Yes, Didi, I bought those for growing the plant. Regards
On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > Nice, Surajit > > > dont eat the seeds > these are surely sold for growing radishes > so may have been coated/treated with many chemicals to prevent sprouting > on their own > and anti-fungal and anti-helmenthic meds > and god only knows what else.. > it does not seem to be a highly controlled/inspected affair > > > EATING the seedpods is a different story... > if i find some this winter i'll post the pictures > in this thread > > usha di > > > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 9:34 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This is the picture of seeds of radish. I can't say if it is red or white >> variety. I haven't seen any other than the red or white or reddish-white. >> Both red and white are of same size. We eat only the root and leaves. I do >> not have any story on seeds, except that I bought a few today. To me radish >> leaves are tasy SHAK/SHAG (leafy veg.). >> In our childhood we used to eat GOTA-SEDDHO >> <http://whiffofspice.blogspot.in/2013/02/saraswati-puja-and-nostalgic-gota.html> >> during Saraswati Puja. It was not that tasty but novel surely.. in the >> sense that we did not eat GOTA-SEDDHO during any other time of the year. >> Radish played an important part in GOTA-SEDDHO! Surely not all vegetables >> were cooked whole, ie. without chopping them, as have been described in the >> websites. >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great response Nalini >>> >>> now that we have talked of this >>> >>> if you'll keep it in mind and take pictures if you ever see them in >>> germany or that neck of the woods even supermarket or open air farmers >>> market >>> it would be very interesting >>> to find that two different widely different cultures eat the pods >>> >>> I'll look forward to it... >>> >>> whenever serendipity finds it for you ... >>> its welcome >>> >>> Yes Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to you and yours. >>> >>> >>> Madhuri does not automatically look at all cases here anymore >>> I will forward this thread to her... >>> >>> usha di >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Nabha Meghani <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> well Usha di, >>>> as far as i remember the pods you are talking about we call in >>>> maharashtra "Dingri". Am I correct Madhuri ji? >>>> Mula or rettisch(german) has many forms. we get here long mula about 40 >>>> cm white, round, black and round, then we also get Radieschen, mostly red, >>>> which are much smaller. >>>> All are differently sharp in taste. we also buy seeds and sprouts are >>>> eaten in salad. round rettisch is mostly eaten with bear, one gets thursty >>>> after eating salted rettisch and it is good for the barkeepers pocket. >>>> In Pune my mom used to cut the top of the mula with tiny green leaves >>>> and put it in soil. The plant produces the pods "dingri". >>>> I try that here too but depending upon the weather i get the pods or >>>> not. >>>> >>>> I take this opportunity to wish you all merry X'mas and and a very >>>> happy new year. >>>> Nalini >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 24.12.2014 02:56, schrieb Ushadi Micromini: >>>> >>>> Very nice, Surajit >>>> >>>> Pods are what we call Mogri in gujarati and eat them in salads and >>>> very quick saute... >>>> >>>> I found some being grown in the staff housing near the annual car >>>> rally, the pods were inviting.. i took a few pictures and the lady of the >>>> house ca,me out yelling , but turned to smiles when she discovered that all >>>> i wanted was to take pictures... >>>> >>>> >>>> and we get mogri in the vegetable markets were there is a sizable >>>> gujarati , marathi and konkani /, goan population... the sabziwalas make a >>>> bundle >>>> >>>> I had seen a couple of pictures many years ago in a travel magazine >>>> where these pods/mogri-fruits-pods were served in bowls in a bar along with >>>> beer in germany... those were the days when we still had east and west >>>> germany... that's how old the information is ... and i had taken the >>>> picture ot my local grocery store manager to see if he could find me those >>>> pods... >>>> >>>> and he did a year later... and he kept selling them out totally for >>>> about a week or two.. when the local farm ran out of their radish crop... >>>> and we did this for about a couple of more years till we moved >>>> >>>> but have not found a real reference about use in germany ... >>>> some intrepid traveler can perhaps get a picture or two and a story to >>>> go with it... >>>> >>>> >>>> *may be NALINI can * >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:43 PM, surajit koley < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry for out-of-focus pod pic. >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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