Soursop. A type of custard apple, about 20 cm (8 inches) long, heart-shaped with a green spiny skin. Their flavour is sharper than many custard apples and the texture is not as good so it is used for drinks and desserts.
Soursop. A type of custard apple, about 20 cm (8 inches) long, heart-shaped with a green spiny skin. Their flavour is sharper than many custard apples and the texture is not as good so it is used for drinks and desserts.
Cassava. Manioc. Yuca. Fleshy, starchy tubers with tough brown skin and crisp white flesh, originally from Brazil but now widely cultivated. There are two types, sweet and bitter. Avoid the bitter one. Throughout the Amazon basin there are 26 varieties, each thriving under different conditions. The process of making it into flour or tapioca removes the toxins.
Calamondon of calamansi lime. A citrus fruit found in the Philippines though it is actually a hybrid and not found in the wild. Sour, small and round, it is often described as a cross between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a kumquat. It looks rather like a tangerine and is used to flavor foods and drinks
A variety of chilli, thin, pointed and hot, ripening from green to red.
