Kapok Buds (Marathi Moggu) Grams:1000

Kapok Buds (Marathi Moggu) Grams:1000Kapok Buds or Marathi Moggu are used in the popular South Indian rice dish "Bisi Bele Bath". Marathi Moggu is usually fried in oil before use to release its full flavour, which is similar to that of a combination of mustard and black pepper. Kapok Buds or Marathi Moggu, best described as a type of caper, are the dried buds of the Kapok tree or the Silk Cotton tree. It is called moggu in Kannada and mogga in Telugu which literally means a bud. Moggu is

It is used crushed in Punjabi marinades for Tandoori starters

Many dessert recipes such as apple pie

Glossary Botanical name Nelumbo nucifera  Common name Dried Lotus Seeds

Karshaphala

both soluble and insoluble

fragrant flavour and aroma are intoxicating

Mullilavu  Telugu Mogga

Ilavangappattai  Urdu Darchini

but that only reinforces its culinary credentials

You can add sliced apricots to hot or cold cereal

Allow the mixture to cool and then bottle the oil in airtight containers while discarding the sediment

The kokum fruit from which it is made is wild harvested