I Discovered The Fruit "Sweet Tamarind" In One Of The Local Malls !!

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While shopping in one of the Malls the other ay I have come across a pleasantly surprising fruit about which I never heard of before – The Sweet Tamarind! This was beautifully packed in a laminated cardboard box with an attractive design with a label of Sweet Tamarind, premium quality. Being a South Indian tamarind is nothing new for me. But sweet Tamarind was definitely a discovery by me at the Mall! Having purchased the packet of 250gms, I was pleasantly surprised at the taste and flavor of this fruit. By looks this was similar to ordinary tamarind. It was ripened one so the outer skin got turned into hull and it could be easily be break opened! The inside fruit was looking like ordinary tamarind, but was bit darker in color! The taste was absolutely sweet with the flavor of Tamarind without any traces of sourness! This is a product from Thailand and the nutritive value of the fruit is given as under: Each 100gms of this fruit contains – 314 Calories of Energy 2.9 gm of Proteins 75.6 gm of Carbohydrates 4.7 gm of Fiber 4.4 gm of Ash 141 mg of Calcium 165 mg of Phosphorous 0.9 mg of Iron 0.46 mg of Thiamine 0.01 mg of Riboflavin 1.3 gms of Niacin and 75 mg of Vitamin C. This lovely fruit is being packed and sold in the Indian market at Rs.70.00 per 250 gms with a shelf life of one year. Having got this fruit in the market and did some research on this product and found that it is supplied thorough out the World by Thailand and many people like to use this fruit as dessert and also as a part of break fast. Have you ever seen this fruit or tasted it? If you can get a chance to try this fruit, I would strongly recommend it and I am sure you will appreciate my taste!