It was Saturday 13th September 2014. We made a long winding journey towards Muadzam Shah Pahang for a wedding invitation. Wan Afifi, an old friend was giving away her pharmacist daughter. The journey covered 220 km with a big portion going through countryside, green with oil palms. We agreed departing at 7.30 am but it eventually we took off by 8.30am. Yop, the eldest son drove all the way....
About 10 km before Muadzam Shah, there were rows of makeshift stalls by the roadside selling buah keranji - dialium indum or velvet tamarind. We grabbed two packets at RM5.00 each, and continued to Wan Afifi's place.
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| Keranji - Dialium indum, the velvet tamarind |
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| Keranji |
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| Keranji |
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| Keranji, the inside - soft and fluffy |
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| Keranji, the inside - soft and fluffy |
Keranji taste so wonderful, a sweet version of tamarind..!!
there goes the evergreen pantun,
Sorong papan tarik papan
Buah keranji atas perahu
Suruh makan saya makan
Suruh mengaji saya tak tahu
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Assalamualaikum Bangchik and KakDah, the keranjis look beautiful and rasa teringin sangat. It has been a while, and I just started a new blog, the address is on my profile. I am not sure what exactly my content would be but I need to write and post something. Your pantun brings back nostalgia but beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa ... keranjis are beautiful things.... their skin look very velvety, so the name goes ... keranji = dialium indum = velvet tamarind. Yeap, I took a peep at your new blog, keep the flair flowing ... beautiful.
Deletesalam kak dah;
ReplyDeletequite hard to have buah keranji in northern area...i used to have it in KB those days...mmg sedap
It seems keranji comes in two variety. Those shown are the bigger variety. The taste as always is masam masam manis...
DeleteI am not sure whether have I seen this before. But definitely have not tried them before. Interesting fruit!
ReplyDeletekitchen flavours..... now is the season, it will soon be over, so keep looking!!!
Deletejust recently i recieved a pantun for aidil fitri
ReplyDeletepush wood pull wood
keranji fruit inside a boat
hari raya got lots of food
but dont eat too muvh like agoat..:)
keranji is velvety sweet :)
Nice english pantun babypose,
DeleteI thought you are going to start off with
"Kuch Kuch Kota Hei........."