JoeGoaUk - GOA: Goa April / May Month Memory

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Goa April / May Month Memory - Fruits

Very nostalgic, will bring back anybody's childhood memories

Here come April/May

or
What April/May months remind you of?

this 'Charam' I have seen and ate after many many
years.

Infact, I even forgot about it. I saw at Margao yesteday

I even mistook it as 'Kannddam'

Charam

Charam (Latest and first time)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5618619961/

Pidkollam (Latest)

It even give beautiful flowers (see pic)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5618638455/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5618635769/

Flowers of pidkol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk38/5619226844/

2in1 Chuna-Kanddam

I remember those days at Agassaim ferry, some local women used

to sell 25p per folo or cone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3441589193/

Chunâ€™nam

We used to leave early morning say 4am with about 1.5 mtr long
stick with hook to bring the faraway or overhead branches closer.

they were shining/visible under the moonlight (Chandnem) so,
before sunrise was the ideal time for this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2447045990/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2432544120/

Kanddam

There is a saying in Konkani
'Kantto lagle xivai Canddam mevonai'

One had to bear the pain of the spiky thorns

'Hanv gelolom Kannddank

ting dol mhujea anddank'
Padd podom tea Kannddamchem
Sodd mhojea anddachem'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3534974566/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2432543498/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/516109547/

Khazur or hazur (dates)

We use to cut off the 'xevok' full of orange tiny dates (see
pic) bring home and leave in in the dark room usually under the
bed.

Next day you see upto 25% turned black and with 3 days 95% are
backen.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2458252933/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk25/4626491764/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk5/2459001968/

Zamllam

Wash it and apply little bit of salt and leave it out under
the sun for about an hou or so. Taste delicious.

We even used to make syrup out of it after deseeding it and
adding sugar and water.

'Kol Mama ani Kol Mamechi Kanni

Kol Mam bhonka pus-puson zamllam uddoita

Kol mamaghe ghor xennachem ani

Kolmameghe ghor mennachem'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3457856740/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3530064429/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/513313375/

Caju or Kaz (pl.Kazo )

Usually, we took a long creaper plant stem and stich them
together to make a 'gantonn'. Bring home wash,cut into 4 (throwing away the
bottom part of it (Kazu bonk) and sprinkle salt and then eat.

Kazu fenni, Kazu Urak, Kazu Niro, Kazu biyo ani
bibe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk2/2343065757/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk37/5577994211/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3344594787/

bibe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/516113473/

Zam

Everytime we went to the Zor (Spring) there was one large
three from where we used to eat 'Zam' (Wax fruit)

Few landlords' compound wall had some trees

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3464974481/