Growing Thai star fruit, a wild fruit in the past, a farmer in Dong Thap picked too many fruits, selling them like hotcakes.

Coming to Lai Vung district ( Dong Thap province), many people are not only impressed with specialties such as spring rolls and pink grapefruit, but also feel interested in the image of the ca na fruit - a wild fruit in the flood season.

Coming to Lai Vung district of Dong Thap province, many people are not only impressed with specialties such as spring rolls and pink grapefruit, but also feel interested in the image of the star fruit in the flood season.

Mr. Phan Van Nam, a farmer in Long Thang commune, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province (right) leads visitors to visit the canarium garden.

Long Thang commune is one of the localities growing a lot of star apple in Lai Vung district (Dong Thap province), including the Thai star apple garden of Mr. Phan Van Nam and his wife (planted for 7 years).

Thanks to good soil and understanding of planting techniques, the canarium garden grows quickly and produces a lot of fruit.

Although the eggplant garden has been flooded for more than a month, it is still growing well.

When the Thai star apple tree starts to flower and set pistil, Uncle Nam will spray medicine and leave the fruit, waiting for it to ripen before picking, not picking it early.

On average, from a large star apple tree, Uncle Nam harvests from 70 - 150kg of fruit, and from small trees, he harvests 30kg/tree.

The ripe star apples are washed and dried by hand in the sun by Mr. Phan Van Nam's family, a farmer in Long Thang commune, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province, to prepare for processing into dishes.

The star apple tree grows well in Long Thang homeland and is processed into a specialty dish that cannot be missed when coming to this locality.

When ripe, star fruit falls off by itself. Every morning, you only need a small racket and a few baskets to go to the garden to pick up the fruit, then process it.

Every day, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ut (residing in Long Thang commune, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province) and her relatives pick ripe star fruit. The star fruit is washed, dried in the sun, then fermented with alcohol for 3 months before being used.

Ripe star fruit is soaked in wine.

If a decade ago, the market favored raw star fruit because it could be used to make many dishes such as: mashed star fruit, star fruit soaked in rock sugar, pickled star fruit, today, with creativity and ingenuity, Mr. Phan Van Nam's family has taken advantage of the juice secreted from ripe star fruit.

That is Uncle Nam distilling ripe star fruit to produce star fruit wine, this is a fruit wine with a strong Western flavor.

Mr. Phan Van Nam shared: Ripe star fruit soaked in wine produces delicious juice, which is more profitable than raw star fruit and is preferred by customers.

The product of soaked canarium fruit in wine is consumed in Sa Dec city and the provinces of Can Tho, Bac Lieu , and Ca Mau. Canarium fruit and canarium wine of Long Thang commune have increased in value, becoming a local specialty.

Source: https://danviet.vn/trong-ca-na-thai-qua-dai-ngay-xua-mot-ong-nong-dan-dong-thap-hai-trai-qua-troi-ban-hut-hang-20241106133528197.htm