We are freely distributing a lot to friends and our society

This year we have abundant harvest of Jackfruit and this is the time, they are ready to be consumed. It's so interesting to see our festivals aligned with nature - they are first consumed on the day of Savitri Vrata, about which I wrote in my last post. Since Goddess Savitri lived in the forest, and was mostly eating fruits, women eat only fruits on that day. Also fruits are treated as sattvic food, pure and conducive for spiritual practice, so it makes sense for the occasion.

These twin brothers were resting on ground, and I brought the elder one on the right on the first occasion.

Each of them weighs more than 15 kg, so having them at such easy reach reduced my effort.

Then this was ready in another plant, and I had to bring a wooden tool to reach there and Mom had to help.

And remember this bunch from my last post in April ? See how they have grown in just about a month. So much so that, one of them got squeezed and destroyed. So we had to carefully cut few of them to allow space for the little ones.

So they are almost at a height of ten feet and I had to cut them carefully and leave on that table, and then take to the ground.

This is what remains now - they ripen fast, after cut, so leaving them on the plant gives more time to consume, but the down side is that, they no longer retain the same taste, if it rains. Unfortunately, its raining since last two days, ideally monsoon should have come in June second week, but we have some pre-monsoon rains happening now - you can never control nature.

There are a lot on the top of the plant and Mom has a tool to cut them but in an earlier incidence she tried that and met with an accident while cutting few of them solo - they fell and injured her, thankfully it was minor, but it left a mark. I have strongly advised her to not try that again, a weight of 15 kg falling on head could be dangerous. Like last year, we will call our friend from my Football team to help with them.

Who remembers this one from my last post , still holding strong - nature is amazing, isn't it ? This is the best variety and I am keeping track of it's progress, let's see how big it becomes.

Couple of them were kept in the front and these many in the back seat - certainly I know, we can't eat this many, but we also distribute them to friends and in the society. So even if it's a little difficult to bring them, I take the pain and the boy helps me after I arrive here. Those who know it's benefits, follow up every year - poor man's fruit has some amazing health benefits, that very few realize. For us, its now our breakfast every day, and we are saving the seeds to try something new - oven baked recipe. I will share how that goes on - they are used in curry, and taste nice, but I want something like snacks. In our native, we have a chullah, and putting these seeds in slow heat (the left out heat after cooking completes) produces mind blowing taste, but we have to find out a modern way using the oven. The boy is a big fan of them now, so I hope he will figure out something.

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