Chia Pudding with Dragonfruit

Howdy Brunch Buddies!

I used to love having fresh cherries, blueberries, strawberries or any other berries in season as a snack or as a complement to my cereal. However, berries like those are a bit of a luxury food here in Indonesia because we cannot grow them locally, well, except for strawberries. I was able to get like one crate of cherries for 10 bucks in Australia (if in season), meanwhile in Indonesia we have to pay 10 bucks just for a very small packet. It's ridiculous! and I do crave for cherries now and then. But too bad, it is just way to expensive so I have to find other alternative fruits. 

Indonesia is so famous for their tropical fruits like mangosteen, mango, avocado, papaya, banana, etc. You could get a very good deal on those fruits, even the organic ones. Recently, I have been enjoying this fruit called dragonfruit. You could sometimes find in supermarket in oz like in Coles, but I can tell you it is crazy expensive! and the size was so small and it does not look as good and as fresh as the one we have in Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. 

In Indonesia, it is considerably easy to get dragonfruit, you can get it in local supermarket or traditional market and it comes with a very reasonable price tag. Even in restaurants, you could find dragonfruit juice in the drink menus. My mom planted a dragonfruit tree in our backyard and according to her it was sooo hard to grow, we have to wait for a while even just for a single fruit and it takes a lot of work as well, like fertiliser and other gardening stuff (i have no clue!). But eventually we could harvest one or two fruits like every six months. It does pay off with the quality of the fruit we got, it was so juicy, sweet, and so different from the one we get in the supermarket. 

This is the picture of the one from our backyard, it's slightly bigger than my palm. I guess it was named dragonfruit cos the skin resembles dragon skin?

They have two different types of flesh, white and red. The better one is the red one which happens to be what we have in our backyard. The red one is much sweeter than the white one. In general, they are rich in vitamin C and dietary fibre. 

Then it cross my mind to use this amazing fruit as my breakfast chia pudding topping. 

I did not even add any sugar or honey to the pudding, the sweetness from the fruit itself is more than enough for me. Just be careful, the red colour is very intense so it might stain your clothes and it is a bit of work to get it off your hand. 

Chia Pudding with Dragonfruit

Ingredients:

2tbsp chia seed
1/2cup almond milk
1/2cup dragon fruit (cut into cubes)

Method:

1. Soak chia seed in almond milk overnight
2. Cut the dragonfruit into cubes and placed on top of the pudding
3. Mix them altogether to even out the sweetness