Benefits of Starfruit "Wuluh" for health and its use in typical cuisine of Aceh

Caption 01: The starfruit tree I planted in the yard of the house.

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Starfruit “Wuluh” or Starfruit Vegetable (Latin name: Averhoa bilimbi) is a fruit that tastes sour, is often used as one of the food seasoning and is also often used in making “rujak” (Rujak is fruits that are chopped and seasoned, taste sour, sweet and spicy).

Benefits of Starfruit “Wuluh” for health

Starfruit wuluh contains some substances that are very beneficial for health and overcome various types of diseases. The types of diseases and how to make the starfruit potion, as follows :

1. Lowering blood pressure
Starfruit has vitamin C which is very useful for lowering high blood pressure, that is by drinking water from the stew of wuluh Starfruit. How to make a starfruit potion, as follows: 3 starfruit cut into small pieces, then boiled with 3 cups water to boiling and remaining 1 glass. After it is cooled (at least lukewarm), filtered and drunk in the morning. Because starfruit has a sour taste then it is safer to drink after breakfast. Patients with hypertension who have digestive disorders such as heartburn, should not drink this herb.

2. For diet
Vitamin C helps to facilitate metabolism in the body sehigga will increase fat burning. In addition, fiber content can also suppress appetite so it is very useful in reducing weight, but of course must be coupled with sports. You simply drink a starfruit juice made from 9 starfruit, water, honey and a little salt

3. Disease and Maintenance of skin health
Starfruit contains Vitamin C and Vitamin A which is very beneficial for skin health, including treating skin diseases such as “Panu”. Consuming starfruit juice regularly or wearing starfruit mask can make facial skin glow. How to make star fruit mask is 10 star fruit or blended until smooth, then add a little water and apply on the face that has been cleaned with soap. Apply evenly and your skin will look radiant.

In addition to the benefits as mentioned above, star fruit can also be consumed to treat other diseases, including Caring for lips naturally, Treating cough, Treating Diabetes, Treating Toothache, Treat Thrush, Eliminating Acne, Treating bleeding gums and still another benefit.

Starfruit wuluh for groceries

Starfruit wuluh is often used as food ingredients, especially for cooking spices. The use of starfruit as a food spice can be used directly and some also process it into Sunti Acid.

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The process of making sunti acid is done by drying starfruit to dry and change color to brown.

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Caption 02 : The wuluh starfruit we are processing into "Sunti acid"

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Caption 03 : Starfruit drying on "Bleut" (Place like a mat that in woven from coconut leaves)

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Caption 04 : Starfruit that has become sunti acid

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Every day the starfruit is dried in the sun and the afternoon before collected is sprinkled with salt. The process of making sunti acid takes about 10 days, but is highly dependent on weather or sunlight.

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There are several types of Aceh cuisine that uses starfruit and are very tasty and can even increase the appetite, namely pepes (shrimp or fish flavored and wrapped in banana leaves, then burned on the coals), "keu eung", "sweet and sour" and other dishes .

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This article will be followed by another writing about Aceh's typical recipes (cuisine) using starfruit.