Avocado is too hard

Avocado is a very common fruit in our daily life, but if you eat it directly, the taste and flavor are not very good. Many friends will eat avocado with other fruits or ingredients. If the avocado is too hard, you can still eat it, because the nutritional difference between ripe and unripe avocados is not that big, it’s just that the taste will be relatively harder.

Can I eat hard avocados?

Hard avocados are edible. Although they are not ripe, their nutritional content is not much different from ripe avocados. The only difference is that the taste is worse, the flesh is hard and has a bitter taste. It is best to eat it with other foods, such as avocado milk and honey drink.

The fruit is a fruit with high nutritional value, containing multiple vitamins, rich fat and protein, and high content of sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc. In addition to being eaten as a raw fruit, it can also be made into dishes and canned food.

Note that avocados just picked are green and have very hard flesh. They are best eaten when left at room temperature until the skin turns black and softens.

How to ripen avocado?

Ripening by placing it in a container: If the avocado is too raw when you buy it, you can wrap it in brown kraft paper and place it in a dark place for a few days. It will ripen after a few days and can be eaten.

Ethylene ripening: People who often eat fruits know that putting raw kiwis and ripe bananas together can accelerate ripening. The main reason is that ripe bananas release a certain amount of ethylene during respiration. We can also use this method when ripening avocados. Put avocados together with bananas, apples, ripe kiwis, etc., or directly spray ethylene gas to accelerate the ripening of avocados.

How to eat hard avocados:

1. You can split it in half, fill it with eggs, quinoa, vegetables and other delicacies, and then bake it in the oven until the filling is cooked. If the avocado is ripe, this may make the flesh too mushy, but if the avocado is raw, the result will be just the right firmness. Compared to using a bread bowl (a dish in Western cuisine, usually filled with soup or other food as a side dish) to serve food, avocado as a carrier is obviously more nutritious and healthier.

2. Grind it. Use a vegetable or fruit grinder to crush and grind the unripe avocado. It will make you look like cheese with rich milk content, which is delicious. Grated avocado is great with scrambled eggs, added to salads, or sprinkled on a variety of dishes.

3. Cut the unripe avocado into slightly thick slices, coat with starch and breadcrumbs, and fry in oil until both sides are golden brown.

4. Dice the unripe avocado and wrap it in a corn tortilla, then bake it in the oven. The avocado will become very soft and delicious.

5. Mix it into stir-fried dishes. Mix unripe avocado into other stir-fried dishes, such as stir-frying with vegetables. The avocado will become crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it will be very delicious.

6. Place the unripe avocado on the grill and grill it, slightly charring the skin while maintaining its original shape. Drizzle some lemon juice on top and sprinkle some sea salt before eating.

7. Slice the unripe avocado and put it in vinegar (white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, wine vinegar, etc.) to make the avocado soft and remove the raw smell. You can eat the soaked avocado on bread or wraps, or cut it into cubes and add it to salads.

8. Peel the unripe avocado (the skin is not tasty, so throw it away), add one to one and a half cups of milk, add appropriate amount of honey, and put them all in a blender to make avocado milk and honey drink. Stir well and drink.

Precautions for eating raw avocado:

1. Avocado has high nutritional value, but raw avocado is relatively hard and not suitable for direct consumption. It is also not advisable to consume too much juice as it is relatively difficult to digest.

2. After a raw avocado is cut or avocado juice is squeezed, it needs to be consumed as soon as possible. Avocados are very easy to oxidize and turn black. The nutritional value and taste of black avocados are greatly reduced.