With a striking smell and unique flavor, guava is a fruit much appreciated in Brazil and is easily available for sale, usually at low prices? which makes her even dearer.
Versatility is also a striking factor: fruit can be used in many recipes. Who has never surrendered, for example, to a good guava or simply to a guava jam ?! Not to mention the famous duo "guava cheese", popular especially among the miners!
However, it is worth remembering: the healthiest way to consume guava is in fresh form or in the preparation of juices without added sugar. Fruit can even be successfully added to leafy salads and vegetables!
Tasty, guava is still? Practical? As all fruit is edible, including seeds and peel, just wash it well before consuming!
But taste, practicality and versatility are not the only advantages of this fruit. Below you will find delicious recipes made with guava and also all the health benefits it offers (especially when consumed in its fresh form)!
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8 Guava Recipes to Enjoy the Best of Fruit
1. Guava juice with passion fruit: a refreshing, tasty and very easy to make juice. You will only use guava, passion fruit, water and sweeten to taste if necessary. Try it without sweetening, as the guava itself already has a sweet taste and that may be enough for your juice.
2. Guava Smudge: A great way to enjoy guavas, especially for candy lovers! In addition to these, you will only use water and sugar. The perfect match for good cheese!
3. Creamy Guava: A homemade guava that looks delicious. You only need the red guavas, water, sugar and lemon juice. A delicious option to serve with cheese, or simply to pass on bread or crackers.
4. Guava Pie: You will need fresh red guavas, eggs, sugar, flour, fresh cream and refined sugar. A successful dessert, ideal for serving after a family lunch, for example.
5. Guava Cuca: recipe brought to Rio Grande do Sul by German immigrants, the cuca is nothing more, nothing less than a cake. Guava is the star of this recipe, but you can make the cuca also of other flavors, replacing with grapes, bananas, dulce de leche or whatever you wish.
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6. Guava ice cream: is made only with fruit, water and sugar. Delicious and refreshing! The more he is beaten, the better? You can use Kibon-type ice cream jars and hit with a hand processor inside the jar itself. This makes it practical and does not dirty a lot of dishes.
7. Guava Sweet Rice: Proof that you can always reinvent dishes, exchange ingredients and discover new flavors! The recipe is simple, and you can use either arboreal or white rice.
8. Diet Guava Sweet: The sugar-free version of this delicious sweet. You will only need the red guavas, sweetener and water. The candy can be eaten with toast, bread, white cheese and even to make sweets and cakes. Also looks great with the skillet cheese bread.
5 Guava Health Benefits
Not only for its versatility, guava is sweet in many homes. Did you know that it offers several health benefits?
- It is rich in vitamin C: Evelin Siqueira, nutritionist at Dr.Família Clinic, explains that, because of this, the fruit helps in strengthening the immune system, being beneficial for health as a whole.
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- Contains Vitamin A: Evelin explains that the fruit is then linked to good skin and eye health.
- It is rich in soluble fiber: The nutritionist explains that these fibers increase the feeling of satiety and help control blood glucose.
- Red guava is rich in lycopene: Evelin explains that lycopene is an important substance in preventing prostate, colon and breast cancer. In addition, lycopene protects the skin against ultraviolet rays.
- It can be an ally of the diet: The fruit has about 73 calories and may be a good snack or dessert option on a weight loss diet. Because it has soluble fiber, it increases the feeling of satiety, helping the person to eat less. But, it should always be consumed as directed by the nutritionist.
Evelin points out that there are two types of guava in Brazil: white and red. "The nutritional difference between them is small, but white has more vitamin A and C, sweeter taste and more juicy flesh," he says.And, it is worth mentioning, only red has lycopene.
Guava as an ally of beauty
Besides being good for the health as a whole, guava has been widely used in home treatments related to the beauty of the skin or hair.
Guava leaves, for example, can be used to help combat hair loss. Just put about 30g of guava leaf in 500ml of heated water, wait a few minutes and turn off the heat. Once the tea has cooled, the leaves can be discarded, and then just apply the liquid to the scalp, massaging well for 5 minutes. After the massage, let the solution work for another 30 minutes and then rinse well with water.
Some say that guava helps the skin regain its radiance and freshness when used as a homemade scrub. To do so, simply knead a piece of guava pulp and mix it with the egg yolk, then applying on the face. After 20 minutes with the mixture on your face, just rinse with warm water.
There are no scientific proofs around these recipes, only people who report their personal experiences, but it doesn't hurt to risk it!
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How to choose and store the fruit
“Choose guavas of firm consistency without stains or insect bites,” says Evelin.
The nutritionist adds that the fruit can be refrigerated for a week and should preferably be eaten raw. "Guava pulp can be used in the preparation of juices and sweets," he says.
Good reasons to consume guava abound! To enjoy the health benefits it offers, prefer to eat it as fruit, even eating the peel.
But when you want to eat a sweetie, there is no harm in preparing a delicious guava sometimes, right ?! Here's the tip!
How to make guava juice (April 2024)
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