And we also have Water apple that can prevent Sun stroke.
Jack fruit is usually known as the poor man's fruit, because it's produced in very large quantities and mostly used by economically weaker people, but interestingly, it has immense medicinal value, which very few realize. It's produced in so large quantities that, you can easily get it free in villages from someone. Mom knows the benefits of it and also loves to eat, so she has planted several trees in our garden, each belonging to different varieties. Some are best suited for curry ( they taste as good as chicken or mutton), some are left to be ripen. You can certainly find out a lot of health benefits of Jack fruit in the internet, but let me tell you upfront that, this poor man's fruit is richer in protein than apple and even mangoes and has lot of fiber, apart from several vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
This year, we have a lot in this plant, that was easy to access, but interestingly, many are on top branches, which I cannot reach, because climbing this tree is not a easy task.
This is from another plant, which is best variety when ripen, and they were on the very top, but thankfully, a mini wind storm landed them on the ground, and we happily ate one and gave another to a close friend. And now let me show you one last left on that plant, which is very peculiar.
Placed, exactly between two branches, can you guess how the back of it would be ?
Nature has its own rule to bring this fruit at this place - this is the back side.
Since my son is now loving this fruit, this many is cut, half of which is about to be distributed to friends. The kid feels, the taste is better than even chicken cooked in butter with a sweet flavor.
The white milk inside is very sticky, so we apply mustard oil on hand before getting them out, one can use gloves as well. And we have some techniques to take out the seed along with a small portion, that is not good for stomach. A little salt added to it, would ensure, there is not stomachache afterwards, if eaten in large quantities. And don't drink water for a hour, after eating this - it will flush out all the bad content from your stomach.
Now let me show you another lovely moderately sweet fruit from our garden.
The crunchy and juicy red water apple is very attractive in looks as well as taste, and comes in very large quantities in bunches.
Mom says, this has capability to prevent Sun stroke, and it's so tasty that, Birds eat most of them, before they are fully mature. Probably for this reason, we have lot of birds in our garden, which creates a lovely ambience.
This the white variety, which is also tasty, our neighbor has this plant and often gives us. So instead of buying expensive fruits from market, we have now adopted eating these, which provides better health benefits. More ever, they are suited for our climate, because they grow here - few understands this basic principle of Nature.
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