Soursop uses and Recipes

Ok we all know about the amazing health benefits of the soursop fruit and leaf by now. In case that you missed the health benefits a quick summary: Soursop contains more than 200 chemical compounds in its pulp, leaves, and stems that contribute to its many health benefits. It’s particularly rich in alkaloids, phenols, and acetogenins. The average soursop fruit is full of vitamins and minerals like magnesium, vitamin C, potassium, thiamine (or vitamin B1), calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber and more.

But what about uses and recipes. Lets dive into all the tasty and ideally healthy products we can make from organic soursop. As you know we at PermaTree focus on healthy stuff. So – no sugar, no milk, nothing that destroys the natural superfood that the soursop is. You must know that for example milk destroys the antioxidants.

Antioxidants are substances that prevent oxidation. Antioxidants are produced in your body and can be found in your diet. They help fight free radicals, which can damage cells and contribute to aging and disease. Some research has shown that mixing milk with antioxidant-rich foods and beverages may reduce or block their ability to fight free radicals.
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And other classical additional ingredients like sugar. Well… we don’t need to elaborate on all the negative health effects of sugar. Best is to just focus on natural sweet foods like banana, sweet potato etc…

Possible uses of the Soursop Fruit

General Soursop Consumption:
1. Eating the fruit raw.
2. Drink it.
3. Cook it.

Soursop Fruit-Pulp:
Pulp, Juice, Wine, Yogurt and Ice-cream. Also semidried Fruit or Fruit Powder.

Soursop Seeds:
Oil.

Soursop Leafs:
Tea.

Also soaps, domestic cooking oils, essential oils, herbal medicines, alcohol, fertility drugs, and insecticides

Soursop Recipes

Most important recommendation here is that you keep in mind that: Less is more. What ever recipe you have use it as inspiration. But keep in mind that less ingredients is normally healthier option. And all the health benefits of the soursop or the cacao are not destroyed by adding lots of not needed additional ingredients…

The Soursop Juice

The Soursop being a super healthy tropical fruit needs no additional ingredients except water. Peel the soursop fruit removing the green skin. Mix 50% ripe white soursop flesh without the seeds with 50% water. Blend the white soursop flesh for about 30 seconds.

Tool of choice would be a blender. Don’t strain the white soursop flesh (you would miss the health fiber). Also no need add any flavoring ingredients or use ice. If you want the juice to be cold keep it in the fridge for a while.

If you got a organic Soursop it should be naturally super tasty. The best tropical juice ever should taste like a combination of strawberry and pineapple, with a hint of creaminess and sour citrus.

Drinking a 100% organic Soursop will give you the following health benefits: High levels of vitamin C keep the urinary tract clean, and vast amounts of fiber improve digestive health. The fruit juice also contains a number of other nutrients, including potassium, magnesium, thiamin, copper, niacin, folate, iron, and riboflavin.

The Soursop Tea

Firstly you will need dried or dehydrated organic Soursop leafs. The Soursop fruit tree is normally managed while adding foliar (leaf) and soil fertilizer. Why is this relevant? Because if the fertilizer or the treatment is not organic you will be drinking that in your tea. So be sure to get it from a transparent farmer or a source you can trust. Good luck. Secondly you will need to heat up some water until its boiling. Then you will add something like a spoon (2 -3 leafs) of the dried Soursop leafs which are most likely not in their leaf form but in smaller pieces.