Jak ji poznat

Habit

thorny deciduous small-to-medium tree in Rutaceae

Fruit

round to oval fruit with very thick hard smooth shell; ripe fruit has yellow aromatic pulp

Consumer identity

Thai มะตูม / Matoom = Aegle marmelos

Jedlá část: ripe edible portion; exact consumer-state details pending deep review

Jak chutná

Chuť

ripe pulp is aromatic with sweet/astringent notes; unripe mature fruit used for dried tea is a different, more astringent food state

Textura

ripe interior soft/pulpy inside a very hard shell

Jak se jí a připravuje

For ripe fruit, crack/open the hard shell and eat/use the yellow aromatic pulp. In Thailand, a common processed form is mature green fruit sliced and dried for มะตูมแห้ง/bael tea; this is not the same food state as ripe fresh pulp.

Použití v kuchyni

• ripe fresh pulp
• dried sliced bael for tea/beverage
• processed bael drink/powder

Kde koupit

Guidance

A documented local-government OTOP listing in Sakon Nakhon sells dried sliced bael (มะตูมแห้งฝานแผ่น). Fresh whole bael is more seasonal and may be less consistently stocked than dried tea slices.

Skladování

Guidance

For the common Thai dried-slice form, DTAM instructs thorough drying and storage in breathable clean sacks/bags in a normal-temperature, well-ventilated room. For fresh whole ripe bael, keep the shell intact, dry and undamaged and use after opening; no exact universal household shelf-life is asserted here.