In the compound of the YWCA International Guest House in Delhi I saw several 'hazara' trees. This is what we called this tree as children ... 'hazara' means 'thousands'. This is a variety of kumquat, with sour fruit and a thin sweet rind. We would pop the whole fruit, rind and all, in our mouths. My mother would make marmalade from the fruit; and my father would bottle the juice to mix with soda water in the very hot summer weather. It was so tempting to try to pick some of these!
I arrived during the 'ber' season, and I had to get some as it has been 20 years at least since I've had any. On Wikipedia I find the scientific name is Ziziphus Mauritana. Now I have to figure out a way to clean these enough to eat without getting sick (following the traveller's advice to never eat unpeeled fruit)! They are about the size of a large olive and are crunchy somewhat like an apple.
I arrived during the 'ber' season, and I had to get some as it has been 20 years at least since I've had any. On Wikipedia I find the scientific name is Ziziphus Mauritana. Now I have to figure out a way to clean these enough to eat without getting sick (following the traveller's advice to never eat unpeeled fruit)! They are about the size of a large olive and are crunchy somewhat like an apple.
