How to Eat Raw Guava Fruit

There are actually various method on how to eat the guava fruit. Some may prefer to cook it while others prefer to turn it into a juice with their blender machine. Whatever method you prefer on consuming this type of fruit, guavas are still best eaten on their raw form. On this post, lets discuss how to properly eat a raw guava fruit.

Guava fruit can be bought in most tropical countries and they come in two different colors which can be in pale green or yellow color. It is suggested that you are going to buy guavas with pale green colors since the color changes into yellow as they get more ripen. A color yellow guava taste sweeter than the pale green guava but there are chances that some of its part are starting to get rotten. It is only advisable buying these yellow guavas when you intend to consume them all right after buying it from the market.

Guava in the Market

Let's now start discussing how to eat a raw guava fruit the simple way. The first step that you have to do is preparation. Make sure that you are to clean the fruit by rinsing it on a cool running water. Do not use a soap or any other form of chemical detergents.

Removing Bruised Areas

Check your guava in all of its side for any bruised areas since these parts are about to get rotten. So always make sure that you are to pick guavas that are fresh and without any sign of bruises. If it happens that the guava that you are about to eat does have some bruises then you will need to use a knife to cut out the bruised area.

Peeling the Skin

The skin of the guava are actually edible wherein it contains most of the vitamin Cs than the internal contents. This is the reason why you have to clean it thoroughly if you intend to eat whole fruit. Otherwise, you can peel off the skin with the use of a knife.

Cutting the Guava

You can cut your guava in many different ways that you may prefer. For those who doesn't want to eat the seeds, you can simply cut the fruit in half then use a teaspoon to scoop the seeds out. (Take note: the seeds can be eaten but it is not recommended for those who are suffering from hemorrhoids)

Eating the Fruit

Some simply prefers to eat the fruit in its raw form but others enjoy eating the fruit with some additional ingredients such as Sugar, Sault, Pepper, Soy Sauce, Vinegar and etc... Human taste varies from one another so you might want to test on which type of ingredients that suits your taste.

Cooking

Guavas can be cooked into a guava-jam. It can also be cooked into a guava-butter. Other purposes of a guava is that, it is often used as an added ingredient on ice cream, yogurt and fruit salad.

Guava Fruit Salad

There goes the simple method of eating a guava fruit. On the next succeeding posts, we are going to discuss other unique methods on how you will get to enjoy eating more of this wonderful type of tropical fruit.