Tropical palm tree of fast growth with many trunks with feathery leaves, petioles and axes covered with spikes. Bunches of reddish-brown fruits grow just above the ground at the base of the trunk. Scaly, rough, thorny and similar to the skin of snake, herring of the Baltic (hence the name - snake fruit), similar to small bulbs. Pulp yellowish beige, sweet, aromatic and has a specific flavor.
This fruit grows on a palm tree and has many small spines. To clean it you need to adapt properly or you can easily pinch all your hands. The Salacca homeland of Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia in other countries, is very rare. It is believed that the most delicious varieties grow in Java near Yogyakarta and Bali.
The taste of the fruit varies according to the variety. Some describe it as bittersweet with a nutty flavor, some say that the taste resembles a cherry, redcurrant and strawberry, for others it is something like a banana and pineapple mix, and some are described as vata stuffed with vata or Corvalol With the same smell and taste. The immature fruit is very bitter or bittersweet. Remember that everything depends on salacca varieties. By the way, and externally, they are different from round shapes to almond shapes. But all one - brown. The meat has several or a different intensity and beige color. Again, it depends on the varieties of salacca.
Salak (snake fruit) contains tannin, which removes all harmful substances from the body, has astringent, hemostatic, antidiarrheal and antihemorrhoidal properties. As a general rule, the fruit is eaten raw, but it can also be used boiled and candied. Unripe fruits have a sour and astringent taste, they are pickled like pickles.
Although there are no particular contraindications to the use of herring, in the first contact with this fruit it is not necessary to rely on large quantities. For those who are not used to tropical fruits, this type of "overfeeding" can cause itching, rashes and digestive system disorders; in other words, allergies. To avoid diarrhea, you should pay attention to the freshness of the herring when you buy it.
