The rind is the greenish outer layer that we throw out after we reduce the fruit for its purple inside.
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The summer season season is on and the fruit market is flush with the watermelon (‘turbuz’ in Hindi, ‘vathakkai’ in Tamil, ‘tormuj’ in Bengali, and Citrullus lanatus in botany), with its green-yellow striped skins and reddish interiors studded with darkish seeds. The watermelon got here to India from Africa, and is now ranked alongside apples, bananas, oranges, and grapes as one of the prime 5 most cultivated fruits on the planet.
Given the weather conditions in India, watermelons have grow to be utterly Indian over the centuries. It is a scrumptious fruit and is definitely cultivated, marketed, and consumed in rural and city areas. In his e book A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food (1998), Okay.T. Achaya famous the conventional use of many gourds, together with the watermelon, in day by day meals and as fruits.
Published – April 17, 2026 05:00 am IST
