I always loved this fruit in my school days. Vendors used to sell these in the colony and my mom used to buy these for us. She used to buy the ripe ones thinking that they would be sweet. But, I have eaten only small sized ones in Hyderabad and now I see large ones in the US and I heard that these are mostly imported from Mexico.I made this drink with frozen Sapotas, bought from the Indian store last week.
It was very heavy on the stomach even though I made the drink with fat free milk, we even thought of skipping our dinner. I guess this is best served for the brunches on a busy day.
You need…
2 cups frozen Chikoo
2 cups fat free milk
1 tbsp dry fruit masala
2 tbsp cream (optional)
2 tbsp ricotta cheese (optional)
4 tbsp sugar (add more if you like)
- Put them all in a blender, blend and serve cold.
If you are not conscious of fatty stuff, then serve it with whipped cream.
Facts about Sapota/Chikoo
A rich source of digestible sugar, the chikoo is rich in protein, fibre and minerals like phosphorus, calcium and iron. Some like this fruit as it is fleshy while others savour it for its sweetness. The chikoo tree begins bearing fruit within three years of planting. One of the main reasons for its popularity with the gardeners is that there is no danger of pilferage of the fruit as it is ripened in the basket and not on the tree, where it remains hard, astringent and rich in latex (the milk that oozes out when it is scratched).
Not many people know that the latex extracted from the chikoo stem forms the base material for the chewing gum.
A boy selling Sapotas in India.
Picture source: Wikipedia
Content source: TribuneIndia
