Fruits & Vegetable week - Brown cucumber

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Sending photos of brown cucumber which was growing in our balcony garden.  This vegetable videly used in South Indian dishes.
In Malayalam we call it Vellarikka.


Place :  Dombivli
Date  :  June 2009


Regards,

Mani.

[tanay bose]

Nice catch from u r biodiversity patch

tanay

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Mani ji

I had seen this known as Dosakai cucumber in Indian stores in California and uploaded it twice,  infact I had requested two three times to the members to locate this in India also. Thanks you have uploaded it, though it has not yet turned brown. It is also known as Mangalore cucumber or sambar cucumber. I am uploading mine from California.

     I have yet to see the Puna or Puneri cucumber which light greenish yellow in colour. 

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[mani nair]

Thanks Tanay ji.  Do you use this vegetable in Kolkatta?  We have this plenty in our Mumbai market.

Regards,

Mani.

[Pankaj Kumar]

I was in Dombivilli last year. I think you should submit a list of
what all you are growing in your balcony. Your balcony and Yazdy sir's
farm and make it up to Guiness book of world records :))
I remember when we had our house on first floor I had garden on the
roof and staircase (huge one) and balcony (2). I had around 500 pots
and then we had lawn and a small tank which had some aquatic plants
too.....
I miss my garden!!!
Pankaj

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[mani nair]

Thanks Gurcharan ji.  Yes, the photo was taken when it was young.  when mature it turns to brownish red or yellow.    We prepare a dish containing brown cucumber and arvi. I do not know the name of the dish, but it is very tasty when taken with hot rice along with curd.

Regards,

Mani.

[Gurcharan Singh]

While surfing the net I discovered an interesting thing. Dosakai cucumber or Mangalore cucumber is also known as yellow cucumber and often known as melon cucumber, being rounded in shape (I have seen them up to 10 cm across in California stores), usually yellowish brown with green speckles, but then in some writing the melon becomes lemon, the yellow colour is uniform and size of lemon, and believe me for both the alternate name is dosakai. I found it strange. Are we looking at two different cucumbers, or same?

 

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[J.M. Garg]

Dosakai is confirmed as Cucumis melo as per discussions in another thread.

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