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This wonderful tropical smoothie pairs sweet and juicy mangosteens with rich and nutty coconut milk. Whizz it up in minutes and sip it with joy!
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Mangosteen Smoothie with Coconut
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Today, we want to show you how to make a delicious exotic smoothie with purple mangosteen, “the queen of all fruits”. It’s light, sweet, and refreshing — we’re sure you’ll love it. So let’s jump right into it!
Mangosteen is a tropical fruit from Southeast Asia. It’s native to Malaysia and other regions around the Indian Ocean, and it’s mostly grown in and exported from Thailand.
Also known as the “queen of the fruits” or purple mangosteen, mangosteens have a deep purple, hard rind surrounding a juicy white fruit.
The taste of mangosteen is really unique: a delightful cross between lychee, peach, and strawberry, with a hint of tangy citrus. It’s sweet, fresh, and delicate.
The white pulp is juicy and fibrous. It consists of tangerine-like segments, some of which hold a hard seed. The seed looks a bit like an almond, but it’s inedible.
Mangosteens are delicious eaten fresh in smoothies and salads. But they’re also used to make exotic desserts, ice creams, and even jams!
In this recipe, we paired mangosteens with coconut drink, which is the diluted version of canned coconut milk. You can find it in the plant-based milk section of your supermarket.
We like to make creative fruit combos in our smoothie recipes, but we kept the ingredients list short and sweet this time.
That’s because mangosteens’ flavour is so delicate it can be easily overpowered by other fruits.
Coconut milk drink instead complement the smoothie with a creamy texture and sweet, nutty notes — without taking anything away from the fruit’s light flavour.
But if you’d like to add in other tropical fruits, you can surely do so. Check out the recipe below for tips and inspiration!
Besides being incredibly tasty, mangosteens are also healthy.
They’re low in calories and provide fibres, vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, and manganese. They also contain xanthones, plant compounds with beneficial antioxidant properties.
If it’s your first time buying mangosteens, you should know they’re harder to find than other, more common exotic fruits.
That’s because mangosteens are native to tropical regions, have a short production season, and have been introduced in the West only recently.
Your best bet is a well-stocked Asian food market. And be prepared to pay a little more than what you would expect. Alternatively, you may be able to find mangosteens frozen or canned, and likely cheaper, at specialised markets or supermarkets.
Ok now, time to dust off your trusty blender and prepare this wonderful mangosteen smoothie together!
And if you’d like to try more tropical smoothies, check out this rambutan smoothie, sweet jackfruit smoothie, or guava mango smoothie. They’re a real delight!
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