Custard apple gives you glowing skin and lustrous hair. Know more about the wonder fruit
The custard apple also known as the white sapote or Mexican custard has an edible green skin and looks like a misshapen baseball with a yellow blush. The flesh offers a very sweet mild flavour with a hint of apricot, bananna, lemon, mango, vanilla, coconut, peaches or caramel, depending on the variety. The skin is edible but slightly tart.
Fit and fine
· The numerous vitamins and nutrients present in custard apple provide protection from various medical conditions such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
· If you have a fluctuating blood pressure then a regular intake of this fruit is effective in keeping it under control.
· Being a rich source of Vitamin A, custard apples give the consumer a glowing and healthy skin and shiny and lustrous hair.
· Custard apple acts as a storehouse of various vitamins making your vision sharper and brighter.
· Intake of custard apple helps in curing indigestion problems. Since this is indirectly linked to constipation, these fruits inject copper into the body which ensures the production of stools.
· The high amount of magnesium in custard apples maintains water balance in the body. This promotes the removal of various acids from the joints and lowers the risk of rheumatism and arthritis.
· Custard apples are packed with iron and are the simplest and fastest cure for treating anemia.
· For extremely underweight individuals, custard apples are an ideal way to put on a few kilos. Also, the sugar fibers present in them make the making metabolic system more efficient.
· The skin of the fruit is helpful in fighting against tooth decay and gum pain.
· These fruits are good in treating vomiting, gout, lice and vitamin B6 deficiencies.
Heat, boil, cook!
The custard apple is great raw or cooked. One delicious simple way to eat custard apples is to cut the fruit in half. Spoon out the flesh and top with nuts and yogurt. Another, quick way to use the fruit is to cut it up into small chunks and add to waffle or pancake batter before cooking. Add some of the pureed fruit to syrup and top the pancake or waffles, as well.
When serving at a party or to children, try dipping the fruit into melted white or milk chocolate and let cool in the refrigerator.
Serve on a plate with toothpicks. Add other fruit chucks to a skewer and dip them all, making a huge sweet treat! You can also add diced up fruit to donut batter before cooking or make some custard apple fritters.
Smoothies are another way to use this strange fruit. Add half a cup of custard apple and half a cup of milk. Blend until thick, then add a little nutmeg.