Papain
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Papaya - soft-stemmed tree (Carica papaya) of tropical America resembling a palm with a crown of palmately lobed leaves.
Papain can be used as a meat tenderizer as well, making tough meat more palatable. Papain is sometimes used with lime in ceviche. Ceviche is chopped fish cooked by the citric acid in lime, and the addition of papain can speed up the process.
These include a powdered form of papain, an enzyme found in papaya, which has been used for this purpose for centuries. An awful lot of cooks have various reasons for avoiding commercial powdered meat tenderizers, though.
Papayas are known for their enzyme, papain, which is believed to aid digestion and is the basis for many meat tenderizing products.
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Most chemical meat tenderizers are a powder composed chiefly of "papain," an enzyme extracted from papayas. This enzyme is effective in breaking down the meat fibers. Meatball ...
The skin, which is entirely edible, turns from green to golden yellow as it ripens. Babaco is best eaten raw, contains triple the amount of papain than found in papaya, and is a good source of vitamins A and C.
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