There are all sorts of new and exciting (to me) fruits available in Ecuador, and I’m slowly but surely sampling as many of them as possible. One that I recently “discovered” is granadilla, a relative of passion fruit. It looks like this on the outside:
But the inside… the INSIDE – woah. When I first opened one of these bad boys up I was a little shocked and awed. They look like some kind of alien life form or sea creature nest or pile of fish eggs (I’m making this sound oh-so-appealing, aren’t I?). It ultimately made me laugh. But they’re sweet and crunchy (you can eat the seeds) and the interwebs tell me granadilla are super high in fiber (25 grams?!?!) and contain a bit of protein to boot. Strange, but true.
Advertisement
Those seeds DO look like fish eggs! Yum
Tienes que probar el jugo de granadilla. Es mu delicioso.
Tienes que probar el jugo de granadilla. Es muy delicioso.
[...] And I ate cuy (guinea pig) twice. I know a ton of traditional dishes, have learned about many exotic fruits that don’t even have English names, and recognize most offerings on restaurant menus. I know [...]