With the onset of summer, more and more summer fruits have started coming into the market may it be watermelons, wild berries, ice apples/ tadgolas or beautiful java apples. Even though some of these fruits have been around for a long yet some don’t know about these delicious fruits. So here I am sharing with …
Category: Fruits
Explore the world of fruits from a Nutritionist View point.
Do you know about the Star fruit called Carambola?
While exploring Byculla, the large spread put by the vendor in the shade of a big tree caught my eye. He had a huge basket of Carambola also known as the star fruit. It reminded me of my childhood and suddenly I winced remembering the intense sourness of the first Carambola I had consumed.
Guava Pickle
I love trying out new recipes (especially recipes wherein there is scope for twists and experiments). So when a Senior Nutritionist Ms. Neha Pandit Tembe who also runs a fabulous venture called Snack Right posted about an interesting Guava pickle recipe I had to give it a shot. I’ve twisted the original recipe as per …
Pomelo/Indian Grapefruit and its Nutritional benefit
Pomelo tree grows right in front of my house in my hometown in Kokan. It is a huge tree and bears equally huge fruits. As a kid, it always made me wonder as to how the Pomelo/papnus could stay up there hanging on a single thin stem. Also, why the only person who would be …