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Showing posts with label Langka. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Langka

Jackfruit or Langka has a tropical plant of the family of Moraceae. It is cultivated for its fruit, the largest in nature from those that grow from trees.
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The fruit therein, is yellow, similar to the handle. Its juice is slightly acidic and deeply sweet, with a flavor reminiscent mango mixture with orange.  It is an exotic fruit that is sweet in the toko for sale. Young, unripe jackfruit is used as a vegetable. The fruit is often sold in cans, but markets are sometimes parts of fresh fruits. There are also chips and ice cream, made ​​of jackfruit. With dishes in the oriental cuisine, such as Filipino, Vietnamese, Malaysian and Indonesian, is the fruit used.