How many of you have tasted a coconut apple? Never heard of it?No worries.I have all the information馃槆
I have been to my hometown recently which is known as 'Kerala'.The very word revolves around coconut(Kera means coconut) and coconut trees as well as a Kerala womens life too馃榿
Thats true!You can hardly find any kerala dish without even a pinch of coconut in it.Be it grated coconut,coconut milk, ground to paste ,dry chopped coconut,coconut oil.Any form is acceptable.Our entire life revolves around it馃槑Yeah!!
And the best thing is we grow our own coconut trees.You can't find any houses without a few coconut trees in its backyard.
So this time during my visit I thought of digging out some coconuts from the storage and check for coconut apple which is extremely delicious.Its very peaceful to even look at it .Pure white,soft and spongy and juicy too.
Coconut has many health benefits.So you can imagine how nutritious would be the coconut apple.
Did I forgot to mention coconut apple is nothing but the coconut embryo.A coconut under proper conditions of sunlight and moisture content has the capability to sprout and turn into a plant.It is during this time the water inside coconut tranforms into solid white embryo to provide nutrients to the sprout.And it is this thing that we snatch and eat.Pretty sad but its so yummy you won't feel any regret馃槇
So here it is people 馃憞
I just love this picture.The sunlight and the shadows played well鉂わ笍
I took a lot of pictures.More here 馃憞
And you can eat it raw like any other fruit.Just look at the texture.Its very sweet even better than coconut water.
And this is how you look for ac coconut with apple inside.Just look for a sprouting shoot like this.
But not every sprout one has embryo inside.The second below one didn't have one.It just dried up.
Thats the backyard with coconut and arecanut trees.
Stored coconuts from which I dug out the sprouted ones.
A complete coconut storage zone.Not a single part of coconut is wasted.The shells and husk are used for burning old model fire stove.
Some arecanuts.The nut inside is scraped and chewed along with beetle leaves and some tobacco as a form of narcotic.
Also we grow some pepper in our yards馃榿
The big leafed ones are a kind of yam plant.
Hope you had a good tour of the backyard plants and trees.Now I can visit this post again and again when I miss my hometown and home馃槉
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And please do tell me about some special or rare fruit/vegitable/nut from your locality so that I don't have to stare with big eyes if I happen to see it somewhere.Lols馃槄
Happy steeming
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