Two-day jackfruit mela in Mangalore attracts huge crowd

June 23: Savayava Krishika Grahaka Balaga organised two-day jackfruit mela. The mela was inaugurated at Balam Bhat Hall on Saturday, June 23. It had varieties of jackfruit products, fruits, millets and fritters on sale.
The mela had varity of jackfruit preparations like jackfruit halwa, payasam, ice cream, gulab jamun, and juice. Ready-to-fry fritters, chips and even popcorn and biscuits are being sold at the fair.
Wood apples which are exceptionally good for health and have several healing properties attracted the crowd. Using this incredible fruit several by-products like juice powder, dried wood apple, jam, khatta-meetha, chutney and even peda were sold at the mela.
Organic grains and millets are being sold for organic buffs. Unpolished grains are available as well as several millets including foxtail millet, kodo millet, barnyard millet and little millet. G M Swami, a seller from Davanagere, even sells biscuits made from millets. Fruits – including mangoes, pineapples and bananas – are being sold at the fair. Alphonso mangoes are going at Rs 120 a kg, Malgovas at Rs 100 a kg and Raspuri mangoes are being sold at Rs 90 a kg.
People had a choice of have a choice of jackfruit kababs, buns, sweet pickles, milkshakes, jackfruit seed preparations, ‘gatti’, ‘holige’, ‘sheera’, ‘dosa’ and several other food items which are being sold at the fair.