Maithraye Shenoy, a homemaker of Pandeshwara in Mangaluru has also rustled up a “health drink” from jackfruit seed powder. Culinary innovators say they have a coffee alternative: jackfruitIs powdered jackfruit seed likely to displace coffee and become a ‘health drink’ to boot? Meanwhile, a commercial company at Taliparamba, near Kannur, is already marketing jackfruit seed powder. The processed seed powder is the result of one year of ‘research’ and is naturally free from caffeine. Three cups of “health drink” could be prepared, he says, from one spoon of his as yet untested powder.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2016 18:05 UTC