Downstream Products of the Dragon Fruit @ Pitaya @ Mata Naga

The Dragon Fruit are not only good to be eaten fresh, it has been made into other downstream products as mentioned in my earlier post.

What type of downstream products has this wonderful fruit been made into. These are just some of the downstream products :-

The Dragon Fruit are not only good to be eaten fresh, it has been made intoother

1) Cordial juice drinks

2) Mooncakes ( The Chinese cake made during the Lantern(Mid-Autumn) Festival

3) Cosmetics and personal care products

4) Refreshing Tea - Dragon Fruit flowers can be dried and made to tea

5) Energy Boosting Enzymes

6) Jams

7) Puree

As you can see the Dragon Fruit aka Pitaya aka Mata Naga is a fruit that has a lot of potential. Anthocynine a powerful antioxidant found in Dragon Fruit is proven to be anti-aging, anti-cancer and anti-free radical. This is one of the reason why it is now one of the most sought after fruits in the market today.

Dragon Fruit Wine

Recipe from winemaking jackkeller

Red Dragon Fruit Wine
6 lbs ripe red pitaya fruit
2 lb sugar
6 pts water
1 crushed Campden tablet
1 1/2 tsp acid blend
1 tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 pkt wine yeast

Put water on to boil. Meanwhile, carefully trim the greenery from the fruit, wash the fruit well, and chop it coarsely. Put chopped fruit, sugar and yeast nutrient into primary.

When water boils, pour into primary and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover with a sanitized cloth and set aside to cool. When at room temperature, add crushed Campden tablet and stir.

Recover primary and set aside for 12 hours. Add pectic enzyme, stir, recover primary, and set aside another 12 hours. Add activated yeast. Stir daily for 7 days.

Strain through nylon straining bag and squeeze juice out of red pitaya pulp. Transfer liquid to secondary, top up if required and fit airlock. Rack, top up and refit airlock every 30 days until wine clears and no new sediments form during a 30-day period.

Stabilize, sweeten to taste, wait 10 days, and rack into bottles. Like most wines, it should improve with age.

Dragon Fruit Personal Care Products?

For the ladies....use the fruit skin for a facial. Leave it on for 10 minutes...and wash it away. Tightens up your skin ever so nicely. No need to buy any expensive masks….It works great.

As a matter of fact the Dragon Fruit has been made to personal care products due to it's richness of anti-oxidants essential that is needed to preserve the beauty of the skin.

Dragon Fruit Recipes

Recipe from mwaf

Jams:
Drain peaches and reserve juice. In a saucepan, bring peach juice and cinnamon to a boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes. Pour liquid over peach halves and cool. In a blender puree Tropical Dragon fruit, raspberries & liqueur (if desired). Refrigerate. Place peach halves in dessert cups, garnish with scoop of ice cream and top tropical dragon fruit sauce.

Recipes from Pitaberry

BBQ Quail on Red Dragon Fruit with Balsamic Onions
You need :
4 De-boned Quail
1 Dragon Fruit - peeled & diced
16 Cocktail Onions
100ml Balsamic Vinegar
40 ml Olive Oil

Method:
Season quail generously with salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.
Place quail, skin side down on a preheated char grill, turning over after about 2 minutes.
In a hot frying pan sauté the cocktail onions until tender, deglaze with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and set aside.
When both the quails and onions are ready place precut dragon fruit on a serving plate.
Cut quail in ½ and position on the fruit.
Spoon onions over and drizzle the dish with a little balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing.

Dragon Fruit Boat
You need :
200gms Chicken Meat - cut into pieces
200gms Prawn Meat - cut into pieces
2 Dragon Fruits
1 Kiwi Fruit - skinned and cut into pieces
2 Strawberries - cut into pieces

Sauce Mix:
1 1/2 tbsp Premium Oyster Flavored Sauce
1 1/2 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Chopped Mint [optional]
75 ml Water
2 tsp Lime Juice
2 tsp Corn Starch

Method:
Cut dragon fruits into halves lengthwise.
Scoop the flesh out to make balls of about 200 g [7 oz].
Remove any remaining flesh and keep the skin of dragon fruits.
Stir-fry chicken and prawn meat in 2 tbsp oil until done.
Add sauce mix and cook until sauce thickens.
Stir in all fruits. Serve hot on skin of dragon fruits.


Recipe from tropicalfruitnursery

Red Dragon Martini aka Dragontini
Ingredients:
• Four cups of top shelf Vodka
• Two tablespoons of sugar
• One half Red Dragon fruit
• Garnish with Red Dragon fruit for contrast.