Recipe by: RUTHEY. A pound cake made with yogurt instead of sour cream. I have used this recipe for a long time and had misplaced it. I went to my daughter and had her give me another copy. .
You ar right, it is a berry. The botanical name is carissa carandas I or Carissa congesta Wight. Karonda is the common English name. A variety of this fruit is also called natal plum in English. In hindi, it is called Karwand. In Tamil, it is called Kalakai.
Stevia rebaudiana, also called as sweet leaf or sugar leaf, is the magical leaf in question. Native to Paraguay, it is widely distributed in the US, Brazil, Japan and other South-East Asian countries. It is locally called `Madhu patri' in Telugu, `Seeni tulasi' in Tamil and `Madhu parani' in Marathi.