Showing posts with label Fresh Produce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fresh Produce. Show all posts

Monday, August 29, 2016

On the table: Exotic fruit arrangemenet

Often, I like to display fruit from my orchard in a basket on my kitchen table. This way, I am enticing my family to grab a healthy snack when they are walking around the house. 

Bananas, pomegranates, yellow dates, dragon fruit and strawberry guavas. All are accented with couple of gloriosa lilies.


Yellow dates are from the Asian market




Strawberry guava has an intense guava flavor in every bite. This fruit became my go-to snack while gardening. Love this deep reddish purple bite-sized fruit!



My favorite gloriosa lilies are the perfect accent with the tropical fruit. Both the gloriosa lily vine and strawberry guava tree are newcomers in the garden, but outstanding performers.


 If you have never tried dragon fruit, it tastes similar to a kiwi. 



For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes (including vegetarian, gluten free and vegan recipes),please check out my books, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen and Trader Joe's Simply Indian at my website komalinunna.com.


Sunday, March 7, 2010

Cherimoya

Today I want to introduce you to the most delicious fruit, cherimoya, from my orchard. In India we call it Sitaphal. Cherimoya has creamy, white flesh and numerous dark colored seeds are embedded in it. When you chill this fruit and eat it, it tastes like a cross between custard and sherbet, which gives its secondary name, custard apple. The skin and seeds are not edible. When you buy the fruit, you should let it ripen at room temperature until it is soft to touch. To serve this fruit, cut it in half and place one half in a bowl and serve with a spoon. You just scoop the flesh with the spoon and eat it while discarding the seeds. Sometimes I think about developing a recipe for ice cream using this fruit.  But I don't  have the heart to spoil the natural sweet and creamy fruit with processed sugar. Who needs ice cream when you can indulge with the delectable fruit cherimoya?


 The next time you find cherimoya in your supermarket, buy it and give it a try. I am sure you will like as much as I do.

  

  

For more memorable centerpieces, tablescapes, and recipes, please check out my book, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, at my website komalinunna.com.

Please visit Susan's blog for Metamorphosis Monday.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Figs

My fig tree went crazy this year. I got an abundance of figs. I know what I am doing tomorrow: making ginger fig jam.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Canned Tomatoes


    I canned enough tomatoes to last a year.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Garden Produce

    I think I got more than enough tomatoes and chilies from my kitchen garden.