Just like other popular tropical fruits like mangoes and bananas, chickoos are extremely sweet, fleshy and energizing fruits. Although the external brown appearance of chickoos might not be appealing at first, the taste of their internal soft, ripe, granular flesh will keep you wanting more of these fruits. Besides, they're loaded with plenty of nutrients, making them healthy to consume.
The papaya, papaw, or pawpaw is the plant Carica papaya, one of the 22 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae. Its origin is in the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighboring Central America.
Guava is an evergreen shrub which is grown for its delicious edible fruits. Guavas can be eaten in several ways and have various health benefits. The Indian guava exporter exports tonnes of guavas to different parts of the world each year. The guava export from India has been rapidly growing due to the growing demand of the fruit worldwide. The export of guava from India is a good business opportunity for many local farmers and vendors today.
The sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable.
Mustard greens are an excellent source of many vitamins including vitamin K, vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), vitamin C and vitamin E. They are also an excellent source of the minerals copper, manganese, and calcium.
While uncooked, the matoke is white and fairly hard; cooking turns it soft and yellow. The matoke is then mashed while still wrapped in the leaves or bags and often served on a fresh banana leaf. It is typically eaten with a sauce made of vegetables, ground peanut, or some type of meat (goat or beef)
Versatile in cooking, Green Chawli is also packed with protein. Use it in hot and cold meal preparations, from curries to salads. As a bean, Green Chawli is packed with vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients, making you feel nourished but not stuffed.
Kenya eggplant is a succulent, purple plant than can be classified botanically as a berry. It belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. ... A regular Kenya eggplant produces a deep purple, either perfectly pear-shaped or slightly lopsided fruit. Each plant produces about 4 -6 large fruits.
The Guar or cluster bean, with the botanical name Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, is an annual legume and the source of guar gum. It is also known as Gavar, Guwar, or Guvar bean.
Green plantains are distinguished by their age. They are simply the younger immature stage of the fruit. Their peel is thin and they have a very firm and starchy textured, lean-flavored flesh due to their very low sugar content. As plantains ripen, they develop a sweet taste and their color changes from green to yellow to black.
The lemon, Citrus limon Osbeck, is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily Northeastern India.
Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as a scarlet gourd, tindora, and kowai fruit, is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where it forms a part of the local cuisine. Coccinia grandis is cooked as a vegetable.
There are a number of varieties of aubergines (eggplant). The pink ravaiya is native to India. The stem is often spiny. The flowers are white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The fruit is fleshy, less than 3 cm in diameter on wild plants, but much larger in cultivated forms.
Pointed gourd is a well-known vegetable in the Indian sub-continent and is commonly known as parval. All the members of the gourd family provide many health benefits and they are especially good in the treatment of urinary problems and diabetes.
Garlic is made of several heads wrapped in thin whitish layers. They are firm and have a mild flavour. Once crushed, they emit a strong and pungent aroma.
A root vegetable with a crisp texture and a peppery hot flavor. The hotness of the radish varies from mild to very strong, depending on the age and type.
Yellow plantains are a cooking banana popular in Latin, Asian and African cuisines. Like the firmer green plantains, these are also fried into tostones but they emerge sweeter, softer, less savory. Yellow plantain cubes or slices can also be added to soups and stews for potato-like bulk and thickener.
Eggplant is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae grown for its often purple edible fruit. Although eggplant is the common name in the United States, in British English, it is called aubergine, and in South Asia and South Africa, brinjal.