KOMPAS.com – Lychee is a fruit that has a sweet and fresh taste, suitable to be added to drinks or desserts.
Lychees can also be used as an addition to spicy dishes and even for salsa sauce, they go well with ingredients such as honey, ginger and cinnamon.
Check out how to process fresh lychees below, quoted from the book “Tips for Processing Lychees into Refreshing Drinks” (2023) by Tjahjono Tri published by Reference Library.
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1. Add to fruit salad
You can make fruit salad with lychee pieces after peeling them. It tastes sweet and fresh especially when served cold.
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2. Chop the lychees for the salsa sauce
The flesh of lychees is also suitable as a salsa sauce, its sweet taste adds a spicy and sour taste.
Try making a simple salsa sauce with avocado, lychee, onions and additional chili sauce.
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3. Cook lychees in a spicy dish
Lychee fruit can also be used as a mixture in spicy dishes at home. Put the lychee flesh in a stir-fry or grill.
Makes spicy dishes taste savory, spicy and sweet. Lychee fruit goes well with cinnamon, ginger and honey.
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4. Decorate drinks
It may be familiar to use lychee fruit as a garnish on drinks, skewer the lychee flesh with a satai skewer. Garnish a refreshing drink or mocktail with lychee satai.
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