While the mango is considered ‘king of fruits’ in India, summer brings with it more than just this delight.
In the picture below, you can see raspberries at the bottom, black mulberries in the middle, and cherries to the right. The other ones I like are Cape Gooseberry (called ‘Rasbhari’ in Hindi) and Blackberry or Java Plum (called ‘Jamun’).
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India’s hill stations like Manali, Mussoorie, and Auli have an amazing variety of fruits.
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Oh yum to all of these. 🙂
Where do we get these in India?? :O I just resigned myself to the fact that I’ll have to spend a bomb everytime I want to taste berries. I can pick them for free?!
The pic is from one of my visits to North India. Luckily, you can get even more variety – gooseberries, lychees etc. Maharashtra’s hills like Mahabaleshwar are known for strawberries. My absolute favorite is the lychee (an internet search shows me it belongs to the soapberry family).
Can you please please tell me which part of North India? I’d love to be able to go there and have berries in peace 🙂
The pic was taken in Nainital. You can get them in Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh etc. Do visit, enjoy and send me a few. 😉
I love these fruits,
Yup, so do I Rajesh. Thanks for passing by.
looks fresh and nice 🙂
I didn't know those are called raspberries. We pahadi call them Kafal. It's one of my favourite fruit along with lychee. But nowadays it has been commercialized a lot. Earlier we used to get them for free, now you get them for around 200-300 rs/ kg which is an outrageous amount for pahadi people. 😛 This year I couldn't get my hands on kafal as I was in Delhi during the season. I did have black mulberries (called Kimu here) as I went for my cousins wedding to my village. I wish I could attach pictures in comment. I didn't know that people sell them in market. It is a free product for us.
We have even more berries in our village, some orange colored, some pinkish and violet…I don't know their names.
Ah, this picture brought back so many memories. Thanks for enlightening people that berries are available in India. You could anytime come to Uttarakhand and have some. 🙂
You guys are so lucky to have the good fortune of living in the hills – I know it could be tough climbing up and down most of the time but the surroundings are so lovely. Thanks for telling me about the other berries – are the orange ones called 'rasbhari' in hindi? Do you get lychee – they're pink or reddish on a yellowish green base?
I used to live in the hills in my childhood. Its been 12 years since I left my home. Now, I go there on holidays so I miss most of these things.
No rasbhari is different… Infact I had never seen rasbhari before going to Delhi. The orange ones I am talking about are called hisalu in our language. They are like wild jungle fruits. I don't think you'll get those in markets but they are definitely tastier than the black mulberries. Most of these are not sold in markets, only local people know about them. and yes we have lychee trees in my maternal village, but mostly we buy them from the market only.
My parents are based in Kathgodam right now, which is not a hilly area but it is the gateway to Kumaon. If you have been to Nainital, you must have passed Kathgodam first. And my parents have planted Lychee trees in our garden…haven't given any fruit yet but in the next 1-2 years we'll surely get some.
If you ever happen to visit kumaon again, I'll try to help you to taste all these wild berries. I am sure you'll love it. 🙂
Thanks, Mona! I would love to drop in some time.