Bread-fruit in Malayalam
Breadfruit is കടച്ചക്ക (kadachakka), the starchy fruit cooked as a vegetable in Kerala kitchens. Its name ends in the same element as the jackfruit it resembles. The tree itself is കടപ്പിലവ് (kadappilavu).
Most common translation
A kind of fruit used in cooking, bread-fruit.
അമ്മ കടച്ചക്ക കൊണ്ട് കറി ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
amma kadachakka kondu kari undaakki.
Mother made a curry with breadfruit.
All Malayalam words for “bread-fruit”
- കടച്ചക്ക (kadachakka) — A kind of fruit used in cooking, bread-fruit.
- കടപ്പിലവ് (kadappilavu) — Bread-fruit tree.
കടച്ചക്ക (kadachakka) is the fruit and കടപ്പിലവ് (kadappilavu) the tree it grows on.
Common questions
How do you say bread-fruit in Malayalam?
കടച്ചക്ക (kadachakka).
What is the tree called?
കടപ്പിലവ് (kadappilavu).