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| This is good stuff! |
I heard they say you shop til you drop! I dare say Alicia and I ate durians and never stopped! I was so glad I also found a durian partner in Leish Saunders while we were on our family 8 days holiday in Singapore in December last year! We were fortunate because the main durian season in Singapore is from June - August. Then we heard about 'Wild Durians'
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and found some at the Mari Mari Village in Kota Kinabalu. Paul, my husband said they tasted better than the ones we had in Singapore. Well, Alicia, Jordan (my son) and I disagreed and then we agreed to disagree! Made any sense?
Durian has
always been my favourite fruit. It is
known as the King of fruits in Asia where I came from the small beautiful
island of Singapore. We import durians
from countries like Malaysia and Thailand. As you can see from the pictures, it
is a spiky fruit with many seeds of white creamy flesh. To open the durian, one
needs to be very careful not to hurt your hands. Use a chopping knife to break
open the hard outer layer of the fruit and then with a piece of cloth break
wide the opening. Once it is open you can still open up another compartment of
the fruit to reveal the hidden seeds. The
flesh of a durian is full of nutritional value in vitamins, minerals,
carbohydrates, proteins and fibre. It is a must fruit to try when one travels
to South East Asia. You either hate it or love it!
So Alicia and I finally came home to Perth and I decided to share on FB our Singapore experience with durians. Let's look at the people's responses!
How do you turn this!
into this?
I like this particular sweet and sour dish because it reminded me of the sweet & sour fish/pork which I used to love to cook.
I like to eat my homemade dukkah with veggie sticks, gluten free bread (still in the oven at time of photo taking), accompanied with raw nuts, kale chips, vinegar (apple cider or balsamic) and lots of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil!
Enjoy!
1. Prepare
Kale Leaves
- Remove kale leaves from the stems.
- Wash and break leaves into large pieces.
- Dry using a salad spin.
- Transfer to a big bowl.
