Comments on: Nutrition of Lychee Fruit

By: 4 foods you should be eating | Truth in Slimming

4 foods you should be eating | Truth in Slimming — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:15:59 +0000

[...] is a sweet, white fruit encased in a tough, reddish skin. Lychee fruits contain a great amount of vitamin C and magnesium and are a good source of fiber. Lychee has been noted as a strong antioxidant in [...]

By: Recipes with Lychee

Recipes with Lychee — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:11:16 +0000

[...] Lychee is a juicy fruit that belongs to the soapberry family. Because of its health benefits, it is also known as an antioxidant fruit. It is a tropical tree that is found widely in southern China, northern Vietnam, the Phillipines, and southern Taiwan. India usually has lychee in the summer as a seasonal fruit, called lychee fruit. Lychee has a taste that resembles that of a grape, but looks like a strawberry. This fruit has health benefits as well. It is good for gastrointestinal health and has anti-breast cancer properties. It also has 72 mg of vitamin C for every 100 grams. It is rich in vitamin C and potassium also. The skin of the lychee fruit cannot be eaten as it is too tough. [...]

By: Main Dishes with Lychees

Main Dishes with Lychees — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:05:32 +0000

[...] Lychee is a versatile fruit that is easy to cook with. They are also antioxidant fruits that have great health benefits. When serving the main meal dishes, lychees can be used as a puree or to make a glaze. To make a puree, you will need a can of lychees drained. The can of lychees can be drained from the syrup and processed in a blender until it is smooth. This creates a puree that can be served over meats or any part of your main meal course. Lychee fruit gravy for pork chops or chicken can be made and served in 30 minutes or less. After cooking pork chops for 3 or 4 minutes on each side, add balsamic vinegar to the sauces left in the pan along with lychees and cinnamon to create a glaze. [...]

By: Desserts with Lychee

Desserts with Lychee — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:04:15 +0000

[...] Lychee fruit offers many gourmet desserts in the form of parfaits and mousses. Lychees are a great tasty fruit for desserts. During the summer months, lychees are found in abundance in the Asian markets. A great thirst quencher that seems to be very popular is the frosty lychee tapioca drink. Canned lychees are also available year round. They are packed in sweet syrup in the same way that canned peaches are. The syrup that they come packed in make them seem even sweeter than they are. The syrup can be used to boost the flavor of the lychee. Since lychees are antioxidant fruits, they are healthy for you no matter how they are served. Lychees can be served as a pie topping whether they have been peeled or not (they will have to be peeled in order to be eaten, of course). [...]

By: Bread and Muffins with Lychee

Bread and Muffins with Lychee — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:02:48 +0000

[...] Lychee fruits can be used in bread and muffin recipes, or made into a syrup to eat with bread or muffins. To make lychee syrup, combine a ratio of 2:1 of sugar to water and lychees. The mixture can be heated until it is slightly thick. It will not be a really thick syrup mixture, but if it is not thick enough, corn starch can be added. Remove the syrup from the heat and put it in the refrigerator until it is ready to be served. A lychee jam can also be made to serve with breads or muffins. For this recipe, you will need four cups of lychee (shelled and seeded), 1.5 cups of sugar and freezer pectin. Combine the lychee and sugar in a bowl and let it sit for about fifteen minutes. Next, the pectin will need to be added and placed in a jam jar, then put in the freezer. [...]

By: Appetizers & Snacks with Lychee

Appetizers & Snacks with Lychee — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:26:00 +0000

[...] Lychee is known as antioxidant fruits, so even served as a snack or appetizer, it is healthy. They can be served in dips, spreads and similar appetizer recipes. Appetizers and snacks made with lychees can be served at parties, during the holiday or for special occasions. A lychee chili sauce is made from Thai chili peppers and lychees. It contains the lychee fruit so it is mildly sweet. The chili peppers are what give it the spicy flavor. Lychees can be combined with ketchup, white wine, brown sugar and a few other ingredients to create an exotic tasting barbecue sauce. The sauce is great on meat, poultry and seafood. A lychee dipping sauce similar to a sweet and sour sauce can be made for basting meats or as a dipping sauce for snacks and appetizers. [...]