Exotic Delights: 12 Perfect Tropical Fruits for Fruit Salads

8. Guava: The Aromatic Tropical Gem

Advertisement

Another great addition to your tropical fruit salad is guava, which smells uniquely sweet-tart. This round- or pear-shaped fruit comes in white to pink to deep crimson and features edible seeds. Often described as a cross between strawberry and pear, guava's flavour is musky and ideal for balancing rambutan's more simple sweetness. Just wash the fruit and chop it into small cubes or slices to ready guava for your salad. Though some may want to cut out the seeds, the whole fruit—including the rind—is edible. Depending on ripeness, guava's texture could be crisp or soft, which offers a fascinating contrast to the juicy flesh of rambutan. Guava is, nutritionally a powerhouse fruit high in vitamin C (even more than oranges), fibre, and potassium. Lycopene, a potent antioxidant, is also rather plentiful. Choose guavas from fruits with a rich, sweet scent and somewhat yielding to pressure. Steer clear of fruits featuring soft areas or blebs. Your fruit salad's delicious tropical blend results from combining ramboutan with guava. The complicated taste of the guava accentuates the salad's overall flavour, and its texture gives the mixture still another level of dimension. With the pink or red flesh of the guava standing out against the white of the ramboutan, this combination also provides a pleasing visual contrast. Guava's aromatic nature will improve your fruit salad, thereby transforming it into a really sensual experience reflecting the tropics.