Holiday Ayo - If you are looking for a fruit with soft flesh and not too sweet, and has a lot of fiber content, papaya is highly recommended for you.

This fruit is easy to find in Indonesia, but papaya is actually a fruit that comes from Central America and Mexico, you know. With its pocket-friendly price, papaya is often chosen to fulfill nutritional intake because it is rich in vitamins and minerals.

However, do not let you get papaya with a hard texture and tasteless. So that you don't choose the wrong one, here are a series of tips for choosing papaya that is ripe and tastes sweet. Pay attention to the texture and color of the skin by IDNTimes.com :

1. Before buying papaya, pay attention to the color of the skin. Ripe papaya is usually yellow to reddish orange

2. If there is no such color, choose papaya with green spots. These spots are a sign that the papaya will ripen quickly

3. Good quality papayas tend to have smooth skin. Make sure the fruit skin has no cuts or bruises before buying

4. To know the level of ripeness of papaya, you can gently press the skin. When the papaya is ripe, the texture tends to be soft

5. If when pressed the texture feels soft or wrinkled, it indicates the papaya is too ripe and will rot

6. On the other hand, if the texture is very hard when pressed, it is a sign that the papaya is still raw. Avoid because it is feared that the fruit has been fermented

7. Evenly ripe papaya can be seen from the basic color of the fruit. Make sure the base color is yellowish and not mushy.

Those were the tips for choosing papaya, hopefully it can help you.