Origin & Heritage
Allahabadi Safeda grafts planted along the farm's western windbreak, fruiting heavily from November through February.
Seasonal Fruits
Country Guava
More Vitamin C Than an Orange
One guava covers a whole day of vitamin C - four times what an orange gives, weight for weight. Winter fruit at its plainest and most useful.
What It Eats
Rain-fed, with farmyard manure only. No synthetic fertiliser on the windbreak row.
How It Is Raised
Allahabadi Safeda grafts, picked firm so they reach you crisp rather than soft.
Why It Is Worth It
One guava covers an entire day of vitamin C, and the seeds and skin together carry more fibre than most fruit twice its size.
Nutrition
About 68 kcal per 100 g.
228 mg / 100 g
Vitamin C
5.4 g / 100 g
Fibre
68 kcal / 100 g
Calories
Nov-Feb
Season
At a Glance
- About 4x the vitamin C of an orange
- Very high fibre, good for digestion
- Low glycaemic index, diabetic-friendly
- Season: November to February
Recipes
Amrood Chaat
10 min
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 firm guavas
- 1 tsp black salt
- 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- Juice of half a lemon
- A few mint leaves
Method
- 1 Cut the guava into rough cubes - keep the skin and the seeds, that is where the fibre and most of the vitamin C sit.
- 2 Toss with black salt, cumin, chilli and lemon.
- 3 Tear mint over the top.
- 4 Eat immediately, while it is still crisp. Guava chaat does not wait.
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