Uma reminded me the other day about chikoo - a sweet, juicy, local fruit that looks like a kiwi crossed with a potato and tastes like a chocolatey apple — only better.
So I asked for some when we went to the small village market on the way home from the ashram.
“Adha kilo chikoo,” I said.
The small crowd that had gathered had a good laugh. One of them repeated my words, complete with thick Chicago accent. We all laughed again.
Then I learned it’s pronounced chiKOO, not CHIkoo.
However you say it, it makes a great breakfast salad with grapes and papaya.
Jai Guru
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