Bread from the Wild_2009 March Cycad Newsletter

Title: Bread from the Wild_2009 March Cycad Newsletter
Description: Cycas cincinalis also locally called 'Eenth' in kerala, it is a small evergreen, palm like tree growing to 25ft. In this article , the popular uses of cycas seed flour are Highlighted, still in many part of kerala are eating foods from the flour, The flour of cycas cincinalis seeds called 'Eenthakka podi' is still popular in Kerala. The seeds are collected in the month of June through August in kerala. leach well before eat, there are two ways to leach the seed, There are recipes for cycas seed flour, such as ' pidy', 'Idly', 'Puzukku'. food, fibre, medicine, fodder, construction, etc was the non-commercial products, Honey, medicinal plants and other fruits are for the commercial porpuse.
Contributor: C.S. Saneesh
Date: March 2009
Format: .pdf
Language: English
Publisher: Keystone Foundation
Tag: Cycas circinals Male and Female cones, nilambur, waynad and palakad of kerala,

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