How is the best way to eat kiwifruit? An introduction to the correct ways to eat it

Kiwifruit is an excellent fruit, not only sweet and sour and pleasant to the taste, but also rich in a variety of nutrients. Eating it often helps relieve tension and fatigue, and it also has benefits such as balancing nutrition, aiding weight loss and enriching the blood. So, how do you eat kiwifruit? Do you know?

How to eat kiwifruit raw

The skin of kiwifruit is not only tough but also covered in fuzz, so the most important thing when eating it raw is to peel it. To peel it, first cut a little off both ends of the fruit, then use a peeler to remove the remaining skin. The flesh peeled this way is neat and tidy, easy to cut into attractive round slices or chunks, and there is no risk of fuzz getting onto the flesh.

If you want to eat a whole kiwifruit directly, just cut the fruit in half through the middle, then use a stainless steel or plastic spoon to scoop out the flesh and eat it. This way of eating is quick, economical and convenient. With a paper towel as a cushion in your left hand holding half a kiwifruit and a spoon in your right hand, it satisfies your craving, and you do not have to worry about getting your hands wet while peeling or fuzz sticking to the flesh.

How to eat kiwifruit

Sago and kiwifruit porridge

Ingredients: 50 g sago, 100 g kiwifruit, 50 g white sugar.

Method:

1. Rinse the fresh kiwifruit clean, peel it and take the flesh.

2. Wash the sago clean, soak it in cold water until it softens again, then scoop it out and drain off the water.

3. Take a pot and add about 500 ml of cold water, put in the sago, and first bring it to a boil over high heat.

4. Then switch to low heat and cook for half an hour, add the kiwifruit, and continue cooking for another 15 minutes.

5. Add white sugar to season, then it is ready to be served and eaten.

Kiwifruit compote

200 g kiwifruit, 1 apple, 2 bananas, appropriate amounts of white sugar and wet starch.

Wash the kiwifruit, apple and banana separately, and cut them into small cubes; put the kiwifruit cubes, apple cubes and banana cubes into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, then add white sugar, thicken with wet starch into a thin consistency, and it is ready to serve.

This compote has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for conditions such as restlessness with heat, excessive thirst, poor appetite, indigestion and urinary stones. For ordinary people, eating it can enhance the body's ability to prevent and resist disease, and make the skin smooth and beautiful.

Kiwifruit with rock sugar

250 g kiwifruit (peeled and cored), an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Wash the kiwifruit, peel and core it, cut it into small pieces, place them in a bowl, add the rock sugar, steam in a steamer until the kiwifruit flesh is soft and cooked through, then take it out and it is ready to eat.

This dish has the effects of promoting fluid production and nourishing yin, and lowering blood pressure and blood lipids. It is suitable for conditions such as high blood pressure, high blood lipids, coronary heart disease, sore throat, and irritability with thirst. For ordinary people who eat it, it can moisturise the skin, darken the hair and improve appearance.

Kiwifruit and white fungus compote

100 g kiwifruit, 50 g soaked white fungus, an appropriate amount of white sugar.

Wash the kiwifruit, peel and core it and slice it; remove any debris from the soaked white fungus, wash it and tear it into pieces, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, cook until the white fungus is tender, add the kiwifruit slices and white sugar, bring to a boil and serve.

This compote has the effects of moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, and nourishing yin and the stomach. It is suitable for conditions such as restlessness with heat, excessive thirst, poor appetite, indigestion, cough due to lung heat and haemorrhoids. For healthy people who eat it, it can improve disease resistance, help prevent cancer, make the skin smooth and beautiful, and prolong life.

Kiwifruit jam

1000 g fresh kiwifruit, an appropriate amount of white sugar.

Choose fully ripe kiwifruit, wash and drain off the water, and peel; put the sugar into a pot, add an appropriate amount of clean water, boil it into a sugar syrup, take out half of it, put the kiwifruit flesh into the sugar syrup, and boil for about 15 minutes. When the flesh has cooked until transparent and has no white core, pour in the other half of the sugar syrup and continue cooking for 20 minutes, stirring while cooking; after cooking, mash the flesh into a paste, remove from the heat, let it cool slightly, put it into a bottle and store it. Eat 20 g each time, 3 times a day.

This jam has the effects of clearing heat and freeing urinary flow, and nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. It is suitable for conditions such as heat strangury with difficult urination, thirst and haemorrhoids.

Egg-battered crispy kiwifruit

500 g kiwifruit, 200 g fine flour, 200 g white sugar, 2 eggs, 1000 ml peanut oil.

Remove the fuzz from the kiwifruit and wash it clean, cut it in half; crack the eggs into a bowl, whisk until frothy, mix in the flour, add 30 ml of cooked peanut oil, and make an egg batter; put a wok on the heat, pour in the peanut oil, heat until 70% hot, dip each kiwifruit slice in the batter and put it into the wok, deep-fry until golden brown, scoop it out and arrange on a plate; put the original wok back on the heat, leave 15 ml of oil in the wok, add clean water and white sugar, dissolve into a sugar syrup, and pour the syrup over the fried kiwifruit slices, and it is ready.

How to eat

Although kiwifruit is good, it is not suitable for everyone. Because kiwifruit is cold in nature, people with deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach should eat it with caution, and those who often have diarrhoea and frequent urination should not eat it. Eating 1-2 a day can both meet the body's needs and allow its nutrients to be fully absorbed by the body; the suitable time to eat it is 1-3 hours before or after a meal, and it should not be eaten on an empty stomach.