It is also known as shakarkandi. And the roasted shakarkandi tastes gorgeous. Promila
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > yes madhuri ji, > I remember many things of my childhood made of ratala. At my grandfathers > place we used to make "handi", an earthen pot filled with ratalas put in the > charcoal fire for some time. these then we used to eat with milk and gul. > Mouthwatering. > > In germany we get very rarely ratala. The only indian shop in Bremen is 25 > km away and so less chance of eating ratala these days. i don't know, if i > can grow them in my garden. How are they grown? seeds? > Nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* formpeja...@yahoo.com > *To:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> ; > indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:59 AM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Ipomoea > batatas, theSweet potato > > We prepare upama like dishof it for fast called kis. Nabhaji may remember > Aashadhi Ekadashi fast of her childhood. > There is some Ipomea called Jangali ratalu. The tribals love it. We planted > these near a rainharvesting pond. It grew and spread nicely. One fine day > all plants were uprooted. It was a terrible site. All ratalus were eaten. > What is that variety. Leaves similar to your photo but smaller and slight > redish tinge on stem. > Madhuri > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > ------------------------------ > *From: *Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > *Sender: *indiantree...@googlegroups.com > *Date: *Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:05:29 +0530 > *To: *efloraofindia<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[efloraofindia:59925] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Ipomoea > batatas, the Sweet potato > > > Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, the tuberous roots used as food after > boiling, baking or frying, usually as chat. > > Local names: > Hindi: Shakarkandi, Mitha alu > Beng: Lal alu, ranga alu > Mar: Ratalu > Guj: Kamangi, Sakaria > Tel: Chelagada > Tam: Sakkareivelleikilangu > Mal: Chakarakilangu > Kan: Genasu > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
