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Breadfruit/Buah Sukun
This is another funny looking fruit. The other day when I wrote about the Chempedak, I received comments like :
“Gosh, that looks like something from outerspace”
and another person mistaken it for breadfruit.
I know breadfruit because it was mentioned in the children’s novel Robinson Crusoe or is the the other title where the whole family was shipwrecked and stranded on an island. I can’t remember the title at the moment.
Anyway, after reading about the marvels of breadfruit, I had been fascinated. Because I thought breadfruit taste like bread. But in actual, it taste like some yam.
Over here in Penang, one do find some stalls selling breadfruit fritters. However, I admit that I had never tasted them because I was told that it gives ‘wind’ and cause flatulence.
Therefore, I would appreciate if someone can tell me exactly how breadfruit taste like.
The credit of this photo goes to moo_t. He also blogged about the breadfruit but mistaken it for another fruit which looks exactly the same. You can find the scientific name and all the details from moo_t’s website. Surf around moo_t’s website. He just returned from climbing Mount Kinabalu. Plenty of photos and useful information available. Thanks moo_t for the photo and the information provided!
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July 8th, 2005 at 8:18 am
Breadfruit very famous among folks in Sabah and my grandpa own a few trees of this fruit. It is actually consider tasteless, chewy and starchy fruit with the texture of soursop fruit. If you can imagine yourself eating white plain bread that is chewy and tangling between your teeth, that’s how the breadfruit taste and feel like. The fruit is rounded shape between the size of kids football toy to original football size. The breadfruit don’t even some close to comparing with cempedak which is sweet, aromatic and soft. This is my point of opinion.
July 8th, 2005 at 8:59 am
I love fried buah sukun.
July 8th, 2005 at 10:12 am
I tried it in Hawaii — I must admit, despite my love of unique fruits, that the taste was terrible. It tasted oily to me. However, the texture was very bread-like.
July 8th, 2005 at 10:24 am
its texture is akin to keladi (taro) but its taste is on the bland side. an acquired taste i believe. Best sliced into thin segments and then eaten dipped in sugar whilst still hot. yummy!
July 8th, 2005 at 7:43 pm
Buah sukun!! I didn’t see it for ages. Ever since my grandma moved away from her old house, we don’t have chance eat any buah sukun anymore. She makes a great one!!!
July 8th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
fish fish - I have never eaten this before. Must make sure I try it soon. Is it good?
izreen - That means goreng first then dipped in sugar?
EJP - I am very intrigued by your description. Oily taste? As in avocado?
Irene - Thanks for the very clear explanation. I agree, it is nothing like chempedak but most people haven’t seen, what more smell a chempedak. Hence, it looks the same to them on the outside. I am so glad moo_t got the photos to share with me . Otherwise, I can’t get a comparison of chempedak with breadfruit.
July 9th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Haven’t had it as it is yet, but the stalls in Sabah sells sukun goreng. Didn’t know that at first thought it was a super large ubi goreng. But it tastes nice, a bit like ubi texture but sweet a bit maybe similar to yam.
July 9th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
The sukun goreng best eaten when it’s goreng and still hot out from the kuali. I like to eat them with Kaya to exhance the bland taste. One can also cook with curry powder as a dish. Ah..i miss eating this fruit and all the food you posted in your blog.
July 10th, 2005 at 12:05 am
Yes, perhaps similar to avocado but more pungent and less creamy. Of course, the Hawaiian variety is probably unique compared to other breadfruits.