When travellers alight from buses in the busy Muttipala area of Manjeri city in Malappuram district of Kerala they can now have a quick bite at the Alnas Jackfruit Restaurant, the only one of its kind in the country.
Started by Shiji and Shaji, a couple, the restaurant opened in the second week of May, shortly after the Kerala government's announcement that jackfruit would be the state’s official fruit. It was inaugurated by V.S. Sunil Kumar, Kerala’s agriculture minister.
The restaurant, named Alnas after the couple’s daughter, is small with. . .