Category: Ingredients

Compilation of all wild, local, seasonal and exotic ingredients along with their nutritional values, culinary usage and recipes/

Ingredients, Vegetables

The flavorful Green Garlic and its nutritional benefits

Green Garlic

Green Garlic is a young garlic plant that looks beautiful. The foliage is flat, with a single garlic clove at the base, and has lush long roots. Every inch of the plant is edible.

Edible Flowers

Pumpkin Flowers – A seasonal delicacy

Pumpkin Flowers

The pumpkin flower is one of the edible flowers that are a part of many Indian cuisines. The flowers are bright yellow to orange blooms. They are fragile, beautiful and taste delicious. Since we grew pumpkins this year, we had plenty of these beauties. We used some of the pumpkin flowers while the pumpkins grew …

Vegetables

Do you know about the season’s special Navdhari Bhindi / Shravani Bhendi?

Navdhari bhindi

Navdhari Bhindi also known as the Shravani Bhendi or Gavathi Bhendi in Marathi is a variety of the lady’s finger/okra.