Raw durian can be eaten, but the taste is not as good as cooked durian. Eating raw durian has no effect on your health, so you can eat it with confidence. Raw durian tastes crisp and tastes like radish. And the taste is not as heavy as cooked durian, which is suitable for people who don't like heavy taste. Most Thais like to eat fresh durian that is half-baked.

Raw durian can be ripened with rice, because rice releases some ethylene during storage. When ripening durian, the skin of durian should be taken out of the pot, and the pulp should be taken out, then wrapped with plastic wrap and buried in rice. After two weeks, the durian meat inside is cooked and can be eaten directly.

You can also use newspapers to ripen durian. The specific method is to wrap a newspaper on the surface of durian and then light it with a lighter. When the newspaper is about to burn out, take out the durian, wrap it in a clean newspaper and put it in a warm environment. You can smell the ripe durian in a day or two, and then you can take it out and eat it directly.

How to choose durian:

1, look at the shape, it's too regular, and the near-perfect shape means that the fruit of this durian will not be too full. Because the inner cavity of durian with this shape is often large, its seeds will be large and the pulp wrapped around it will become very small, so don't buy durian with too regular shape when choosing durian.

2. People who can pick durian can also know the amount of pulp through the spikes of "mace". If mace is mostly flat and has large conical spikes, it proves that durian has more pulp and better maturity. On the other hand, if the ears are mostly sharp and thin, it proves that the fruit is immature.

3, smell the smell, when buying, if you take a fancy to the durian with a natural opening, you can smell the fragrance of durian through the gap in its shell. Mature durian smells rich and fragrant, making people salivate, and people who often eat it will know when they smell it. However, if you smell durian, don't buy it. This durian must be broken.

4, pinching ears, durian with good maturity, can be sweet and glutinous. Select two adjacent spikes from the spikes in the shell, hold the tips of the spikes with your hands, and squeeze inward with a little force. If they can "approach" each other easily, it proves that durian is soft and mature.

5. Shake, gently pick up the durian, hold it steady, and gently shake the durian with your hands. If you feel a slight collision inside, or a slight sound, it proves that the pulp is mature and out of the shell. This durian is a mature good durian.