[Goanet] Jackfruit.
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[Goanet] Jackfruit and Other Fruit
As I'm not a historian, the word is mum on the history of Goa. But, as a Goan, I need to say something; it is in my genes, I cannot shut up! If we Goans could shut up then we would all be Buddhists by now, wouldn't we? Gautama Buddha after his enlightenment did not utter a single word for days. He later said: Truth cannot be communicated through words, logic or debate. Is it any wonder the Way of the Buddha disappeared from our country, and his seed took root and even flowered in fertile soil all around the world? God bless Goa's Kosambi, our finest intellectual (even though Buddhists don't believe in God.) I'm not a professional psychologist either. As I said earlier, a Goan cannot shut up. I have studied the subject on my own, though. Do I get any academic credit for it? Oh, never mind, I'm a Goan who loves to play games (except for soccer, of course.) And, as the wag from Ponda observed "Why fight over one ball? Give every player one each." The witty wag I cannot help but notice is even less of a psychologist than I am: if we ban soccer there will be war! Anyway, here goes. As an observer of Goan affairs (I could not think of a more pompous word so it will have to do!) looking back as far as I can with my poor eyesight, during the Portuguese era we Roman Catholics cushioned up to the fair-skinned Westerners and were soon in bed with them. As a result of our labors of love, the fruit of our loins was much appreciated by the Portuguese, having a much higher value than other fruit available in the market. The other fruit, no doubt, were bitter and a divide was born and nurtured over the centuries. As is to be expected, the hybrid fruit were dipped in holy water while the indigenous fruit were washed in the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. The two rivers in our days of glory were clean and unpolluted by oil and development, and other unmentionables from boats and casinos. Nowadays, the hybrid and the indigenous fruits do not look favorably on the two rivers. Furthermore, the indigenous fruit do not like the flavor and taste of the hybrid fruit - the latter had a privileged upbringing as the owner of the field was their protector and patron saint. With the departure of the Portuguese, air (fresh air?) from India began to flow into Goa. While this was something new, and an occasion to celebrate for the indigenous fruit, the hybrid fruit felt uprooted and robbed of their heritage. They started to lose their sweetness and there was more than a little taste of bitterness in the mouth. With the master of the fields gone, their hybrid roots started to wither, and sometimes even died. Some fruit trees chose to be transplanted abroad, mostly in the Middle East and fertile Western soil. With climate change and other unplanned negative factors, it did not always make for a happy ending to the story of the hybrid fruit; and now, Brexit. You see, during the Portuguese era, there was enough sunshine and rain, the sort which helped the hybrid give tasty and lovely fruit. But then, nothing lasts forever. After the end of colonialism, the hybrid fruit had to learn how to live without any of their previous support. They needed to be rooted more deeply in the new local soil, and to cooperate with one another; something they had never really done during the colonial era, and have as yet not learned to do successfully. They were always competing with one another to be the choice of their master, and to occupy the numero uno seat on his right side. Unfortunately, learning to cooperate among themselves without the presence of their Portuguese masters soon appeared to be something the hybrid fruit could not do well, and, as a result of a lack of cooperation, gradually weakened, much to the delight of the indigenous fruit. The two prized fruit, jack and the other whose name I cannot now recall, started a non-cooperation movement of a sort in Goa. Was it to fight the British or the Portuguese? Of course not as both had already emigrated to their own countries. The movement over the years has grown from strength to strength, and is extremely popular to this day. So much for the history of the hybrid fruit, the star of which is none other than jackfruit! After this, good times began for the indigenous fruit. But, not for everyone! If there is a great divide between the hybrid and the indigenous fruits, there is also a subtext among the indigenous fruit. Some species of fruit are more equal than others. Farmers and local fishermen, for example, are at the bottom of the stairway leading up to heaven. They are, in short, not delicious enough fruit, and are an unwanted variety of low-quality fruit. This variety of fruit cannot be brought to a respectable dining table even for display, forget eating. The poor quality fruit during the Portuguese era and after political independence are now in contentious waters or in a field where the soil is not good enough. Not much of a life for them. The low-quality fruit did not fetch much of a price during t
[Goanet] Jackfruit king of fruits in Goa?
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Re: [Goanet] Jackfruit a 'miracle' food.
Thanks for sharing this, Con. My journalist-friend Shree Padre shreepa...@gmail.com is also often sharing other useful information related to the jackfruit and other trees, which can be very helpful. For instance, from one of his recent posts: This has detailed information on method of preparation of some of the products. Would be useful for home industries. This is freely downloadable Thanks to ICAR Goa for a book they have nicely produced. http://www.ccari.res.in/Technical%20Bulletin%20No.%2041.pdf Thanks to ICAR Goa. On 8 October 2016 at 10:18, Con Menezes wrote: > https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/23/ > jackfruit-miracle-crop-climate-change-food-security > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
[Goanet] Jackfruit a 'miracle' food.
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[Goanet] Jackfruit and Other Fruit
As I'm not a historian, the word is mum on the history of Goa. But, as a Goan, I need to say something; it is in my genes, I cannot shut up! If we Goans could shut up then we would all be Buddhists by now, wouldn't we? Gautama Buddha after his enlightenment did not utter a single word for days! He later said: Truth cannot be communicated through words, logic or debate. Is it any wonder the Way of the Buddha disappeared from our country and his seed took root and even flowered in fertile soil all around the world? God bless Goa's Kosambi our greatest Buddhist intellectual (even though Buddhists don't believe in God!) I'm not a professional psychologist either. As I said earlier, a Goan cannot shut up. I have studied the subject on my own, though. Do I get any credit for it? Never mind, I'm a Goan who loves to play games (except for soccer, of course.) As the wag from Ponda observed "Why fight over one ball? Give every player one each." The witty wag I cannot help but notice is even less of a psychologist than I am: if we ban soccer there will be war! Anyway, here goes. As an observer of Goan affairs (I could not think of a more pompous word so it will have to do!) looking back as far as I can, during the Portuguese era we Roman Catholics cushioned up to the fair-skinned Westerners and were soon in bed with them. As a result of our labors of love, the fruit of our loins was much appreciated by the Portuguese, having a much higher value than other fruit available in the market. The other fruit, no doubt, were bitter and a divide was born and nurtured over the centuries. As is to be expected, the hybrid fruit were dipped in holy water while the indigenous fruit were washed in the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. The two rivers in our days of glory were clean and unpolluted by oil and development and other unmentionables from boats and gambling casinos. Nowadays, the hybrid and the indigenous fruits do not look favorably on the two rivers. Furthermore, the indigenous fruit do not like the flavor and taste of the hybrid fruit - the latter had a privileged upbringing as the owner of the field was their protector and patron saint. With the departure of the Portuguese, air (fresh air?) from India began to flow into Goa. While this was something new and an occasion to celebrate for the indigenous fruit, the hybrid fruit were uprooted and felt robbed of their heritage. They started to lose their sweetness and there was a little taste of bitterness. With their master and original owner of the fields gone, their roots started to wither and, sometimes, even died. Some fruit trees choose to be transplanted abroad, mostly in the fertile Western soil. With climate change and other negative factors it did not always make for a happy ending to the story of the hybrid fruit. You see, during the Portuguese era, there was enough sunshine and rain, the sort which helped the hybrid give tasty and lovely fruit. Nothing lasts forever, does it? After the end of colonialism, the hybrid fruit had to learn to stand for themselves without any support, to be rooted deeply in the new soil, and to cooperate with each other, something they had never done during the colonial era. They were, on the contrary, always competing with each other to be the choice of their master, to occupy the numero uno seat on his right side. Unfortunately, learning to cooperate among themselves soon appeared to be something the top quality hybrid fruit could not do well and, as a result of a lack of cooperation, the hybrid fruit gradually weakened, much to the delight of the indigenous fruit. The two prized fruit, jack and the other which I now cannot recall at the moment, started the non-cooperation movement of a sort in Goa. It has grown from strength to strength and is extremely popular to this day. So much for the history of the hybrid fruit, the star of which is none other than jackfruit! After this, good times began for the indigenous fruit. But, not for everyone! If there is a great divide between the hybrid and the indigenous fruits, there is also a sub-caste among the indigenous fruit. Some species of fruit are more equal than others, unfortunately. Farmers and fishermen, for example, are at the bottom of the stairway leading up to the Brahim heaven. They are, in short, not delicious fruit and are an unwanted variety of low-caste fruit in the hierarchy of the modern Indian economy. The poor quality fruit during the Portuguese era and after political independence are now in contentious water or in a field where the soil is not good enough. Not much of a life for them. The low-quality fruit did not fetch much of a price during the Portuguese era, and although air from India blows strongly into Goa, these two varieties of fruit are unable to reach fruition. The ground and water is only for upper caste fruit and to power the wheels of development, not for low-caste fruit. For low-quality fruits during colonialism and after, there has been little change fo
Re: [Goanet] Jackfruit fritters, papads, raw pickle, with coconut, chips and mandas
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[Goanet] Jackfruit fritters, papads, raw pickle, with coconut, chips and mandas
JACKFRUIT FRITTERS : Ingredients: 1/4 kg boiled rice. 25 jackfruit bulbs (meaty portions without the seed nuts). 250 gms jaggery. Salt to taste. Ghee or oil for frying. Method: Grind the ingredients (except ghee) to form a dry dough. Drop spoonfuls of thick dough into heated ghee or oil and deep fry till brown. JACKFRUIT PAPADS ::: Get the meat out of well-matured jackfruits (remove the seeds) and boil them in a little water, adding salt, chilli powder to taste and a pinch or two of asafetida, stirring when required. Remove from the fire and grind into a fine paste. Then, add a little each of pepper powder, cardamom powder, coriander powder and cumin (jeera) powder and mix well. Take small balls out of the dough and put them on plantain leaves (slightly faded) and press each of them with your palms and fingers to form thin papads. Gently remove them to a basket when sufficiently dry. Dry them in hot sun for two more days. RAW JACKFRUIT PICKLE Ingredients: 2 cups raw mature jackfruit, peeled and diced into small pieces. Two cups malt vinegar. 2 tbsps chilli powder. Six greenchillies, finely sliced. 1" piece ginger, 2 cloves and garlic ground to a paste. 1 level tsp powdered cinnamon cardamom cloves and nutmeg. 1 tbsp powdered mustard seed. 2 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp powdered asafetida. Salt to taste, 1 cup gingelly oil. Method: Soak jackfruit pieces in a jar with the salt and malt vinegar for 48 hours. Drain and keep aside. Heat oil, fry greenchillies, ginger and garlic paste, chillies and mustard powder, spices and asafetida for five minutes. Add jackfruit pieces, sugar and salt if necessary. Remove from heat after five minutes. Can be served with rice and chappatis. JACKFRUIT WITH COCONUTS Ingredients: 1 medium raw jackfruit. 1 coconut. 1 tsp tumeric. 5-8 chillies. A pinch of cumin. 1 red onion. Salt to taste. A few sprigs of curry leaves. Oil. 1 red onion for frying. 1 tbsp mustard seeds. Method: Cut jackfruit into quarters. Cut off the white pith on top. Using an oiled hand, separate the fruit. Remove the seeds and slice into thin long pieces. Put in a strong pan. Add salt, sprinkle a little water. Cover tightly and cook quickly. Grind together cumin, green chillies, turmeric and onion. Add coconut and grind coarsely. Make a depression in the centre of the jack. Add ground paste. Cover with the jack and allow the steam to pass through. Stir with the handle. Heat oil. Add sliced onion. When brown, add mustard seeds. When seeds crackle add jack curry. Stir. JACKFRUIT CHIPS Cut jackfruit (raw) into quarters. Cut off the white pith on top. Separate fruit with oiled hands. Remove seeds and slice into thin long pieces. Heat o il. Proceed as for banana chips. JACKFRUIT MANDAS ::: Ingredients: 8 cups jackfruit (soft or hard variety). 2 cups coconut grated. 1 tbsp of cardamom powder. Jaggery and salt to taste. 6 cups of broken wheat or bulgar wheat. 1 tsp oil. Method: Grind the jackfruit lightly, add coconut and grind lightly. Remove and mix with broken wheat and cardamom powder, jaggery and salt. Grease the pan or glass bowl (microwave-able). Put the mixture (should be thick pouring consistency) into the greased container and either steam it OR bake it OR microwave for half hour. Continue till done. SOURCE: CARMEL COLLEGE, handout at the Konkan Fruit Fest 2011
[Goanet] Jackfruit... some views
If you're on Facebook, pls check out this mini discussion on the jackfruit: JACKFRUIT is India’s most neglected fruit. This sleepy sub-district is the heaven of jackfruit. http://bit.ly/cDp7gW George Lessard I lived in the Bahamas for four years and can tell you that both in the Bahamas and other Caribbean countries,,, jackfruit is highly prized and enjoyed... Irynn Alcantara Abano commented on your post "i like jackfruit. i like it fresh ripe. i also like it stewed in coconut milk with a little sugar and other fruits and root crops. i also like it as a jam. it's also nice candied. the raw fruit can also be stewed in coconut milk with chili and also added to sour soup or "sinigang"." Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Jackfruit in Goa
We had this huge jackfruit tree very close to our entrance gate in my Grandpa's house in Verem Reis-Magose. Every April to end May use to be the summer holidays and we use to have a lot of Bombay crowd coming to spend their holidays in Goa. The tree was at a spot that no one could miss looking at it. In Goa the two jackfruits were Kaapaw and rosaad. The Kaapaw being very firm and crispy well as the rosaad being very soggy and messy. I always preferred the Kaapaw though it was difficult to deal with compared to the rossad. In Goa people in the old days were very superstious and they had this thing to wrap the jackfruit tree with palm leaves after they were pleated. They use to do this to avoid evil eyes from passer byes. Every alternate year the tree use give us maximum fruit and to huge sizes. The kaapaw jackfruit I have seen to its maximum size is like 3 feet. When the fruits were nearing their ripping stage we could get the smell from a distance. and then we use to peep in between the coconut palms to see if they have become zoon (a konkani word for nearly ripe) and we use to use to our two fingers to tick the fruit to check if was ready to be taken off. Usually we use to go the market and call a gut who knew all this and we use to pay him. Usually when the jackfruit reaches it ripening stage its spikes from spread and the fruit turns yellowish green. A sharp knife was used to cut the fruit off the tree and we use to pluck a good lot. When the fruit was cut we had to deal in handling the fruit, two things to take care off. One was the DEEK ( A white seacretion which is very sticky and messy. u need oil to get rid of it. so usually we use to apply coconut oil to our hands before dealing with jackfruits. the second thing to take care was avoiding the fruit with your body as it would give you an scratchy feeling. Once the fruits were plucked from the tree we use to take them and place them with end facing downwards. I do not know what was the secret behind this. There was one thing for sure in two to three days your whole house was smelling of jackfruits. Cutting the jack fruit is another laborious and patently job. The women are best at this since they have all the patience. You oil your hands with coconut oil take a sharp knife and cut it open, separating the fruits and seeds with lots of patience. I could never resist eating the fruits while cutting. We would eat till we were full and then no lunch. The seeds were kept and dried and later baked in coal or boiled in water to eat during tea time in the evenings. If I am not mistaken it can be cooked as a vegetable dish too. Sometimes Grandma use to dry the Jackfuits after coating them with sugar and give to us as a snack. very yummy!!! All our neighbours who use to visit Goa for their summer holidays use to book their orders in advance. Now a days i visit Goa and see the fruit no more in our compound or what we call Bhaat in Konkani. when ever i go to the vegetable market in Panjim i see hawkers selling it in small plastic sachets for 10 rupees, where once upon a time we use to buy the whole fruit for that price. Now I have been in the U.A.E. and we see it sometimes at supermarkets WELCOME TO EDU'S WORLD edu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
