nice catch of the plant
Tanay
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:42 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Sending photos of Tapioca plants and Tapioca. This is a root vegetable and
> it is widely consumed in the state of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is boiled
> and eaten along with fish curry. The starch extracted from the roots of
> Tapioca plant is used to make granules called "Sabudana" in Hindi and
> Marathi. From Sabudana is made the famous Sabudana Khichdi and Sabudana
> Wada eaten during fasting for "upvas" in Maharashtra and Gujerat.
>
> Botanical name : Manihot esculenta (Family: Euphorbiaceae)
> Common name of the root : Cassava Kappa Kizhangu (Malayalam & Tamil)
>
> Place : Pattambi, Kerala
> Date : May 2010
> Others : The tapioca root (Photo No.4) photo is sent by my friend Clara
> Dela Croce from Philippines.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mani.
>
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*Tanay Bose*
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