Fresh Kokum, Color : Red

Listing ID #4838555

Primarily kokam is used as a garnish, just to add an acid flavour to curries. Both the ripened rind and juice of kokam fruit are used in cooking. The dried and salted rind of the fruit is used as a condiment in curries. We make use of kokam in the preparation of cooling syrups while kokam butter is used as an edible fat which is nutritive, antiseptic and demulcent. The kokam tree is found in southern india and in the evergreen forests of assam, khasi, jantia hills, west bengal and gujarat.