Dragon Fruit

[stryker 0]

Also known as the Dragon Fruit, the Pitaya is a stunningly beautiful fruit with an intense colour and shape, magnificent flowers and a delicious taste. The fruit, apart from being refreshing and tasty, contains a lot of water and minerals with many different nutrition ingredients. It tastes light sweet and it's good for liver, laxative, supplementing fiber and very suitable for diet.

Besides, dragon fruit is also good for person who has a high blood pressure. According to popular experience, obese person who has eaten dragon fruit regularly canreduce his/her weight naturally and have a beautiful balanced body but it does not influence on his/her health. Moreover, eating this fruit can stop and reduce diabetes. Hence, dragon fruit is a favorite fruit of many people especially Asian customers.

Benefits of eating the Dragon Fruit

1. Enhance the body metabolism (Protein)

2. Improve digestion (Fiber)

3. Reduce Fat (Fiber)

4. Improve memory (Carotone)

5. Maintain the health of the eyes (Carotone)

6. Strengthen bones and teeth development (Calcium)

7. Tissue development (Phosphorus)

8. Help to metabolise carbohydrates and produce energy (Vitamine B1)

9. Improve appetite (Vitamine B2)

10. Moisturise and smoothen skin and decrease bad cholestrol level (Vitamine B3)

11. Improves the immune system and promotes healing of cuts and bruises (Vitamine C)

USEFUL TIPS:

How to Select and Store

They should be full-colored and free of moldy spots. Dragon Fruit should be refrigerated, unwashed, for up to 5 days. Serve chilled.

Recipe For The Month:

Dragon Fruit Pizza

Ingredients needed :

1 package of ready to use pre-made sugar cookie dough

8 ounces cream cheese

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 dragon fruit, peeled and sliced

3 kiwi, peeled and sliced

1 cup strawberries, hulled and cut in half

1/4 cup apricot glaze

Directions

Rolled out cookie dough into a 12 inch round.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Allow to cool completely.

Meanwhile, prepare fruit by washing and slicing it into 1/4 inch slices.

Cream together the cream chees, powdered sugar and lemon jucie.

When the crust is cool, top with the cream cheese mixture.

Lay fruit in a circle on top of the cream cheese mixture.

Spread apriot glaze over fruit.

Chill until ready to serve.

Please try it....

[sukkimi 0]

I love dragon fruits too.

Here's my Dragon Fruit Cupcakes!

[ahchak 0]

I didn't know dragon fruits got so many benefits. But which one is better? The white or the purple inside one?

[CiiMouMou 0]

sukkimi

that is so so nice~!

the colour is luring me!

recipe pls? pretty pls? *puppy eyes* lol

[PinkPony 0]

i like the purple one..feel that its more sweet

[yin 0]

wow din know dargon fruit can be made as an ingredient in pizza and cupcakes..

and yup dragon fruit is really good for our health..

i saw in the newspapers saying that it can prevent cancer.. =)

[CiiMouMou 0]

haha i have some experience to share,

every time after i eat red dragon fruit the next morning my urine will be in maroon colour LOL

anyone experiences that before?

[juzjune 0]

hehe, CiiMouMou~ yes i do have the same experience too.

i like the purple dragon fruit... it's sweeter and it have more vitamins compared to the white ones ~~ yummy yummy~

[sukkimi 0]

CiiMouMou : visit my Blog for recipe

[WendyBlue 0]

My favourite fruit!!! Only loves the purplish fresh one..... juicy and sweet......

My uncle grow dragon fruit.

Anybody wants to buy can tell me.... I check with my uncle if he got stock anot....

[heiditan 0]

my favorite fruit too!

only thing I don't like is my lips (and teeth) get all reddish purplish after eating it. haha.

Edited December 8, 2007 by heiditan

[sukkimi 0]

CiiMouMou the recipe can be found at my blog

[JenniJane 0]

ahh i love the juice of it.. sour and sweet. tasted like wine too!