In stockIt has an astringent taste; it can be bitter or a little sweet. The fruit is mixed into a variety of beverages and desserts, or preserved as jam. The scooped-out pulp from its fruits is eaten raw with or without sugar, or is blended with coconut milk and palm-sugar syrup and drunk as a beverage, or frozen as an ice cream. It is also used in chutneys and for making jelly and jam.Its pulp/paste is eaten with sugar or jaggery or even honey.
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