Averrhoa Bilimbi.....

Averrhoa Bilimbi :We call this fruit as irumban puli. It is sour in taste. It is close relative to the star fruit.

This photo is captured with my mobile phone camera. We have two trees of irumban puli in our backyard. Now season started to bloom flowers and yield fruits. We make many dishes out of this fruit. Averrhoa Bilimbi Pickles are one my favorite.We use this fruit while making fish curry. This fruit should be used within five days. You can sun dry this fruits and can be used in fish curry.Traditionally this fruit is used to control hypertension. Decoction of this fruit is consumed every morning. Juice of this fruit controls blood sugar level.