How to tell when a star fruit is ripe? How to peel a star fruit?

When a star is ripe, the fruit is bright yellow with a litte green.  You might see the five ridges are a dark brown, that is normal so do not worry.  If the star fruit is overipe, the fruit will be all yellow with brown spots all over the fruit.

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The first tep in peeling a star fruit is to rinse the fruit in cold water and dry the fruit with a clean towel.

Hold the fruit horizontal and cut down verticaly, and make the slices any size you want.

Lay the slices out and cut off the dark drown part on all five ridges.

Next you cut behind the peel all the way off.

Lastly take the seeds out of the star fruit.

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A ripe star fruit

A little extra information on star fruits is the fruit grows on trees.


Star Fruit Tree