Exotic fruits in Bali

In Indonesia, you will encounter with an incredible choice of exotic fruits. To help you to learn them, we have prepared a brief overview of the most common ones.

Durian

The king of fruits with a heavenly taste and specific smell. It is considered to be a delicacy and an aphrodisiac. Good durian is sweet, rich flavored, which reminds of banana, mango, pineapple, ripe papaya and vanilla. The smell comes from the thick skin, studded with thorns. It not allowed bringing durian to hotels, shops and other public places. Durian is not recommended to be used together with alcohol, because it can affect the heart.

Average price: 2700 Rp / 100 g

Mango, Manga

This is a sweet fruit with a light pine flavor. Ripe mangoes have to be fragrant at the tail and slightly springy when you squeeze it in hand. Mango is useful to strengthen the heart muscle and improve brain function.

Average price: 2300 Rp / 100 g

Papaya

Papaya is an elongated fruit green or yellow color. It is quite juicy, but does not have a clearly defined taste. Ripe papaya is very useful. It actively breaks down and removes cholesterol from the body. Papaya fruit is used as a valuable dietary product which helps digestion.

Average price: 420 Rp / 100 g

Mangosteen, Manggis

Mangosteen has a hard peel and tender juicy pulp inside. Its taste can be described as something between a pineapple, peach, strawberry and grape. The consistency of the flesh is very tender and white. The fruit contains a small bone inside. Mangosteen helps to control sugar in blood, has antibacterial properties.

Average Price: 3,500 Rp / 100g

Rambutan

Rambutan looks like a ball of yellow or red color, covered with hairy peel. Its flesh is transparent white gelatinous mass, with a sweet taste. Rambutan is grown and sold in grapes. It is good for the skin, and it cleans the body.

Average Price: 3,000 Rp / 100 g

Pomelo, Jeruk Bali

Pomelo is the largest citrus fruit, in diameter it can reach up to 30cm. It does not taste bitter, pomelo’s pulp is tender and flavorful. Pomelo contains large amount of vitamins A and C. The beneficial properties are enormous, this fruit has the most beneficial effect on humans health.

Average price: 2700 Rp / 100 g

Pitahaya, Dragon fruit, Buah naga

Pitahaya fruit is called “dragon” for its appearance. The fruit is bright pink-red with green branches. Its flesh is dense and white (sometimes red), with lots of seeds. The taste of Pitahaya remotely resembles a banana, but less sweet and more watery. The fruit is useful for diabetes or other endocrine disease.

Average price: 1750Rp / 100g

Passion fruit, Markiza

It is a fruit with a yellow or purple surface. The seeds are hidden inside, its yellow cover has a sour taste and distinctive flavor. This fruit improves the bowel and has a general strengthening effect.

Average Price: 3,300 Rp / 100g

Jackfruit, Nangka

Jackfruit is the largest fruit which grows on the trees. Its average weight is 12 kg. Fruits of jackfruit are very nutritious and contain about 40% carbohydrates (starch).

The flesh reduces the effects of alcohol, helps with sore throat and other diseases.

Average price: 2000 Rp / 100 g

Belimbing, Star fruit

The Belimbing is also known as a tropical star, "star fruit." The name comes from the fact that if you cut it across, the fruit resembles stars out of 5 ends (sometimes even 6 and 7). Crispy sweet and sour fruits have a floral taste.

Average price: 1500 Rp / 100 g

Longan, Lengkeng

The juicy longan with tender flesh has a sweet taste with a unique flavor. Fruits contain a lot of sugar, vitamin C, calcium, iron and phosphorus, as well as many Bioacid are useful for the skin.

Average price: 3650Rp / 100g

Snake fruit, Salak

The fruits are oval or pear-shaped, covered with a scaly brown skin-like snake peel. Beige pulp consists of one or more segments. Pleasant refreshing taste of the fruit resembles a pineapple and banana with a slight nutty flavor. To clean the fruit it is just carefully cut or torn scaly peel on the edge and remove it as from eggs.

Average price: 2,000 Rp / 100g

Yellow watermelon, semangka kuning

Yellow watermelon taste is not very different from the traditional, with a red "filling"

The color has changed as a result of long-term experiments with wild watermelon seeds, the pulp of which is actually yellow.

Average price: 670Rp / 100 g

Litchi, Leci

The fruit is covered with a rough pink peel. The bright jelly-like flesh is easily separated from the peel. It has a sweet taste with a little wine flavor. The taste of litchi reminds grapes and is a bit thick. The litchi contains a lot of protein, potassium, magnesium and vitamin C.

Average price: 3,700 Rp / 100 g

Guava, Jambu biji

Guava is the only fruit, which contains vitamin C 5 times more than an orange. It has thin greenish yellow peel, the flesh may be white, yellow, pink or red. The taste of a ripe fruit is sweet and tastes like a pineapple and strawberries.

Average price: 1150Rp / 100g

Sapodilla, Sawo

Sapodilla fruits are round, oval or egg-shaped, up to 10 cm long. Ripe fruit is covered with a thin beige-brown or brown-brown velvety peel.

The pulp is usually yellow, yellowish-brown or pinkish-brown, soft, starchy, slightly grainy. The taste is sweet, sometimes even sugary, it tastes like dried fruits.

Average price: 1500 Rp / 100g

Tamarillo, Terong Belanda

Mature fruits are usually red, yellow or orange color. There are also fruits with dark purple peel, some may have dark long stripes. Before eating, peel the fruit, it has an unpleasant taste and is able to spoil any dish.

Average price: 1900 Rp / 100g

Pepino fruit, Buah Pepino

The fruit has a flesh with a pleasant smell, juicy, honey-yellow, salmon-colored, sometimes even colorless, with a delicate taste reminding a melon. Pepino contains large amounts of vitamins A and C, and vitamin C is not less than in citrus fruits. Before you eat Pepino, peel it as some kinds have an unpleasant taste.

Average price: 2000Rp / 100g

Avocado, Alpukat

The pulp of a ripe fruit has a delicate texture, the taste reminds a mixture of butter with mashed green; sometimes there is a nutty flavor. An avocado contains oil which is easy to digest due to the large amount of unsaturated fatty acids. Avocados are very rich in minerals, trace elements and vitamins. Eating avocados prevents a heart attacks, it helps to better cope with stressful situations and helps to smoothen the skin.

Average price: 2860 Rp / 100 g

Tamarind, Asam

Tamarind is considered as a spice of the legume family, but is also used as an ordinary fruit. Under the hard brown skin-like shell there is a brown with a sweet-sour tart taste flesh. Inside a tamarind there are large solid seeds. This fruit is rich in vitamin A, organic acids and complex sugars. Tamarind is also used as a laxative, misuse of it can cause diarrhea.

Average price: Rp 22,000 per package.

Coconut (Coconut, Kelapa)

Coconut is not really a nut, it is a drupe. The ones which are sold in other countries are peeled coconuts, the fibrous cover is already removed. The taste of the juice is different in almost every coconut, it may be sweet or more sour, depending on the stage of its maturity. The thickness and consistency of the pulp also depends on it. The younger the coconut, the thinner and softer is the layer of the pulp and the juice is sour. However, before you open the coconut it is impossible to determine its ripeness. Coconut has a reputation of a strong aphrodisiac, it normalizes the reproductive system. Its milk and pulp restore strength and improve eyesight.

Average price: Rp 12,000 for a piece.

The following map indicates several places in the area of Kuta where you can buy most of these fruits.

Have a good rest and enjoy tasty fruit!