Thai My Plate: Fruits

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mini Thai bananas - gluay

sweet banana flavor

Thai finger bananas

Giant Thai jungle bananas - Gluay

These are the largest bananas I have ever seen, well over a foot long. This type of banana is typically used in cooking.

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Cherry (Thai) - tye chehl-E
The redder the color the softer the texture. Sour, tart flavor, slightly sweet.

Coconut -m'prow

Cost around 15-25 baht for coconut water.

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Dragon fruit - pronounced jao mahn gawn in Thai

Contains a white flesh with tiny black seeds. The texture and sees are like that found in kiwi. The flavor is mildly sweet.

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Guava
crisp, slightly sweet, mild green apple-like flavor

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Longsan

Sweet grapefruit flavored fruit, the texture of a grape. May contain a small black seed.

Longkong (larger than langsan)
Sweet flavor with a grape-like juicy texture.

Limes - pronounced Manoa in Thai

Sour, citrus flavor.

Lychee - Litchee

Sweet and sour, juicy grape-like texture - delicious!

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Green Mango (small) - mamuang kiew

Apple-like texture with a tart, sour flavor

Yellow Mango - Mamuang

Juice peach-like texture with a sweet, tangy peach-like flavor

Mangosteen

Season: late may-July

Mill fruit

sweet flavor with the texture of a firm pear

Oranges- som

Papaya - pronounced mah-lah ko in Thai

Sweet, tender fruit

Pineapple -Sap-aro

The fruit is variable in size, mini and medium sized pineapple. The mini pineapple is very sweet and juicy. You can often buy pineapple cut and bagged for 10-12 baht.

Rambutan - ng'aw

Peel the fuzzy pink and green exterior to reveal the clear flesh of the fruit. The fruit has a grape-like texture with a almond shaped pit in the center. The flavor is sweet and juicy.
In season (June-July), the cost is about 25 baht per kilo (good price)