Kudachya Shenga: A monsoon special ranbhaji
Kudachya Shenga are long tender beans that grow wild in the forest. Hence called ranbhaji aka wild edible food.
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Ingredients
Aakur/Ankur: The Monsoon special edible fern
Aakur/Ankur is an edible fern that grows in marshy and mangrove areas. In fact, it is considered to be a delicacy in Goa.
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Ramphal : The bullock heart fruit
As a kid, I always believed my grandfather loved this fruit “Ramphal” because they shared a connection to “Ram” through their name.
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Longan and its health-nutritional benefits
Longans also known the ” Dragon eye fruits” or Euphoria are delicious sweet tiny fruits.
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Karanda/Air Potato: The lesser-known yam
Karanda/ Air Potato or yam is a true yam that belongs to the yam family.
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Asparagus: Types, Nutrition, and usage.
Asparagus...
Finally, I got my hands on this amazing ingredient. I had always seen on screen (mainly in western cookery shows) or read in books. I knew how it felt, tasted, looked from all the descriptions I had but that doesn’t really justify, does it? There is something about looking, feeling, tasting, and cooking a food ingredient.
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Ambadi/ Gongura: What makes it unique?
Ambadi or Gongura is one of the popular local greens in certain cuisines. I first learned about it from a local vendor who asked me to taste these deliciously intriguing sour greens but I learned more about the usage of gongura from my Bengali friends. Gongura is widely used in the Northeast and Andhra Cuisine.
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