood of emotional breakdowns. Bananas are very useful for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The daily potassium intake is found in 3 large bananas.

Dangerously to eat bananas growing by the roads - they have absorbed heavy metals. With diabetes mellitus, bananas cannot be eaten - they contain too much sucrose, too little fructose and glucose. Do not use at night, as cause a burst of energy and interfere with sleep.

Guava

Guava. Guayava - Guayave, Farang, Farang.

Season: ripens all year round

Appearance: the guava fruit looks like a large light green apple with tubercles.

Taste:wadded, similar to quince. Different varieties give taste from sour to sweetish.

Use. Ripe fruits are consumed with the peel (it is thin, slightly bitter), cut into slices, cutting out soft bones in the middle, and eaten like a green mango, sprinkled with a mixture of spices and sugar, or in natural form.

Beneficial features: guava is considered the healthiest fruit on the planet. Used to improve digestion and stimulate the heart. All the most valuable of this fruit is in the peel. Tea, made from guava leaves, for diarrhea, dysentery, stomach upset, dizziness, for the regulation of cycles. The crushed leaves are applied to the wounds. Dried fruits do not lose their beneficial properties.

Durian

"King of fruits", "the taste of heaven and the smell of hell", Durian, Too-ree-an

Durian season: April May.

Appearance: the fruit weighs 5 kilograms. The peel is hard, covered with thorns. Inside, the fruit is divided into five to six sections.

Taste: intense tart-sweet, cheesy-nutty and repulsive smell, reminiscent of a mixture of onions and turpentine, rotten meat. A variety has been developed that is generally devoid of an unpleasant odor, but this species has not become widespread. The specific smell of durian appears in a ripe fruit, during the fermentation of the pulp. It is at this time that the taste becomes most intense.
When choosing, smell from the side of the stalk. Ripe ones have a stronger smell.

Use:it is better to eat it raw in the fresh air, buy it cut and packaged. If you have already fallen in love with this controversial fruit, it is twice cheaper to take an uncut one. To cut with a culinary hatchet, you cannot cope with a small knife, because the rind is very thick and hard. However, if you choose ripe enough, press and it will break by itself.

Beneficial features: contains iron, phosphorus, potassium, niacin, vit. B, C, carotene, indole (gives bactericidal properties). Increases blood pressure, slightly intoxicates. The only edible fruit in nature with a high content of organic sulfur, which is easily absorbed, it is included in the body in the composition of proteins, some hormones such as insulin, thereby ensuring the balance of blood sugar. Sulfur is important in the fight against aging of the body, it is involved in the elimination of toxins.

Dangerous properties: not recommended for hypertensive patients, as well as for pregnant women, lactating! You cannot consume a large amount at a time, in no case with alcohol (alcohol not earlier than 3 hours after durian). It is a soft drug. Due to the smell, it is forbidden to bring it into the premises in public places, as well as on the plane, as evidenced by the special prohibition signs glued to the entrance.

Jackfruit

Indian breadfruit, Jackfruit, Eve, Kanoon.

Season: January-May.

Appearance: jackfruitvery similar in shape to durian, but the thorns are not so frightening and the size of the fruit is larger. Jackfruit is one of the largest fruits, the weight of the fruit can reach 40 kg. A relative of the breadfruit.

Taste: the pulp of the fruit is dense, juicy and very sweet, even sugary, with seeds inside. The peel smells slightly of rotten onions, and the pulp smells nicely of bananas or pineapples.
It is better to choose already cut. It is terribly difficult to get the edible pulp from the fruit without special skills, and why do you need so many kilograms? Therefore, jackfruit is sold peeled and even pitted.

Use: raw ripe, unripe fruits as a vegetable for salads and soups. Externally, the peeled wedges resemble giant flattened corn grains. The seeds are edible and are sold boiled or baked (chestnut flavor).

Beneficial features. Nutritious, rich in vitamin A, sulfur, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. Up to 40% carbohydrates are more than in our bread, therefore they are called bread for the poor.

Carambola

Starfruit Star fruit, Ma-feung

Season: ripens from October to December.

Appearance: carambola fruits are yellow or green, in size and shape similar to bell peppers, the cross section is in the shape of a star.

Taste: ripe fruits are juicy, have a pleasant floral taste, not too sweet. Unripe fruits are very sour.

Use: carambola is used in salads, for making juices, canned food, sauces, soft drinks. No need to peel, just cut across to get a beautiful star shape.

Beneficial features: carambola contains a lot of vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, beta-carotene, vit. B1, B2, B5. Used as a haemostatic agent, against fever, to reduce the level of bile, against diarrhea, as well as to relieve hangover, as a sedative, to reduce blood pressure.

Dangerous properties: high content of oxalic acid, therefore it is categorically contraindicated for patients with peptic ulcer disease! It is recommended to refrain from use by patients with gastritis.

Coconut

Coconut Coconut, young coconuts in Thai Maprao-on, Mapraow Onn

Season: year-round.

Peak season is September-December.

Appearance: coconuts grow on tall, slender palms. The fruits usually weigh between one and three kilograms. The outside is covered with a green peel, underneath is the upper white pulp, which hides a large "bone", the nut itself. There is a watery liquid inside the nut.

Taste: the liquid inside a young coconut does not have a bright taste, it is almost colorless. The white pulp has a specific, slightly sweet, refreshing taste.

Use: the juice of a young coconut is a wonderful thirst quencher. The pulp is used in desserts and for the production of coconut milk. Also, the pulp is dried and used as dried fruit and in confectionery.

Beneficial features: contains vit. Groups B, C, iron, magnesium, calcium. Coconut juice helps control blood sugar levels, fights viruses such as cold sores, aids digestion, lowers blood pressure and increases appetite, and is used in weight loss diets.

Lam-yay (Longan)

lamai, longcock

Season: June August.

Appearance: longan resembles nuts. Sold on a branch in small bunches.

Taste: underneath a yellow-brown, hard, thin shell is a white, sweet flesh. It contains a bone - not edible.

Use: Longan uses fresh fruits of lam-yaya, as well as dried fruits, similar to raisins. Drinks from lam-yai refresh and quench your thirst.

Useful properties of longan:contains calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrates, vitamin C, and amino acids. is the best choice for skin diseases! circulatory stimulator. Helps people with hypotension and thyroid diseases. It also contains riboflavin and is a natural source of polysaccharides, has antioxidant properties, reduces the negative effects of chemotherapy and protects the liver.

Dangerous properties: inside contains bitter seeds. Biting them is not recommended.

Lychee

Chinese plum, Litchi, lin-chi

Season: April June.

Appearance: small fruits, rounded with bumpy red skin.

Use: peeled, pitted and consumed raw, added to cocktails, incl. alcoholic, prepare mashed potatoes for sauces for meat and fish, ice cream syrups. The rind is added to flavor the tea.

Beneficial features: lychee is very rich in vit. group B, as well as iron and phosphorus, selenium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, sodium. It is used as a tonic, as well as for anemia (anemia), atherosclerosis, to normalize sugar levels in diabetes, liver, lungs and kidneys. Together with medicinal herbs and lemongrass, they are used to treat cancer and restore strength in the fight against disease. Used for cardiovascular diseases, with high blood cholesterol levels.

Dangerous properties: children no more than 100g per day to avoid allergic reactions.

Longcon

Longkong, Langsat Lfngsat

Season: July-September.

Appearance: sold in bunches, small round fruits with soft, pale yellow skin. The peel gives off a sticky milky juice when removed. The peeled fruit looks like small heads of pickled garlic.

Taste: translucent white pulp is sweet, slightly sour, vaguely reminiscent of black currant. Loncon is considered to be more aromatic and sweeter than langsat. Therefore, it usually costs more.

Use: bite gently on the peel and remove. The pulp is eaten raw, sometimes canned. The peel is dried and burned outside as a repellent.

Beneficial features: rich in calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and vitamins B1 and B2, C. It can be stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

Caveats: try not to bite bitter seeds. The milky juice of the peel is difficult to wash off.

Mangosteen

Mangosteen, mangosteen, mangkut Mungkoot

Season: May-September.

Thailand is the world leader in the cultivation of this delicious tropical fruit.

Appearance: mangosteen looks like small round eggplants, 5-10 cm in diameter.

Mangosteen Flavor: sweet, but not cloying, sometimes a little tart. Some people compare the taste of mangosteen to peaches, grapes, and even creme brulee. The peel makes up 50% of the fruit's volume. The inside usually contains from three to five white lobes. Some lobules contain large and very strong bones. Deliciously delicious.

Use: cut the mangosteen across in the middle or slightly squeeze and break the peel in the middle of the fruit, remove one part of the peel, and bite the pulp from the second immediately - do not reach it with your hands - crush it.

Beneficial features: very rich in calcium, phosphorus and vitamins B and C, sugars (sucrose, glucose and fructose), fiber, potassium, iron, thiamine. It also contains rare natural phytonutrients that flush toxic chemicals out of our body, prevent free radical damage, and keep certain hormones, such as estrogen, at optimal levels. A rich source of xanthones, the most powerful antioxidants. The peel also contains this type of xanthones - catechin (up to 14% of the peel structure) and proanthocyanidin - the most powerful antioxidant known - 50 times more powerful than selenium and vit. E and 20 times more effective than vit. C. Therefore, the skin of mangosteen has P-vitamin activity, and is used for dysfunctions of capillaries, edema of vascular origin, and dysentery. It is also believed that catechins are useful for strengthening the immune system and for treating tumors, preventing arthritic inflammation, stronger resistance to stress, improved memory function, slowing down the aging process of the skin, preventing and preventing caries, and strengthening the immune system. It is also used for allergies, hypertension, for lowering cholesterol levels, for heartburn, ulcers, colitis, arthritis, migraines, depression, stress.

Warning: the juice of the peel is purple, practically does not wash off, leaving brown-iodine stains after washing.

Mandarin

tangerine, catfish, som

Season: all year round,

Peak season is September-February.

Appearance. Smaller than European varieties with thinner greenish yellow skin.

Taste: sweet with a slight sourness, very juicy. Compared to European varieties, the taste is not so bright.

Use: in Thailand, they are mainly squeezed out and sold in stalls on the streets everywhere.

Beneficial features: many vitamins (C, A, B1, B2, P, PP), essential oils. They have antimicrobial effect, as they contain strong phytoncides.

Caveats : in large quantities in children can cause allergic reactions.

Mango

Ma-muang, Ma-Muang

Because of its popularity, the mango is often called the apple of the tropics. all year round, peak harvesting season: April to June.

Appearance:the fruits are oval in shape, with a smooth surface of green, yellow or red, with a thin skin.

Taste: mango is juicy and aromatic, it comes in a variety of tastes: from sour to sweet. There are over a thousand varieties of mango in nature.

Use: ripe fruits are used as a sweet dessert, unripe - more sour with spices and salt as an independent delicacy or in salads. Mango juice is also served.

Beneficial features:rich in vitamins A, B, C, iron, phosphorus. The fruit is very useful for the activity of the cardiovascular system / Moreover, the green one (the so-called unripe fruit) will be healthier! Good for digestion, as well as for inflammation of the gums and oral cavity, with stomatitis.

Caveats: in large quantities has a laxative effect. In no case should you put the fruits bought in flight in the refrigerator - after being removed from the refrigerator, they immediately deteriorate. Otherwise they are well preserved.

Noina

sugar apple, sour cream apple, Noi Naa, Custard Apple, Guanabana, "Annona" - from the scientific Latin name Annona squamosa.

Season: June-September.

Appearance: the fruits are round, like apples, only lumpy. The peel is pale green. It smells a little like pine needles.

To choose. Larger, well-ripened slightly soft fruit.

Taste: unripe, reminiscent of an apple, only very sweet (hence the name "sugar"): dense green peel, white crunchy flesh with seeds. The ripe fruit has a creamy pulp, with a creamy taste like ice cream.

Use: raw, often with spices (like pomelo and mango), noina ice cream is also very common.

Caveats: Latin American scientists believe that excessive, regular use can contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease.

Papaya

Malako, Malakaw

Season: all year round.

Appearance: oblong in diameter up to 30-35 centimeters and up to half a meter in color from green to orange. It looks like a vegetable marrow, only brighter.

Taste: unripe has a tart-sour taste. When ripe, it becomes sweet and is used as a dessert.

Use:unripe is added to various meat dishes and salads. Contains a lot of papain - an enzyme that breaks down the tough fibers of meat, making it softer. One of the most famous Thai dishes is "som tam", a green papaya salad.

Beneficial features: papaya contains high amounts of vitamins B, A, C, D and iron. Normalizes liver function, blood sugar, stomach acidity. Promotes the normalization of the digestive process, healing of ulcers.

Pitaya

pitahaya dragon fruit, "dragon fruit", Pitaya (geow mangon)

Season: all year round.

Appearance: the fruits of this variety of cactus are found in red, pink or yellow, the curved "petals" of the peel resemble dragon scales. The pulp is white and burgundy, with many small black seeds.

Taste: a bit like kiwi, but less pronounced taste. Especially with purple pulp - exotic and strange.

Beneficial features: pitahaya stimulates blood circulation and is useful in diseases of the cardiovascular system and thyroid gland.

Pomello

Som-o, som o

Season: all year round. But most of these fruits ripen by February, on the eve of the Chinese New Year. At this time in Asia, it is customary to give each other pomelo fruits: it is believed that the golden color of their peel symbolizes wealth.

Peak season is from August to November.

Appearance: it is the largest citrus fruit. Looks like a big grapefruit.

Taste: more like an orange than a grapefruit.

Use: Thais love to eat it dipped in a mixture of salt, sugar and red pepper. Sell ​​whole or cut up on a plate.

Beneficial features: contains vit. A, C, B1, B2, B5, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium. Accelerates metabolism, promotes weight loss, increases disease resistance, lowers blood pressure. It is used for blood clots and tumors.

Dangerous properties: contains furanocoumarins, which several times enhance the effect of drugs, they are not excreted from the body for a long time. For example, a glass of juice drunk 3 days before taking simvastatin will increase the effect of the medicine by 330%. This can cause a life-threatening condition called rhabdomyolysis (destruction of muscle cells). Do not use during medication treatment. Not for heartburn, nephritis, hepatitis.

Rambutan

from the Indonesian word rambut, which means "hair", Ngo, Ngoh.

Season: May-September.

Appearance: small winged rambutan fruits, the size of a walnut, with a firm red or yellow skin. The peel of rambutan is covered with coarse brown-green hairs up to 5 cm long. The flesh is white, gelatinous.

Taste: pleasant, sweet. There is a bone inside the pulp, it is edible, it tastes like an acorn.

Use: peel are filming , the pulp is used raw, as well as a filling for pies. They make jams, syrups, sauces, ice cream. Seed oil smells good when heated, it is used in the production of cosmetic soaps and holiday candles.
Beneficial features. Rambutan contains a lot of carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin C. It has a good effect on the skin, improves digestion, and has cleansing properties. The bone contains 40% fats and oils, including very useful oleic and arachidic acids.

Taste: resembles slightly sweetened water, the color does not affect the taste in any way.

Use:this is one of the favorite treats of children, because this fruit does not need to be peeled. Chilled it is an excellent thirst quencher. Jams or jellies are made from the fruits with the addition of lemon juice, eaten raw or baked with meat. Often canned in combination with other fruits.

Beneficial features: has antimicrobial effect; they are also used to regulate blood pressure and treat colds.

Sapodilla

sapodila, in Thai Lamut, La-moot

Season: September-December.

Appearance: similar to kiwi, only it is darker and smoother on the outside, without hairs. Orange brown inside.

Taste: lusciously sweet, milky caramel, like a date, or a mixture of dates and persimmons.

Use:it is used for serving dishes due to its beautiful shade of pulp. Eat raw, prepare various drinks, desserts, sauces, halva, jam, marmalade. From the sap of the tree bark (latex), chewing gum is produced.

Beneficial features: contains vit. A, C, proteins, iron, potassium, calcium. It is a mycoseptic, anti-inflammatory, regenerating, nourishing, moisturizing agent.

Dangerous properties: increases blood pressure, I do not recommend hypertensive patients.

Sala

Herring "Snake Fruit", La Kham

Season: June August.

Appearance: the peel is red-brown in color with many small spines, similar to the skin of a snake.

Taste: very intense sweet and sour taste, not unlike anything else. One of the descriptions of the taste is that it resembles both strawberry and pineapple and valerian.

Use:before eating, lard must be peeled, but because of the small needles on the peel, this procedure can be performed in large quantities only by true connoisseurs of the taste of this fruit, therefore it is often sold already peeled. I couldn't stop until the whole branch ended. Then my fingers hurt a little because of the pricks of the thorns.

Beneficial features: the pulp of the fruit contains tannin, which removes all harmful substances from the body, has astringent, hemostatic, antidiarrheal and antihemorrhoidal properties.

Tamarind

Makham thad

Season: December-March.

Appearance: belongs to the legume family, the pods are brown, dry, curved by 10-15 cm.

Taste: sour-sweet, tart.

Use:in Thailand, it is brewed, resulting in a refreshing drink, eaten fresh.

Beneficial features: Tamarind is used as an effective but mild laxative.

Warning: has a laxative effect. The fruits contain very hard bones - take care of your teeth)).

Of course, friends have other fruits, including the familiar apples, grapes, strawberries, melons. I would like to talk about exotic ones - after all, coming here you want to learn new unusual tastes. In most cases, you can buy any fruit peeled and chopped; in this case, they will also offer a mixture of spices (sugar, salt, pepper).

I was surprised when, on a mobile tray, the merchant offered me to clean the persimmon I had chosen, remove the seeds - service (!), However, I refused for reasons of hygiene, although there is insurance)).

Tell your friends what other fruits should you try while in Southeast Asia? What associations have you found described here? After all, all these tastes are very ambiguous.

Also, at the request of the readers, I have prepared a material with the results of my month-long stay in Thailand.

Good luck friends!