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Jackfruit : Jack of all fruits #AtoZ fruits
In my childhood home in Kolkata, we have a small backyard. In an unpaved corner, my grandfather had planted a Jackfruit tree.I grew up eating fruit from our own tree, even in an urban setup.That was the beginning of my love for plants and trees.The shade of this tree made our home cool, even in the scorching summers.
In Bengali, the young tender jackfruit is called echor and the ripe variety ,kathal.The fruit is great cooked raw as a savoury dish, or eaten as a ripe fruit.Either way, it’s delicious if had at the right time.It has a tough slightly spiky outer skin and a very sticky inner gum ,which needs to be removed before the fruit can be enjoyed.
The seed of the fruit when dried and fried and gives a wonderful nutty flavour in dishes.The seeds can be boiled, fried or baked.Echor as the raw variety can be made into mouth-watering spicy dishes.It is often cooked just like mutton , with all spices possible.It makes a delicious nonvegetarian variation called echor chingri with prawns!
Jackfruit benefits
It’s a rich source of Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine and is a rare fruit which has significant amounts of B complex vitamins.It also has some amount of Vitamin C, E .The fresh fruit is also a good source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
Cool fact to improve GK & brain power
Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh.It is the largest of all fruits, weighing between 4.5 to 30 kg Jackfruit is a multiple aggregate fruit It is actually an inflorescence where each floret turns into a fruit
Jackfruit trees have up to 150 jackfruits during two yearly harvests.They grow in very hot climates and the tough skin of the fruits is a natural deterrent to pests.Jackfruit is grown across several countries of south and south-east Asia ,providing for some of the planet’s poorest and most populous countries.
India is the largest producer of Jackfruits an economically important tree.It is also an ornamental tree, popular for bringing good luck to the household.
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MondayMommyMoments week 15
Are you a teacher?Lawyer ?Doctor?Businesswoman, SAHM,WAHM, going to office mom?Wherever you are, whatever you do, I am sure you are a super busy, multitasking, hardworking creative woman.No less than our ten handed beautiful Goddess Maa Durga!
My daughter had once drawn her version of Maa Durga and put a laptop and stethoscope in two of her hands a 3rd hand holding her tiny little hand and said
Mumma she is just like you.
Oh, I felt happy that day.But I don’t feel that great when I actually do all this at the same time and feel like the proverbial headless chicken.Women are the epitome of power.Some days you don’t want to be powerful.just want to let things be and someone else take charge.
Thinking you don’t have a creative bone in your body?Well, I can guarantee you are forever finding new ways to stash those building blocks, the never ending stacks of drawing pages, crayons and what not!
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Creative Play with children #MondayMommyMoments
I love playing with my daughter.
Holidays are game marathons .But for a five year old ,everyday’s a new day ,full of new ideas for having fun.Together with her ,I relive all the fun memories of childhood.
Doodling is a favourite.
She draws or I draw .Then we colour together ,spending hours over getting the pictures right.Then she tells me a story ,looking at the picture and I tell her a story.Definitely a fun hour or two .
Playing with the blackboard decal and whiteboard are favourites too.
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We play teacher-teacher .Where she is the teacher and me or my hubby or sometimes both have to be students .Best way to make learning fun .
Crafting
Making hair clips ,headbands and necklaces using DIY kits ,is a recent favourite.
I have bought the kit online and supplemented it from my craft kit .Result is a totally productive and fun time spent, where mommy forgets to sneak off to write.
We paint our plant pots and decorate them together.
My balcony garden is a witness to our fun painting pot sessions.
We bake together .
My daughter will tell you the exact steps to bake a mouth-watering delicious chocolate cake.
Nail painting
We paint each others toe nails rainbow colours. It’s precision work at best and funny nail art at worst .
Play dress up and karaoke
We dress up and makeup funny songs to sing in popular tunes .
Playing with children is a wonderful stress buster and the best way to encourage lateral thinking, association ,imagination in children.It’s also a wonderful way to nurture the right brain of your child.
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