Tropical Friday…Snake Fruit(Salak)…
This lovely but sort of weird fruit produces fruit all year round but because it grows close to the ground it is often quite muddy and sometimes needs a thorough clean but it has a good protective shell which although can be opened quite easily when you know how doesn’t break open when the fruit is washed…
I walked on by when I first saw this fruit and then my natural curiosity took over it truly is a lovely fruit…
The outside of the fruit is scaly like a snake and prickly like a cactus, but the inside is sweeter than honey, sour like pineapple and incredibly juicy. Its flesh is slightly acidic, giving your tongue a citrus-like tingle.
Salak fruit or snake fruit is a fruit that is very common in and around South East Asia. The skin is very like the markings on a snake I tend to call it snake fruit rather than salak…
Salak is a species of palm tree native in Indonesia. it belongs to the Arecaceae family. The fruits grow in clusters at the base of the palm. It is also known as snake fruit because of its reddish-brown scaly skin. The fruit inside is sweeter than honey and sour like pineapple and very juicy. […]
