1, look at the color : If the appearance is bright green, then prove that it is raw fruit, not ripe. If the appearance of green with yellow edges, or the top of the cracked skin has become black, which indicates that the fruit has matured. After ripening, the top of the Sakya fruit cracked or skin blackened, gently pressed by hand, there is sugar outflow indicates that it is ripe and can be eaten.
2, press feel : gently press with your hand, if you feel harder, it means not ripe. If a little soft, gently pressed with the hand will have sugar out, which means that it has been ripe can be eaten directly.
Methods of ripening:
If you buy them raw and hard, you can wrap them in newspaper, spray some water on them, and leave them there for about 1 to 2 days, and the fruit will soften. After that, you can just cut it open with a knife and eat it, and the general population will be able to eat it.
If the fruit is ripe, you can put it in the refrigerator for a longer period of time. But if it is not ripe fruit, can not be placed in the refrigerator, otherwise it can not be self-ripening again.