Kantola / spine gourd, the small spiny vegetable can easily pass as a distant relative of the bitter gourd. They look somewhat similar in appearance but there is no similarity in taste.
Kantola / Spine gourd : Availability, Nutrition and usage
Category: Vegetables
Takla or Cassia Tora: Availability, Nutrition and usage.
Takla pronounced as टाकळयाची भाजी is a leafy vegetable that is specifically available during monsoons.
Phodshi – A lesser known Monsoon vegetable
As I was doing my grocery shopping yesterday, I saw a lady selling something that looked like grass along with other vegetables. I got curious and walked up to her to inquire about it. She mentioned that it’s called as Phodshi and is only available during the rains. She also said that it is called …
Dragon Stalk Yam (Shevala/Shevla)
With the first few showers of rains, you get a variety of interesting leafy vegetables which are available just for a short time. One such vegetable is Dragon Stalk Yam which is mainly available just before the monsoons begin. Though you do get it during the rains too though the ones you get just before …
Malabar Spinach/Mayalu : Availability, Nutrition and Usage.
Malabar Spinach was one of my grandma’s favorite leafy vegetable. Ever since she passed away somehow we never made it even though it is my mother’s favorite too. Suddenly around 1.5 months back my mother walked in with a Mayalu plant. My joy knew no bounds and I couldn’t resist going down the memory lane …