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25 Star Fruit Recipes (or, Carambola Recipes)

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  Here's a roundup of healthy, easy star fruit recipes (also known as carambola recipes). Just like the others, these are healthy, light, and vegan. Click on the link with each picture to get the full recipe. The duality of starfruit is its insipid flavor. Although uninspiring on its own, the fruit's mild taste means it pairs with several flavors. These are ingredients that work well with carambola: Other fruits:  bilimbi, cashew apple, lemon, lime, orange, kumquat, mosambi/sweet lime, banana, mango (ripe and raw), coconut, pineapple, papaya (ripe and raw), tamarind, strawberry, green apple, kiwi, cucumber, asian pear, watermelon, dragonfruit, pomegranate, cranberry, blueberry, raspberry, avocado, banana flower Vegetables:  carrot, tomato, cabbage Herbs, oil, and spices:  cashew, peanut, melon seeds, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, lemon juice, lime juice, lemongrass, chili, turmeric, coriander, cumin, mustard seeds, poppy seed, black pepper, basil, mint, lic

Cempedak Recipes

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  Here’s a roundup of a handful of cempedak recipes. Unsurprisingly, few outside of Malaysia and perhaps Indonesia have sampled cempedak, and have therefore employed the fruit in culinary recipes.  At present, cempedak recipes are mostly limited to baked goods: cakes, cupcakes, pancakes, etc. With a gooey texture, most cooks utilize the whipped fruit within batters or add the chopped raw fruit atop the final product. Occasionally, cempedak appears in savory or fried recipes. Such dishes feature the hard, avocado-pit-sized inner seed which, when boiled, has a flavor resembling water chestnut. The recipes below will need to be veganized, but unsurprisingly, vegan cempedak recipes were remarkably scarce.  WHAT INGREDIENTS GO WELL WITH CEMPEDAK? Cempedak's strong flavor means it's best highlighted as a solo ingredient, or with another fruit possessing a similar gooey texture.  Fruits:   banana, plantain, jackfruit, durian, breadfruit, orange, mango, strawberry, pineapple, avocado,