Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The culture of eating Noni fruit

We can find a lot of Noni fruit in Asia, India and the islands in the Pacific and East Indies Islands.

We can find a lot of the noni fruit in Asia, India and the islands in the Pacific and East Indies Islands.

Sometimes, it is called that cheese fruit or vomit fruit. It is like an egg and it looks like it has eyes all around. The length of Noni fruit is about 4-7 cm.

Noni fruit looks like it has eyes all around

Noni fruit looks like it has eyes all around

When this fruit is immature, it is green. Then it changes to yellow and almost white, when ripe. This fruit has a strong smell and bitter taste, but it has been very popular in the consumer either raw or cooked.

Some islands in the Pacific Ocean, this fruit are the staple food they eat. Southeast Asians and Australian Aborigines consume the fruit raw, dipped in salt or mixed with curry powder. The noni fruit seeds can be eaten, when roasting until done.