My mom used to make sweet vdya of Kohala. Regards nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Madhuri Pejaver To: Satish Chile ; tanay bose Cc: R. Vijayasankar ; indiatreepix Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:34475] Flora of Manipur: Benincasa hispida
If in Marathi it is called as Kohala then the juice of it is used in papad ata to make them light. also from the fruit some dried pakodas are made which latter can be fried and cooked as curry. Madhuri ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Satish Chile <[email protected]> To: tanay bose <[email protected]> Cc: R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>; indiatreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 9 May, 2010 11:51:22 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:34358] Flora of Manipur: Benincasa hispida Vijaysankar ji, The fruits of Benincasa hispida are used for making "Petha" and also for Vadi. The later is used for the preparation of Curry. Satish On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:43 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Vijayasankar Ji , we Bengalis take the fruit as a vegetable but never the plant !!! Nice to see a new veg in the menu . Regards Tanay On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 1:31 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: Benincasa hispida (Cucurbitaceae). The tender twigs are sold as vegetable in Manipur markets. With regards R. Vijayasankar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- Dr. Satish Kumar Chile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
