Comfort fruit

Mango may be king and custard apple is a personal favourite; Chikoo and strawberry may make the best milkshakes and if exotic is your taste, there are the persimmons. The lychee has always held aphrodisiacal magic for me and I know people who salivate at the mention of an ice-apple. When it comes to ‘comfort’ fruit, however, there is nothing to beat the banana. No matter where it comes from, the banana rarely makes it to the exalted front-shelf of a fruit stall. But no fruit comes close to the earthy, at-home, soul-nourishing experience of a ripe banana.