Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day ‘Jackfruit Festival,’ organised by Sahaja Samrudha Samsthe and Rotary Club of Mysore West at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, concluded last evening. The response was overwhelming from the public and many of them crowded the stalls where peeled fruit pods and snacks made out of jackfruits were being sold at cheap prices.
The dishes included halasina happala, ice cream, chips, halwa, vada, payasam kebab, holige, burfi and pulav. Growers from Mysuru, Kundapura, Karkala Mangaluru, H.D. Kote, Periyapatna, Hubballi, Dharwad and even Tamil Nadu had brought their fruits — of many varieties, flavour, sweetness and taste — and the visitors were spoilt for choice. Many exclaimed at the sheer number of varieties of the yellow fruit.
