It's Purple, It's Grape-like, It's Jamun! & Diwali Greetings!
>> Saturday, 17 October 2009
From the bark to the leaves, to the fruit and its seeds - the Jamun tree is another of nature's wonderful gifts. Apart from providing vitamins A & C, Jamun contains antioxidants that can fight certain diseases and help protect our bodies. Read this week's column to find out more about Jamun. This fruit also makes excellent wine and vinegar because of it high tannin content. The easiest way to get its nutrients is to eat it as is or make a juice with it. At the end of the column, you will find my recipe for Jamun Juice. Click here.
You can check out Shaheen's love of the Jamun.
A blessed Diwali to everyone! Today, Hindus the world over are celebrating their biggest festival - the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil. From Nepal to Indonesia, Singapore to Sri Lanka, Japan to South Africa, Britian to Australia, Guyana to Fiji, Diwali is being observed in a major way. In Caribbean countries such as Guyana, Suriname & Trinidad & Tabago, today is designated as a national holiday. Read my previous post about Feasting at Festivals.
55 comments:
Gorgeous grapes; and happy holidays! :)
Hi Cynthia,
It has been a while since I visited some of my favorite blogs. :)
Best wishes to you and your family for the festival season.
Cynthia, thanks for the wishes, I grew up having a jamoon tree in our backyard. amazing fruit
Cynthia,
First... as usual your pictures are fantastic. They make my mouth water :-)
We have this fruit too, in Indonesia. However, it has become a rare item. Ours is slightly more elongated.
Oh... I am so homesick now!
Happy Diwali to you and your loved ones Cynthia. Jamun looks so much like grapes. Never heard of it before.
Beautiful! Happy Holidays!
Cheers,
Rosa
Grapes looks gorgeous... Nice pics...
Happy Diwali....
haven't had a jamun in years. my grandfather had a tree. and happy divali to you too.
I just had to click through to see whether Jamun was related to the dessert Gulab Jamun. :)
Happy Diwali! We had a parade, here, the other day.
Happy Diwali! Now this is a fruit that I have not seen and I dont think its going to be an easy one to find!
Ah, I remember jamun in Trinidad being a little longer in shape too...Lovely photos as usual. Glad you found it in Barbados.
Cynthia, Jamun is again one of the fruits we enjoyed A LOT when I used to live in Hyderabad. Its been so long I have tasted them. Nostalgic indeed!
The Jamun available there used to be slightly elongated, and not round as shown in the picture above. Perhaps they differ in shapes.
We enjoyed these delicious tarty fruits exactly the way Shaheen has explained in her post.
Cynthia, first guava, than Jamun, you are making me immensely homesick gal!!
Happy Holiday Cythia--I have never had a jamun-they look delicious!
One is definitely never too old to learn....thanks for the info,I have never heard of this before.
Happy Diwali Cynthia!
We get Jamun in two varieties in South India. One is small and the other one is big oblong shape and look like grape!
The bigger one is quiet popular for diabetic! We use to toss some salt with jamun and eat :) Heaven! I never know we can make drink!
I remember hearing the name, but for some reason I don't recall the fruit. I'll have to give my mum and/or dad a call. I'm sure there was a tree in our village that would help me remember.
Divali greetings to everyone.
Happy Cooking
Chris
Happy Diwali Cynthia !
Best wishes for the holiday. I have never heard of a jamon. What a versatile little fruit. I just love the colour. You are lucky to be able to grow these.
Those are gorgeous. They look like a cross between really juicy grapes and really juicy blueberries.
Indigenous jamuns now cost as much as imported apples here in India! Some company launched a packaged jamun juice here but it didn't do well and they took it off, I think. Happy Diwali!
Dear Cynthia,
Terrific post, I am simply drooling! Jamun or Jamoon is one is my favorite fruits and most missed fruits, since I haven't had it in 28 years. Martin and I are going to a farm in Schnectady, upstate New York where we wil get our milk with the thick cream directly of course from the cow. We are so excited. Thanks for the memories. You are a sweet person because you inspire good things. Good luck always,
Your Friend Deborah
Wish you and your family a very Happy Deepavali!
Cynthia, I never heard of Jamun fruit. Sounds so good and healthy.
Thank you so much for this great information. You know that I love fruits, all kind of fruits.
Happy Diwali to you and your family!
Hi Cynthia, I never heard of this fruit, but the color is so vivid from your gorgeous photo's. It just screams antioxidants and good for you juice!
xox
Lovely jamuns Cynthia! I love them. I liked the way they used to colour my lips after having them...sorta like a natural lipstick :) I didnt know that the bark as well as the leaves were useful! Thanks for the info.
Wow we get this back in India tooo.
They sell in the streets on the shopping street. Never knew we could make jiuce from them.
Late Happy Deepavali wishes.
This is new! Love the colour!
happy diwali to you too cynthia. love the pic of the juice being poured into the goblet....
Cynthia,
wish you happy diwali too ...and pics ae gorgeous as usual...
we get the elongated variety never seen round ones in fact ...jamun juice wow i bet these must very tasty ...
hugs and smiles
These look awesome nad have a nice and fun times!! pictures are lovely,
Happy Diwali!
gloria
Beautiful color Cynthia..We grew up eating jamoons in season back home.
I never seen this fruit...looks very interesting...wish to try it :-) Happy Holidays!
every single time i walk in here, i go back some 20 years. It has been 15 years since I have had Jamun. i could have another episode of memory outburst related to these fruits:-) but I will just say that I would color my doll's clothes purple with Jamun! Gorgeous pictures Cynthia.
Happy Diwali wishes remain for you & your family..I have been thinking that if I cannot go to India, I should at least make a visit to you for some "Taste like Home".
I love these jamuns sprinkled with some salt! Yummy! Hope you had a wonderful diwali!
Wow, they look so much like cherries! So beautiful and shiny. I'd love to try that juice!
Happy Diwali Cynthia :D
I love love Jamuns, and your post took me right back to the streets of my home town in India, where we eagerly waited for our usual fruit vendor to bring us Jamuns when the season began. Gorgeous pics as always!
Belated Happy Diwali wishes to you, Cynthia!
I used to love jamun as a kid since we had a jamun tree in our backyard. it is very good for diabetes..
HI! Cintya!!!!!!!
how are you
your blog is ever stupend
kisses
Yamun...now there's a new one! Beautiful colour!
ronelle
Hi cynthia,
how are you dear.? its been long time ....u laways rock with yummy recipes....its nice u remember me in ur busy schedule:)
It looks just like grapes!!!. If you hadnt said its jamun i would have taken it to be grapes:) . But one thing in your column is right, something thats very true in our country, we look for the more expensive outside food rather than exploring the local dishes and fruits grown in our own back yards.
I would love to try this Jamun juice! Gorgeous pictures!
Thanx for the wishes cynthia.
Jamun snaps of urs brought back my childhood,we had a jamun tree and everyday morning during the season we sisters used to go and collect jamun in a bucket and wash it and eat it after bfast.
Wonderful snaps and honestly was not aware that diwali is done in so many countries.
Firstly Belated Happy Diwali To you, I never knew the Day is observed as National Holiday in Caribbean countries..amazing !
Regarding Jamuns..then these were one of our Fav. My childhood went by relishing these,along with the watermelons, the berries, the Karwandas(Blue berries of maharashtra), fresh green chickpeas,Shahtoot(mulberries)..ahh the good old days
We generally soak the jamuns in some salted water for 15-30 minutes,the salt kinda seep in, and the berries taste better that way, also many times, these are infested with small worms, so soaking in salt water pulls the worm out of jamuns.
We also clean and sun dry the seeds and grind those to a powder, to be consumed by the Diabetic parents of mine.
Lovely pictures as usual and I had fallen in love with the wonderful colour of the Juice :-)
Happy Diwalli to you and yours.What a beautiful fruit I never had before. Your pics are amazing beautiful
As children, our favourite pastime was to see who had the purplest tongue after gorging on jamuns....
I learned something new today:-) Thanks!!
Oh dear, this is the first time I know about this fruit. Thanks for the info.
Sorry for not stopping by at yours lately, I have been very busy and unable to update my blog:(
anyway may you have a great holiday!
Belated Diwali wishes Cynthia ! The jamun pictures bring back memories of my childhood :-)
Happy (belated) Diwali! As always, your pictures are stunning. The colors are just jumping off the screen, Cynthia!
Hi Cynthia,
You just took me way back to eons ago. I love Jamun... Happy Diwali to you and your family..
BTW it's Daycia.. I sent you an email as well.. Love the blog the pics are gorgeous
We had tons of these fruit trees in my college but it was so hard to get unharmed fruits since nobody bothered plucking them, we only got the ones that ripened and fell from the tree :)
What an incredible colour! I'd never heard of this fruit before. Belated best wishes Cynthia!
Belated Diwali wishes. Jamuns look perfect. I am glad that you could find those native fruits there...
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