Thai Name: Thurian (ทุเรียน)
Common name: Durian
Scientific name: Durian Zibethinus Murr.
Remark: Chani / Kan Yao / Mon Thong
Season availability: year round
Peak Period: Apr – Aug
Shape: the base tapers to a point at the stalk, the tip is broad and obtuse
Taste: sweet
Preparation and eating:
- The fruit ready for eating must have a good smell
- Slit the fruit with a knife from end to end, along two of the grooves in the center of the sections, on opposite sides of the fruit
- Prise apart the slits to open the fruit
- Separate the sections
- Take out the segments and remove the seed
*** eaten fresh, frozen. Make cakes, ice-cream