Mouth watering.... Kali maina..is a poetical Marathi name for Karvanda.... you know what Mani we were having plants of both Karvand and tamarind called Chincha in Marathi, outside our school so use to collect it after school.. free and fresh.. to eat with salt and use to get beaten by Mom ...thats also for free.. for coming home late, hahaha it was fun ..now a days very few plants are left that too in forest not near school and true children like to eat packed food
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:33 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice capture Gurcharan ji. We use the unripe fruit to make pickles and the > ripe one is very sweet called "Kali maina". During our childhood days, we > used to eat lots of this fruits mixed with salt as it was easily available > outside our school gate. Along with we also used to get lots of Carambolas > and salted tamarind. Now all these are rarity as children prefers > packaged eatables from stores. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > -- Smita raskar 308 Disha Residency, Salaiwada,Sawantwadi Mob.09422379568
