Khirni

Manilkara hexandra

fruit

Small yellow berries tasting of sapodilla, sweet and slightly sticky, eaten fresh or dried, sold in summer at markets in northern India.

Origin

India and Sri Lanka

Season (United States)

April to June

Preparation

The berries are eaten raw, fully ripe, skin included, spitting out the seed; dried, they are nibbled like raisins.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its tree serves as rootstock for the sapodilla.