Mangosteen is a kind of fruit that many people like to eat very much. The flesh of mangosteen is white, tender and soft, with elegant smell. It has the effect of reducing dryness and relieving fever. But many friends are often baffled by the hard shell of mangosteen when they eat mangosteen for the first time. Do you know how to shell mangosteen? Let's have a look
How to peel mangosteen diagram 1
1. Put mangosteen in the palm of your hand and clasp the fingers of both hands.
2. Squeeze mangosteen with the palm of your hand until cracks appear in mangosteen.
3. Peel along the crack, you can see the white pulp. Pick it out with a toothpick and you can eat it.
If you have a strong hand and Mangosteen is mature, you can peel mangosteen in this way. It's fast and hard!
How to peel mangosteen diagram 2
1. Remove the leaves from mangosteen
2. After the leaves are removed, the pulp will be exposed on the top of some mangosteen. Cut it along the gap between the two pulp with a knife and peel it well. If the pulp is exposed, take a knife and cut it gently on one side. Be careful not to cut the pulp.
3. Break the peel along the cut.
4. Finally, take out the whole pulp.
Note: be careful when taking out the pulp. Don't touch the purple water on the skin, otherwise the taste will be astringent.
How to peel mangosteen Diagram 3
It is also very convenient to cut mangosteen in half with a knife, dig with a small spoon, or pick it with a toothpick.
The above are three methods to peel mangosteen quickly for your reference! In fact, if it's fresh mangosteen, it's easy to peel it, and it will crack when squeezed by hand. In addition, when peeling mangosteen, do not drop the purple shell juice on the pulp, which will affect the taste!
Tips for selecting mangosteen
1: Look at the appearance
Before selecting high-quality mangosteen, observe the mangosteen as a whole. The outer skin of mangosteen should be complete without depression, damage and hard block. Pay attention to whether there are ants and other insect residues at the gap of mangosteen.
2: Look at the fruit
The stem is the place where the mangosteen fruit connects the mangosteen branches. The greener the color, the fresher. If the color turns brown or black, it indicates that the mangosteen has been placed for too long and may have rotted and deteriorated.
3: Look at the sepals
Sepals are the 'butt' of mangosteen. Theoretically, mangosteen generally has 4-8 sepals. A few sepals indicate that there are several pulp. The more sepals, the more pulp pieces, the more pulp pieces, the smaller the core, and some cores can even be eaten directly. Therefore, in general, mangosteen with many sepals should be selected, but the exception is not excluded.
4: Weigh
Find two mangosteen of similar size and weigh them in your hand to see which is heavier. The heavier one means that there is more water, fresh, and the lighter one may be air dried and not fresh. Therefore, the same size of mangosteen, to choose heavier.
5: Kneading fruit shell
Gently press the mangosteen with your thumb. If the shell is soft and elastic, the pressed place can recover immediately, indicating that it is fresh mangosteen. If the shell is too hard to press, it means that mangosteen is too old or air dried and not fresh. Of course, if the shell is too soft and has no elasticity, it may be soaked or rotten.