Category: Wild Foods

Wild Foods are the lesser known foods from different regions along with their nutritional content, usage and culinary uses.

Wild Foods

Nali Bhaji and its amazing benefits

water spinach

Unlike its name, Nali Bhaji/Water Spinach does not belong to or is related to the spinach family. Water spinach is a semi-aquatic perennial plant that proliferates in moist/ damp soil mainly around waterbodies/ditches etc and belongs to the Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory) family. It is Native to Asia and thus is easily available in India, Nepal, …

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Gongura Greens: A Forgotten Adaptogen

Ambadi

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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Phodshi – A lesser-known unique Ranbhaji

Phodshi

While doing my grocery shopping yesterday, I saw a lady selling something that looked like grass and other vegetables. I got curious and walked up to her to inquire about it. She mentioned that there is a ran bhaji called Phodshi that is only available during the rains and hence is called Devkrupa bhaji because …