The first time I saw this fruit, was 10 years ago in my college hostel, a rich yellow fruit. It looked like a huge yellow bulb and left me wondering what kind of tree would have this.
Everybody was eating the fruit with sugar for which I thought oh not again a fruit which is edible only with sugar and my calorie conscious heart said I should not take it with sugar. I was requested(rather warned) multiple times by my friends that without sugar I will not be able to eat it.
Braving them I tasted, it felt sour, like licking lime I was taken a back and asked is this really a fruit. My friends convinced me take it with sugar, which I enjoyed eating (of course I have a sweet tooth)
Days and years went by, the taste of the fruit I had almost forgotten but the thrill of a wild fruit kept me yearning for it. I used to imagine going to my friend’s home directly and checking out. Finally the sun shined one day and my best half took me to an exotic fruit shop in Bangalore where I saw it and immediately got it.
Now 10 years later of knowing it, the love for the fruit still holds on, I have tried almost all varieties yellow, purple, red, the sweet the sour and also the tasteless all of which I enjoy. Sometimes I visit certain places just to buy this fruit, even if it’s like travelling for hours I convince myself that the trip is just for a fun. I have also mastered the skill of ensuring that the shops have it ready for me before I visit them
Now I know it composition and know its benefits too… More than the taste I think it’s the wildness of the fruit that still attracts me to it.
Call it the effect of genes I can see the passion in my 3 year old son too. sometimes leading to a fight between us on who will grab it first, leaving others to wonder who is the child between us.
Thank you An, for introducing me to this lovely fruit.
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