Siouxland Magazine - May 2019

Seasonal Summer Sweets!
By Peggy La
Jackfruit
This is a miracle fruit.
It is so sweet and
tasty when it’s ripe.
It can be eaten as
is or in many Asian
desserts. Young
jackfruit and a white
colored meat can be
used as a vegetarian
dish for pulled pork.
The flesh isn’t the
only part of the
enormous jackfruit
that is edible -- you
can also eat the seeds. These are roasted, turned into
flour or boiled. We also carry this canned and in brine.
Everything but the skin is edible. When they’re ripe, you
can cut and eat the loose pieces!
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Peggy La is the owner of Hong Kong Supermarket.
Photos courtesy of Hong Kong Supermarket.
Hong Kong Supermarket is proud to provide some of
the best summer sweet treats! The store carries a variety
of Asian foods, fresh to frozen, from all over in Asia, such
as Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia,
and China. Check out some of our fan favorites for
summer below:
Ataulfo mangoes
This mango is smaller than traditional mangoes and has
an oblong shape, as well as a slightly dark yellow color.
This fruit is full of vitamin C and are quite delicate. They
are best eaten when they are at peak ripeness. Slice
them and eat it as is or this sweet fruit can be served with
coconut milk over a bed of sticky rice. You can definitely
put them in your smoothies, no sugar needed!
Young Thai Coconuts
Coconut water or juice is refreshing and full of electrolytes
and potassium. Coconut meat tastes soft and can be
eaten as is or shredded and mixed with the juice for
extra texture. To open, some like to punch a hole in the
coconut, drinking the juice with a straw or pouring it out
into a container. A lid can also be created by making a
large circular cut and lifting away the top of the coconut,
or the coconut can be cracked in half with a cleaver over
the bowl to catch the juice and make the tender meat of
the Thai coconut more accessible.