Brilio.net - Papaya plants are usually taken for their fruit and leaves for consumption. However, not only those two, the flowers can also be used as food ingredients. Papaya flowers are known to be rich in benefits. Reported from vinmec.com, papaya flowers can stabilize insulin levels in the body, lower high blood pressure, prevent heart disease, and others.
In addition to being healthy, papaya flowers also have many fans because they are considered delicious, especially when cooked into a stir-fry or soup menu. Not to mention, if papaya flowers are combined with warm rice and favorite side dishes , it is guaranteed to make you eat more heartily.
However, there are still some people who avoid papaya flowers because they taste very bitter. This can happen because papaya flowers are cooked without removing the sap properly. Papaya flowers have a sap that tends to be bitter. Usually, people remove the bitterness in this ingredient with the help of baking soda or tamarind.
However, unlike netizens on the YouTube account dapur asik, a woman claims to have another way that is no less effective in removing the bitter taste of papaya flowers . The ingredients needed are also simple.
First, wash the papaya flowers and separate them from the stems. After that, the papaya flowers can be soaked in water for a few minutes so that the sap is gone. While soaking the papaya flowers, prepare a pan of water and heat it over medium heat.
photo: YouTube/dapur asik
After the water boils, then put in the papaya flowers that have been drained from the soaking water. No need to wait long, immediately put in the bitterness-removing ingredient in the papaya flowers, namely starfruit leaves. The owner of the YouTube account dapur asik explained that starfruit leaves can be put in directly with the stems without weeding.
"It will remove the bitter taste of papaya flowers, yes. Because the acidity level of starfruit leaves is high," he explained, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube dapur asik on Tuesday (24/9).
In addition, you can also add a little salt. Reported from perfectdailygrind.com, salt is also believed to be able to remove the bitter taste of food ingredients. Not only that, salt can also give a savory taste sensation to papaya flowers, you know.
photo: YouTube/dapur asik
After the two ingredients, starfruit leaves and salt are put into the papaya flower decoction, stir briefly and continue to boil for a few minutes. Signs that the papaya flower is ready to be removed can be seen from the starfruit leaves that are increasingly wilted, the color of the papaya flower is getting brighter, and the texture is already quite soft.
Finally, drain the papaya flowers and separate them from the starfruit leaves. The papaya flowers are ready to be cooked into any dish or eaten directly as a side dish.
photo: YouTube/dapur asik
How, it's really easy, right?