Chikku Usage:

Fully ripe Sapodillas are used in desserts or cut into half and served chill or the flesh of the fruit can be added even to fresh salads.

A wonderful dessert sauce can be made by blending the flesh with orange juice. Then whipped cream is added as a topping and served chill.

Sapodilla is added to the custard batter mix, before baking it, in order to give it a distinct flavor

In many countries like Indonesia and Malaya, it is fried and sometimes stewed with lime juice and ginger. In the Bahamas, the ripe fruits are strained, boiled and preserved as syrup.

Sapodilla pie was the invention of a lady in Florida, where the sapodilla is cut into apple like pieces and placed on the lower crust of the pie. Then lime juice is sprinkled and sugar is added to prevent it from becoming rubbery.

Even wine can be made out of the fruit and its high tannin content makes it useful as a source of dyes.

Shoots of the sapodilla plant are eaten raw or steamed with rice in Indonesia, after getting rid of the sticky sap.

The bark is rich in white, gummy latex called chicle (contains 15% rubber and 38% resin). It is the main ingredient in the manufacture of chewing gums.

It’s hard, heavy and durable wood which is use for building homes and furniture, tool handles, carts, etc.