But Nature has her own cures and remedies. Come the heat waves of April, and a variety of juciy, cooling fruits make their presence felt in the markets - watermelons, grapes - and tadgolas.
Tadgola (pl: Tadgole) is the Marathi word for the fruit (edible seeds) of the toddy palm (Borassus flabellifer). The tree is pretty, and has fan shaped leaves:
The fruit is a marvel of Nature. Found in clusters of large, glossy green-and-black diamond shaped nuts, the inside of each husk has 3 jelly-like fruits, each with its own thin, rubbery peachy-brown skin.
Peeling this skin off needs nimble fingers and patience! But the result is worth it! Inside nestles clear, transparent, jelly-like flesh which is juicy and sweet and delightfully refreshing. Kind of like a super-sized litchee, without the pit (What can be better?!)
The flesh is hollow with a large-ish cavity - which, if you pick the fruit at the right time is filled with nectar-like juice!
Thank you, Mother Nature, for bestowing us with such jewels from your bounty when we most need them.
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yummy!!!! nothing like it ... its tadgola in konkani too :P
ReplyDeleteyeah i love them too... plannin a tagdgola party sometime.... as.. omkar tadgole khanar... ani mi tadgole solanar.... hahaha
ReplyDeleteNo, lets make it - tu solnaar, ani Omkar ani me khanaar! :P
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