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Thursday, March 31, 2016

All About the Manila Tamarind

All About the Manila Tamarind Camachile’s many names are more interesting than the fruit’s bland taste: devil’s necklace, monkey earrings, monkey pod and black bead are just a few. Indians know...

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Palm fruit:

Palm fruit: Ice apple or nungu    Palm fruit which is also called Palmyra fruit or Ice -Apple, known as Tari in Hindi, Nungu in Tamil and Thati munjalu in Telugu. This fruit is sweet in taste and looks transparent jelly like thing. Its also fermented to  make Toddy called kallu . Palm trees which are grown bulky especially in India , Indonesia,Malaysia, Nepal,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Africa.  Its scientific name is  Barassus Flabellifer. In the states like Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh and some places the seeds are allowed to germinate and  forms   stems like structure,which are called as Palm sprouts called as Gagulu or Panai Kezhingu is eaten raw or either boiled or roasted.  And if the fruit is fully ripened then the outer yellow layer is eaten and used in preparing varieties of recipes.  Health Benefits: Palm fruits are very healthy and it has been all around from many years. Palm fruits contain jelly like substance which is called Ice apple can be eaten or drink which is made out of it is taken as a  cool  drink during summer seasons.  It gives instant energy as it contains Vitamin C and Vitamin B – complex The fruit pulp is used to cure many skin inflammatory conditions  The sap which is collected from the tree is used as tonic and laxative to cure liver diseases and ulcers....

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Sugar palm tree - National Khmer icon

Sugar palm tree - National Khmer icon The sugar palm tree - 'skor t'not' (Borassus flabellifer) is one of Cambodia's national icons. It is found throughout Cambodia and plays a very important role...

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Posts Tagged With: tropical fruit The Milk Fruit – Plei Tuek Doh Ko in Khmer

Here’s another strange fruit that I came across here for the first time in my life. The milk fruit in English, ‘plei teuk doh ko’ in Khmer. The fruit flesh around the seeds is jelly...

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Wood Apple Fruit

Wood apple is a fruit tree of tropical area which has been known as a fruit contains antiseptic properties and high nutrition value. However, there are less researches have been conducted...

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