Papaya

I am a fruit lover and there is hardly any fruit that I wouldn't like. My favorite however are few and Papaya is one of those. This is a highly nutritious fruit with green/yellow skin. It's green mostly when it is raw, in this case you need to just wrap it in paper and keep it aside to ripen by itself. When the skin is yellow, it means that the fruit is ripe. Whie buying it, make sure that it's not too loose otherwise all you will get would be messy pulp. This fruit has a great property of easing up the digestive process of the bosy because it contains the necessary digestive enzymes. It's high in vitamin C, calcium and iron. The inside of ...  Read the complete review

I grew up in Asia and papaya is just another common fruit to me like apple is common to UK. Little did I realised the goodness of this fruit, a fruit that I have taken for granted. Papaya or Paw Paw, is commonly grown in the tropics, it has pink or orange flesh. The center of the fruit is filled with black colour seeds. These seeds are usually discarded and thrown to the birds. Papaya have an excellent source of vitamin C, calcium and iron. The colour of the papaya provide a good source of beta carotene.( Beta carotene helps prevent damage by free radicals causing cancer in our body) This sweet fruit is extremely nutritious. Papaya is ...  Read the complete review

A papaya is a melon like fruit with a yellowy-orange flesh and a green to orange skin, most people like these because they have a very sweet taste. I prefer to eat them with pineapple, lemons, lime and oranges in a salad, they make the perfect mix. Here's some facts about them because it's always useful to know a bit about what you're eating: * It originated in South Mexico ~ To grow they can't be exposed to temperatures below 32F * Cold wet soil will kill the plants ~ Papaya trees can grow up to 20f * They can be between 1 and 20 pounds in weight ~ There are Hawaiian and Mexican Papayas, * The Hawaiian type tends to be the only ...  Read the complete review

I first came across the papaya fruit when I started travelling to Brazil. There it is known as 'mamão' and it is commonly consumed at breakfast along with other fruits. Papayas are spherical or pear-shaped fruits that can be as long as 20 inches. The flesh is usually a rich orange colour. I wouldn't say that it is a particularly tasty fruit. At times it can be a bit bland. But if eaten when fully ripe it has a mild pleasant sweet taste. It is important to note that papayas that appear very green or feel very hard should not be purchased, unless you are planning on cooking them, as their flesh will not develop a characteristic sweet juicy flavour. However you ...  Read the complete review

I love fruit, all fruit, and one of my favourites is Papaya, otherwise known as Pawpaw. It is becoming more common now in supermarkets and I often treat myself to one. This delicious exotic fruit tastes wonderful on a hot Summer's day, chilled and cut in half like a melon with the seeds scooped out. It has a soft, creamy consistency and is quite sweet but not at all sickly. Personally I much prefer it to a Mango as quite apart from the fact that I prefer the taste of the Papaya, it is so much easier to prepare! It is grown around the world and has a variety of different names including kapaya, kepaya, lapaya and tapaya in parts of Asia and in Brazil it ...  Read the complete review