Description of bakupari. Caloric content, chemical composition and useful properties. How tropical fruits are eaten and what is prepared from them. Is it possible to grow garcinia gardneriana at home and taste the fruit? Currently, extensive research is being carried out on the effect of bacupari on oncological processes, suppression of malignancy of cells of already formed neoplasms. Scientific groups observe the tribes living in the Amazon Delta, who constantly consume the fruits for food. There have been no reported cases of cancer in the past 80 years. It is planned to replace radiation therapy with fruit extract. Also, the anti-tuberculosis efficacy of the plant is revealed. A very important property of guapomo - it normalizes protein and fat metabolism, and therefore is widely used for weight loss. With the help of these fruits, you can realize the dream of all those who are losing weight - to eat and not get better. When the pulp is consumed, the speed of peristalsis increases, the fatty layer formed around the internal organs breaks down into glycerin and water, water is excreted from the body, and glycerin is processed by the liver. At the same time, the reserve of nutrients is not depleted, immunity does not decrease and anemia does not develop. It was the effect of fat burning that made scientists study the properties of clusian fruits.
Bacupari seed oil and leaves are used to treat dermatological conditions and to heal skin wounds. With the help of dressings, the development of purulent-inflammatory processes can be prevented.
The sticky juice acts as a patch. When applied to fresh damage to the skin, it not only disinfects, but also tightens the edges of the wound and reliably protects from external influences.
Contraindications and harm to bacupari
Locals eat the fruits of garcinia without restrictions: they introduce them into the diet of children from a very young age, and continue to use them during pregnancy and lactation. But those who have recently become acquainted with a new taste need to be careful.
So that there is no harm when using bakupari, diuretic properties should be taken into account. During pregnancy, the load on the kidneys is already high, and during lactation, the body needs an excess amount of fluid to produce milk.
In children, the metabolic processes are already accelerated, and it is not worth stimulating them in the heat. Therefore, in a "special" position, the tropical fruit should be abandoned, and children should be introduced into the diet of a new product no earlier than the age of 5 years.
Traditional healers use the infusion of pulp as an antiseptic and sedative - it resembles nicotine in action. However, it should be borne in mind that the regular use of the "mixture" is addictive, and subsequently - drug withdrawal.
You can not eat fruits in diabetes mellitus due to the high glycemic index, in chronic pancreatitis - due to the stimulation of enzymatic activity.
The fruits are so delicious that overeating is difficult to avoid. The recommended norm for adults is 1-2 fruits per day. Larger amounts can cause diarrhea.
How do you eat bakupari
Locals consume the fruits together with the peel, squeeze the pulp into drinks, giving them a slightly sour taste. For this purpose, not very ripe fruits are used. They should not be eaten: at this stage they are so tart that they "burn" the mucous membrane of the mouth and make them sore.
Locals often make jam from the fruit, jelly, squeeze juice, make candied fruits and sweets.
And how do those who have only recently become acquainted with tropical sweetness eat bakupari? They peel off the easily peeling skin with their hands and suck out the juicy pulp, or cut the skin with a knife and scoop out the contents with a spoon.
Bakupari recipes
To make jam or jelly, you should choose only ripe fruits with intact skin. If the skin is torn, juice is released from it, rotting quickly begins. That is why fruits are almost never exported outside South America: processing chemicals that are not absorbed by the pulp are not yet created.
Bakupari recipes:
- Jelly candies … 4-5 bakupari fruits are cut into 5-6 pieces, peeled and seeds removed. A little water is poured into an enamel pot, fruit slices are poured, put on fire. Stew for exactly as long as it takes to bring until softened. When the fruit is ripe and soft enough, no heat treatment is needed. If sweets are made for adults, then instead of water, it is better to pour brandy, rum or dry white wine into a saucepan. Soft puree is rubbed through a sieve. Usually sugar is not needed, but if the fruit is slightly unripe, you can add it. But too sweet bakupari is acidified with lemon juice or zest. The gelatin is dissolved in a small amount of water, poured into fruit puree, slightly heated and stirred to obtain a homogeneous mixture. The form is covered with parchment, the jelly mass is poured and placed on the refrigerator shelf. After the jelly thickens, the layer is cut into candy cubes and rolled in powdered sugar. Leave to dry before serving.
- Jelly candies in chocolate … If you plan to cover bacupari sweets with chocolate, glaze is cooked. To do this, break the chocolate into pieces, melt it with a little milk, cream or butter. Candy is dipped into the glaze, pre-pricked on a fork. If there is no chocolate at home, the icing is brewed with cocoa. Proportions in tablespoons: cocoa and sugar - 3 each, sour cream - 2, butter - 30 g. Until the chocolate is frozen, sweets can be rolled in coconut.
- Bakupari jam … In a saucepan, mix 1 kg of peelless pulp and 500 g of sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly to melt the sugar completely, add a little vanilla sugar for flavor. Just before switching off, pour in half a glass of brandy, stir again, evaporate a little and turn it off.
- Confiture … The pulp is thoroughly kneaded in mashed potatoes, mixed in a saucepan with lemon juice at the rate of 1 kg bakupari and juice of 1 lemon. Before squeezing the juice, rub the zest. After boiling, a third of a teaspoon of star anise, a cinnamon stick, half a vanilla pod, 1 pink peppercorns are also added to the pan. While the jam is not boiling, it is constantly stirred.
- Cheesecakes with bakupari … Bakupari, 700-900 g, peel and remove seeds, grind until smooth with a small amount of sugar, add half a glass of wheat flour, add some salt. Form cakes with a thickness of 1, 5-2 cm, fried in sunflower oil. Served with sour cream for tea.
- Biscuits … The pulp of two bakupari fruits is mixed with persimmon, a tablespoon of baking powder and a glass of flour. Drive in an egg, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg and half a glass of crushed walnuts. The dough is mixed with melted butter - 120-150 g. Place the mass in a pastry bag, squeeze out onto parchment. Cookies are baked in the oven at a temperature of 180 ° C. Before serving, you can sprinkle with icing sugar, pour over with chocolate icing.
Bakupari is added to puddings, used instead of filling for sweet pies, and candied fruits are made. However, it must be borne in mind that the beneficial properties are preserved only in raw fruits. After heat treatment, the nutrients break down.
Interesting facts about bakupari
Despite the high germination capacity of bakupari and self-pollination, it has not yet been possible to get a crop in winter gardens. For fruit to set, seed germination should begin immediately after the pulp is eaten - within 48 hours. If this condition is not met, the sprouts will hatch, but the tropical taste will fail.
The rest of the cultivation is quite simple - good lighting, regular watering. You can provide such a regime both in the winter garden and in your own apartment.
After planting, the seeds germinate within 2-2, 5 months, and then the tree forms quite slowly, the first flowers bloom only for 5 years. In South America, fruits appear on a tree after 7-8 years.
Bakupari wood is very beautiful in color. The cuts can be pink-brown with yellowish patterns, dark brown with burgundy veins. But furniture is not made from it - it is too soft and fragile. But for small crafts, it is ideal. Tool pens, children's furniture, pencils are made from it. Sharpening such a pencil is quite simple, even with a not very sharp knife.
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Bacupari can be purchased in Peru, Brazil or Paraguay at local wild markets. If you like the taste, you can add them to the daily menu on an ongoing basis. Then, during a tour of tropical countries, you will be able not only to admire the beauty of the selva, but also to get rid of excess weight.
