Small like a plum and looks like a baby coconut, Peewah is known for boiling, peeling and eating. The pulp is yellowish and tasty as you bite into the mushy goodness. Just like a lollipop with gum at the centre, Peewah holds a surprise nut at the core. The Peewah fruit comes on a branch in abundance and is known as Peach Palm, Guilielma Gasipaes and Kerekel by many when boiled.
Preparing Peewah
Before Peewah is consumed, it must be cooked. The steps are very simple:
Pick the small fruits off the branch
Wash them off
Place in a pot of water
Add a half teaspoon of salt or to your taste
Boil for 45 minutes
Let cool
Peel each fruit
Enjoy the yellow pulp and nut inside just as a snack
Sweet TnT 100 West Indian Recipes
Sweet TnT 100 West Indian Recipes is your kitchen guide to cooking in the Caribbean. Add flavour to your pot and put a smile on everyoneās faces with the right amount of seasonings, spices and stories about the foods you prepare. This cookbook contains 100 tantalising recipes and full colour photographs of home-cooked meals, street foods, treats and drinks that are known in the West Indies for having particular names, ingredients and preparations.
Other ways to enjoy cooked Peewah
The pulp of the Peewah can be used to make any foods you wish. Here are some suggestions:
1. Roll into balls with flour and boil to make dumplings for soup
2. Knead with flour, flatten, cut into triangles and fry to make chips
3. Blend into batter and bake to make cake, cookies or muffins
4. Mash and mix with milk to make a nourishing baby formula
5. Add to vegetables, pastas and salads for a healthier meal
Benefits of Peewah
According to Healthy Benefits Times, Peewah offers energy with its high content of starch. It is helpful for growth with a sufficient amount of folate. It speeds up recovery after debilitating illness or surgery and replenishes energy loss.
It supports vision with rich content of Vitamin A which is essential to relieve dryness of eye and its deficiency results to night blindness.
The fruit enhances immunity with the significant amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and other antioxidants. These can also prevent cancer by interrupting the free radical activities that leads to cancerous growth.
It manages diabetes with a significant amount of fibre that helps prevent spike in blood sugar. The fibre also helps with heart health, vitamins benefit skin health and it helps prevent atherosclerosis and stroke disease.
You may also like:
Every month in 2024 we will be giving away one PlayStation 5 Pro. To qualify join our Facebook group, TikTok and Subscribe to our Sweet TnT Magazine YouTube channel
When you buy something through our retail links, we may earn commission and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
Recent Articles
- How nationals can open a US bank account from Trinidad and Tobago
- Caribbean Christmas markets: The ultimate guide for New Yorkers planning their 2024 holiday
- Singaporeās startup ecosystem: A hotspot for digital nomads in tech and finance
- Jumbie umbrella: A mystical tale of Caribbean folklore
- Top 5 Companies hiring international remote workers from Trinidad and Tobago