Star Gooseberry, Lao Gooseberry, Amla - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep. 37

[@ranjithpc85]

try drinking water after u eat an amla....must try...it gives u this sweet taste on ur tongue n palate.

[@ManiKumar5800]

Jared, you gotta eat it with a pinch of salt. No, I mean literally. It tastes delicious with salt.

[@nethanielshabtay6672]

USE A PARMESAN GRATER AND SEASON A SALAD WITH THE AMLA AS IF IT IS A GARLIK OR A CHUNK OF GINGER . IT ACTUALLY BECOMES GRATED LEMON...HA!! . ADD SALT, OLIVE OIL TO IT AND YOUR SALAD IS NOT SO WET AND TASTES FUCKIN AWESOME.

[@toby7652]

I think when I was in Ecuador I ate them with salt. Sour berries with abrassive salt = worst thing I ever did to my teeth. But it's a nice crunch in your mouth. Would not recommend.

[@molonyy]

Ahahah I have the same reaction when eating raw Indian gooseberries. They taste pretty great when they're candied though and drinking water after the raw ones is magical. Best water in the world.

[@foreseengust]

Yes! they make water taste sweet, if I remember correctly.

[@RM-yf2lu]

The star shaped one is boiled in a sugar syrup with bay leaves to make an amazingly addictive "sour cherry" jam

[@Ripcookiethief]

That sounds great!

[@ovallekeila7674]

Yes!!!! When I was a child, we used to do that with that fruit. It was called " Grosella" I don't see this fruit anymore in my country.

[@keffinsg]

from the look of the tree and the leaves, the star gooseberry seems to be related to the belimbing and starfruit. My mother has a belimbing tree in her backyard, and she makes a fantastic pickle with the belimbing using onion, garlic, chilli and dried shrimp.

[@ncooty]

First I've seen of your "cat with a hairball" reaction. :)

[@asmartbajan]

The star gooseberries grow here in Barbados, but there used to be more plentiful. They are best used to make jams but I've eaten a few as a boy.

[@BibinVenugopal]

It gives you sweet in tounge if you drink water after... There is a saying in India based on this... "Words of elders are like Amla, first it feels bitter later it will be sweet"...

[@mukhtaralbahlani5273]

in East Africa they make achari ( it's a condiment that's consists of either Thai gooseberries or bilibi mixed with lime, scotch bonnet chillies and carrots it's actually pretty good if you have it like this

[@WeirdExplorer]

that sounds pretty tasty

[@odettestroebel3135]

Love your videos. The only Amla we have in South Africa is Amla hair products made with the fruit. It's meant to be very good for your hair.

[@Melissa0774]

I just got some amla candy from an Indian supermarket in my area. It's called Amla Bites and it comes in a green box. It's round pieces of fruit leather with redchili, jaggery, asafoetida, and salt. I wish I didn't buy it because it taste gross. You know the way a garage or an auto repair shop smells? That's what it taste like. Maybe people who aren't familiar with that smell, could develop a liking for it, but I'm having a really hard time getting past the motor oil/car exhaust aspect of the taste. It's weird how a food can taste good to one person, and disgusting to another, just because of the associations we have with it.

[@amagrawal0090]

I use to eat bunch of these as a kid. They taste great as a candy

[@SAli-uj3jf]

Before, I only use dried powdered gooseberry for skin and hair. But last I found that eating the fresh one can be tasty after soaking it in water and salt for 3-5 days then if you like you can change the water every day to make sure no more bitter taste. After that you can add lemon juice or salt and eat it like pickles. Thank you very much for the video. I know what is the gooseberry taste like but I only want to watch to see your face after taking the first bite😆.

[@WeirdExplorer]

haha, I've had it pickled like that in malaysia. Its good!

[@johnnyearp52]

I got an amla paste mixed with a sweetener and spices when I was in India.You eat a teaspoon full every morning. It has a lot of vitamins. I brought a sealed jar back to the USA with me. It was delicious. I can't remember the brand name because this was 25 years ago.

[@julieskattebu7429]

Thanks to the music I got all emotional over these things

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haha, sorry Julie, I made it my theme song.

[@JML-fi8rf]

Thank you for your sacrifice

[@soydiegoxd]

Here in Colombia they sell them out of the schools with lemon and salt. it is really sour but like a candy. they also sell mango with salt and lemon (green and yellow mangoes, totally diferent) and mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus)

[@marsandsant5]

In Puerto Rico they are called Grosella we make jam with them.

[@shiprasarkar8402]

it's great for your hear,its make your hear back and shiny,and you can drink it's ,it's make your skin glow

[@auntyp2980]

Are all varieties good for hair?especially the star shaped?

[@monarchatto6095]

Question, have you tried or know about a fruit that grows from a palm tree, and is red with an oval shape? There’s fruits like that in my school, I don’t know if they’re edible, or what it even is. It’s also dusty looking and and when ripe (sunset red) they fall from the tree.

[@farisasmith7109]

It is very sour. We make a juice and a jam with lots of sugar. The juice has to be diluted. Very high in vitamin C.

[@lorettamaeder7219]

That star gooseberry is called iba on Guam. We eat the ripe yellow fruits with salt and hot pepper.

[@N30R3IN4]

In my country its called chimbilines it tastes acid and you can eat them with a little bit of salt

[@jimjones2424]

hey the one that u called star gooseberries, we call those sour cherries in the caribbean, those things go down really well in a chow - think of a pico de gallo style salsa with chillies, garlic and culantro etc

[@WeirdExplorer]

That sounds like a great way to use them. They have a very nice sour flavor.

[@huntabascan]

Jared Rydelek This is the Amla in Ayurveda. I use the dried powder. It is high of Vitamin C and help in many way.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Its good stuff when prepared in some way. A powder would be a convenient way to use it :)

[@Nobody95008]

Bro that is medicine in your hand. Excellent for many things. It helped me a lot

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

"I dunno what the make from this. They eat it as food probably" (not word by word - just the essence) - golden 😂

[@shiprasarkar8402]

it has beauty property,we used it as hear colour

[@hibarb5192]

yeah I've seen hair products at the Indian market with amla. I purchased dried gooseberry and made tea from it and my hair literally darkened lol

[@iaw7406]

Fry sliced amla in butter, its actually nice.

[@WeirdExplorer]

interesting! I've never heard of it prepared that way.

[@iaw7406]

@@WeirdExplorer i made it up. It softens it and removes some of the sharpness. Btw how did you see a comment from a 7 year old video ? Do you get notifications on all your comments or do you read them all every day ?

[@WeirdExplorer]

ah got it. KZbin lists comments as they come in.

[@pasikhawm7419]

Drink water after having amla and you'll feel magic(Itll feel sweet or atleast tasty)

[@ronitdhanphole]

You have to try amla candy, it is pretty good.

[@TheGhettochamp]

awesome random find. Subscribed

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks!

[@soby123]

Yeah.. That's right

[@dkatbena]

here in the Philippines it is a sour fruit eaten with salt. it is related to Kamias or kalamias with last part of scientific name bilimbi.the no. 1 fruit in your video.

[@kidbogus3731]

Imma be real with yall. I absolutely love brussel sprouts. Them puppies are the most fire vegetable when steamed and buttered and I dont know who else to tell. I know it has nothing to do with the video but i wanted to let someone know

[@WeirdExplorer]

Just had some last night. Totally understand. 🤘

[@disseria]

You make the best faces when you eat gross things.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks! :p

[@fabiofonv]

Lao gooseberry looks a lot like the brazilian pitanga.

[@heatherhall3452]

Not all fruit is meant to be eaten raw! It has loads of medical benefits, make jam, cut remove the seed soak in sugar and water over night I’m going to try make a gooseberry & apple pie

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Jared: what the hell is wrong with me? Also Jared 2 min later: proceeds to eat more bad fruit

[@neptuniumforest]

I'm so jealous of you. Where do you get access to such a variety of exotic fruit???

[@WeirdExplorer]

I worked in Malaysia this past winter, so I took it as an opportunity to visit Laos on the way there and Hong Kong on the way back. The markets in this part of the world are amazing!

[@neptuniumforest]

jeez...nice..what work do u do out there?

[@WeirdExplorer]

neptuniumforest I was doing a stage show at a resort: www.contortionjared.com

[@kyawswehan]

Chew Goose berry. And drink water. Its sweeeeet.......!

[@soby123]

It cannot be eaten as a fruit.. Just good for wines and pickles. It's a medicinal fruit.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Soby Thomas It can... but probably shouldn't since it only tastes good if its prepared in some way. :)

[@yuantheawesomegamertag2355]

They Look Like A Bilimbi Tree.

[@philhartmann6502]

I wish I'd seen this before I bought a bag of frozen Indian gooseberries today, I've had them dried with sugar and they were good but yeah the fresh fruit is awful

[@knightshade6232]

mix it with salt venigar to eat

[@enochpage1333]

Is the Indian amla not ripe? I’ve seen people enjoy eating them.

[@dataquester]

Funny vid...

[@shiprasarkar8402]

it's amla

[@sawlay6223]

Why this amla I thought amla is different and different tast but this one totally different planet

[@Joshnky]

lol ur silly :P

[@tgf8693]

'Bad' is not a flavour sir

[@guardiandemonx7936]

it doesnt taste that good probably the one u eat is green, green one are not ready to eat dude u need to eat the red one that are much sweeter, green are sour and red are sweet

[@heatherhall3452]

It’s not even ripe, they are yellow & soft when ripe, would you eat rhubarb like that ? Lol 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@ranjithpc85]

u r nuts man,,,how can u judge a fruit by just biting into one of them...these berries are awesome when ripe.try again plz.

[@WeirdExplorer]

In this series I focus on the fruit itself. I have had Amla juiced and it was pretty good.

[@ranjithpc85]

cheers bro keep posting.

[@kyawswehan]

As I watch your videos, I realized that English language has many limitation in taste. The word dry is closet you can go for gooseberry.. That's poor language.