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Using Star Fruit in Savory Recipes

Star Fruit is a fruit with five points, also known as carambola. This result differs somewhat "sweet and sour and bitter. The yellow star as a fruit, the sweeter the flavor will be. The fruit is delicate and bruises to be careful with them.

You can use it in recipes for soups, salads and recipes for cakes or to make curry. Because of its attractive star shape when cut in half carambola often used as a garnish. You can cut and bake as a side dish or a simple carom for a few slices of meat or fish and stir fry vegetables to add flavor and color.

The result is a very sweet fruit, which means it is ideal for use in savory dishes, if you want a semi-sweet flavor. You can of course strawberries, apples and other fruits in savory and sweet recipes taste, slightly sour fruit stars and acid used, is ideal for use in recipes where a touch of sweetness and fruit.

This fruit has been cultivated for centuries in Southeast Asia, but is a relatively recent addition to Western cuisine. When shopping for star fruit, it must be one that is bright yellow, fragrant and firm.

Star Fruit Soup Recipe Red Snapper

This recipe makes enough to serve six people, and the combination of fish with the carambola is incredible. Pepper, ginger, lemon grass, garlic and other ingredients that complement the flavor of this tasty dish, and usually this soup recipe is elegant enough for formal dinners or meetings to serve.

You will need:

    * 2 diced tomatoes
    * 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    * 2 cloves garlic, sliced
    * Part of ginger * 1 / 2 inch peeled and chopped
    * Shell 4 1 / 2 cup shrimp
    * 1 pound red snapper fillet, thinly sliced
    * Thai pepper 2 slices
    * 2 onions, peeled, sliced
    * 2 Carambola, sliced ​​thin
    * 1 stalk lemongrass
    * 1 lemon 2 / 2
    * 10 cups water
    * Salt and pepper to taste
    * Coriander leaves to garnish

How:

Heat oil over high heat in large saucepan and add the shrimp shells. Cook for a few minutes, stirring all the time. Ginger, garlic and onion and cook a few minutes, or until the shrimp shells are golden brown. Add water, tomatoes, peppers and lemongrass and simmer.

Reduce heat and simmer until soup is reduced by half discovered. It takes about an hour. The broth in the pan. Salt and pepper to taste.

Heat the broth to a boil, add sliced ​​star fruit and red snapper. Lemon juice in the soup, then the lemon into the pan. Cook until fish is cooked soup. These are just a few minutes. Remove the lemon peel and serve sprinkled with coriander to garnish.