LOCAL FRUITS

Here're few fruits I would like to introduce to. I took the pictures from other's blog. Hope you will enjoy it even though it isnt much.

This is one of the fruit that can be found in every where in Sarawak. I think it is seasonal fruit as you won't find it through out the year. Forgot what's the name though.

It tastes just nice. The meat is white and has seed. Taste? Depends. Sometimes it might be a little bit soury but most of the time ...it tastes just sweet...yummy!!!..love it.

Not an expensive fruit as most of them get it from the jungle. Might as well try this if you saw them at Tamu (market).

DABAI is the name. Looks like dates but nope..they're not dates. There are few types with different quality. There're white & yellow meat. The prices also depends on their grade and species. No where to be found except in Sarawak. Sabah maybe. Quite an expensive fruit too.





How to eat them? Just pour hot water / boiling water over the fruits and leave it for about 10 -15 mins or let the water cool down. Drain it. Then add some soy sauce and sugar. Then, wallaaa.. you eat it. Or just with some salt or nothing.





The unique thing is, you can smash the seeds and eat the "nut" (if you call that nut) by stir fry it? Or any way you like it.







Here's another fruits / vegetable. It's tomato like. There're lot of seeds in it and that's the cause of the sourness of this fruits. Normally, we don't eat it raw. It needs to be cooked. Soup or with fish (asam fish ).





Oh, it's known as "Terung Asam" or "Terung Iban". It will turn yellowish as seen in the pictures when it's ripe. If I'm not mistaken, now it cost about RM5 per kg. Well, people get better and know how to gain profit through business. Well, I said that because they didn't sell them in kilos few years back. They always sell them in a small basket like the one above, and it is RM2 eat with about 3-4 of the fruits( big size).




Hmm...these are called "buah maram" by the local, but the people in Peninsular call them " asam paya" or "asam kelubi". This fruit is very sour. I can tell you for sure but we the Sarawakian eat them as a "sambal" and we do not pickle them as what the west Malaysian did. There are two types: yellow and red. The Yellow one is more juicy than the red one.

Just mix the fruits with shrimp paste and chilies it fine enough as an appetizer. Maram also has quite a similar function as the tamarind ( you know..as an optional in cooking) This is also a seasonal fruit . Now it's quite expensive in the market compare to 5 years ago. It cost RM4.50 - RM5 per kg now.