While my mother and I stopped at a coffee powder shop (a regular place) to buy Coffee powder, there was an old man selling Greens (Keerais) and alongside, he had a few Baby Jackfruit (Palamusu / Palakkai in Tamizh) arranged neatly. Curious, the coffee powder guy who hails from a village asked my mother what is that and what they make out of it!.
I was surprised!.If only a purely city bred person had asked this question, I would not have been surprised. It was an interesting question from him and my mother gave good explanation.
Adding a surprise to me was, he said in his native place(Andhra) , they pluck Agathi leaves (don't know the exact English word for Agathi keerai) and stock and feed to goats during rainy season as they would not be able to go in rain for want of food.. And also I heard from him that they do not sell Maavadu also. Rather they do not use that at all!. And he also said, "Madras la dhaan madam ellathaiyum kaasakkaranga!". (Only in Madras, they make money out of everything).
The surprise element was I was on a thought that only in villages, they make food out of such types(full utilization). Perhaps he does not know what Tamilnadu villages do!...
I heard that they make Koottu, Vegetable (poriyal/ karamathu) out of Palakkai. Why not we also try it :-)!!.
Hi, i am from a village in KanyaKumari district. In villages the vegetables and the greens are available very frequently. Hence people will not think of selling it. We have banana farming. We will not sell the banana flower. We used to give it to the goats in our home or we will use to make porial some days. In Chennai only i found they are selling Banana flower for 10 rs. I was shocked when i saw that first time.
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