FRUITY FRIDAY : SAWO MANILA

Last week I got a special gift from my friend, a plastic bag of Sawo.
Look the little tree on my friends garden.

There are a plentiful fruits hanging on the tree.
So lovely...

The mature fruits...
The fruit is usually picked when the fruit have mature enough, but the flesh is still hard and tough.

The fruit clusters are appearing on the end of the branches.

I have already shared you about the fresh fruit after it have already picked.
Now, I'm sharing you about the fruit inside.

Yesterday morning, I checked my rice box, and I found some Sawo fruits have already ripen.
The fruits were a little bit tender.

Then I cut it, and I saw its juicy flesh.
I tasted it, emmmhhh.... very very sweet and the smell is very good.

We can find 1-4 seeds inside, between the flesh.
The seed is black and almost flat.
We (Javanese) call the seed as 'Kecik'.

 

When I was a little girl, I used to play a traditional game for girls, the game is called 'Dakon' or 'Congklak'.
We use a wooden board with holes on it and some Sawo seeds
In that  game, we also hone our skill on numeracy.
That's a pair game.
I love that game! 

 

So... I collect the seeds for my daughter.
And I hope she could play that game, an old fashion game, a traditional game.
This fruit is sweet and tasty, and also remind me in to my childhood.
A lovely fruit...
Thanks friend for this lovely fruit...