Fruit of the Day - The Granadilla



I have been amazed by the variety of exotic (at least to me) fruit here in Colombia. For Colombians, the apple is almost considered an exotic fruit. It is imported from either Chile or the US, and therefore is expensive. They also make juice from almost every fruit they possibly can. Lunch is usually accompanied by freshly prepared fruit juice. Anyway, I thought I would share some of the more interesting fruits with you.

From what I can tell, the granadilla is a relative of the passion fruit. It has an orange outer shell with light speckles. I say shell, because the outer layer is somewhat brittle, and removing it is almost like removing the shell of a hard boiled egg. Underneath is a soft padding that looks and feels like white bread. You have to tear this padding to get to the edible part of the fruit, which consists of hard seeds in a clear runny, jelly-like substance. You scoop out the crunchy seeds and sweet jelly.