A Local Mash Melon that smells of musk melon and tastes amazingly different!
Monsoon in Goa is heavy and we get produce that is typical to the season. During the heavy downpour, you will get “akur” which literally means the tender shoots, chavali shoots.
But we all wait for the end of rains when we get wild mushrooms and Chibud. The market towards the end of monsoons just before Ganesh Chathurthi flooded with this delicious fruit. In fact, Chibud is put on Matoli, a traditional decoration of fruits and flowers over the idol of Lord Ganesh!
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What is Chibud?
Chibud is an Indian variety of melon also called Chiber, Mash Melon, but botanically clarified as Cucumis Melo. It is a large melon native to Goa.
The size of Chibud is medium to large. This oblong-shaped melon is golden or green in colour with cream-coloured stripes along its length.
How does Chibud taste?
Chibud smells like muskmelon the flesh is light orange with a white tint of white with an orange tint. Like any other melon, it has seeds in the centre that is easy to remove. The fruit by itself has hardly any taste but it is tender and juicy.
How does one serve Chibud?
Chibud is never cooked. It is used to make a fruit salad and is served by itself.
There are some who add sweetened coconut milk to the chopped fruit but we are yet to develop a taste for it.
However, there are people who swear by pairing it with coconut milk, jaggery, rice, lime, black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, banana, mango, muskmelon and coconut meat.
The way we love our Chibud is when it is paired with lemon, sugar and pepper.
Ingredients:
- Chibud
- cup sugar
- lemon juice
- pepper powder, freshly ground
Method:
- Cut the Chibud remove the skin and the seeds.
- Chop up and transfer to a bowl.
- Add sugar, lemon juice and pepper. Gently toss the fruit.
- In about 1 hours time you can serve it.
How to Serve Chibud?
Equipment
- Bowl
- Knife
Ingredients
- 1 Chibud
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon pepper powder freshly ground
Instructions
- Cut the Chibud remove the skin and the seeds.
- Chop up to smaller bite-sized pieces and transfer to a bowl.
- Add sugar, lemon juice and pepper. Gently toss the fruit.
- Set aside for some time.
- In about 1 hours time you can serve it. Generally, I chop it in the morning and serve it in the afternoon or at night. The flavours deepen then.
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Sapna says
Wow O have never heard of this fruit. But the way you served it is literally making me drool.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Sapna.
Mayuri Patel says
Wow, not heard of this kind of melon but it sure sounds like a yummy fruit. With sugar, lemon and pepper -- my mouth is watering.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Mayuri.
Sujata Roy says
A new fruit for me. Its looks so tempting. Loved this simple easy yet delicious recipe. Lemon juice and sugar made it refreshing.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks.
Renu says
At first I was thinking what is chibud. Love this fruit, we get 3-4 varieties of musk melon and I just eat one last week.We too make this with sugar but never added lemon to it. would try.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Renu.
sasmita says
Goan Melon sounds interesting to me ! The bowl is so refreshing with all these simple dressings in it 🙂
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks,Sasmita.
Jayashree T.Rao says
I think I have had this, it is really good and keeps the body cool. We rarely get it here.
ArchanaPotdar says
Come over after rains and you will get them aplenty.
Babajee says
This fruit Chibhda is used in pickle in Gujarat I’ve had it and enjoy it very much. It has a nice chewy texture and absorbs the pickle masala well.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thank you this is new to me. Will check it out.