YOGYAKARTA - Pepaya flowers have a unique texture and a fragrant aroma. In general, papaya flowers are cooked with salted fish or squid because they can remove the amis seafood smell. However, papaya flowers also have a bitter taste that many people don't like. Well, there is a way to cook papaya flowers so they don't get bitter. Reporting from the Archipelago Culinary, see how to apply papaya flowers below:
Pepaya flowers are generally sold in the form of still attached to the stems.
You have to make sure to cross the flowers from the stems. Because, this papaya flower stem is more bitter than the flowers.
However, for those of you who are really bitter, you can pick papaya flowers with a young stem. The characteristics, the stem is light green, soft, and easy to pick.
The easiest way to neutralize the papaya flower is by cleaning the papaya flower with salt. Use a large amount of salt, knead the papaya flower slowly so it doesn't collapse.
If you are afraid that papaya flowers will still taste bitter, you can repeat this process two to three times. Wash clean flowers from salt so they don't taste salty when cooked.
The next way to get rid of the bitter papaya flower is by using clay. Boil the water that has been mixed with clay, when cooked wash the papaya flower again until it is clean. Boil dry and cook papaya flowers with various spices that have been provided.
The next way that is easy enough to neutralize the bitter papaya flower is by cooking it mixed with various other ingredients, such as kale or cassava leaves. Pepaya leaves can also be cooked with sharp flavor-like spices to neutralize the taste.
To get rid of the bitter taste, you can also soak papaya flowers in acid water. Before being processed into food, you can soak papaya flowers in acid water for 15-30 minutes.
To cook papaya flowers so as not to be bitter, you can provide water that has been mixed with a little acid from Javanese acid fruit. The next step is to put the papaya flower into the immersion and let it sit for 15-30 minutes. Next, rinse and drain the papaya flower with clean water before it is continued to the cooking process.
By using coconut or scarred coconut in your cooking, you can also help reduce the bitter taste of papaya flowers. Santan consists of fat and sweet taste that will help neutralize the bitter taste produced from papaya flowers. You can add coconut milk that has been extorted from papaya flower dishes that have been spiced. Next, cook and stir evenly until the coconut seeps into papaya flowers.
This is a review of how to cook papaya flowers so that they are not bitter that you can do. Good luck and hopefully useful! Visit VOI.id to get other interesting information.
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