Fruits & Vegetables: Diplazium esculentum_RKC

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Diplazium esculentum

 

Local name: Dhekia Saag

 

Uses: Tender leaves are eaten either boiled or after frying. A hot favourite of Arunachalee people.

 

Locality: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 550 m)

 

Regards,

Ritesh.

[Satish Phadke]

When I searched for its family I found that it is an edible fern.
Not aware that fern is edible. Thanks for showing this new plant.
Dr Phadke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplazium_esculentum

[Gurcharan Singh]

Young emerging leaves of many ferns especially Dryopteris are relished as a vegetable in Western Himalayas, locally known as kunji. the scales on the rachis are scrapped before cooking it.

 

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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/

[ulachungpa]

We call them 'Ningro' in Nepali in Sikkim. There are many edible
varieties.
People prefer them cooked with local cottage cheese called 'churpi'.

I have also seen them being sold outside Guwahati station.
Usha

On Jan 10, 7:30 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Young emerging leaves of many ferns especially Dryopteris are relished as a
> vegetable in Western Himalayas, locally known as kunji. the scales on the
> rachis are scrapped before cooking it.
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> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

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> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I searched for its family I found that it is an edible fern.
> > Not aware that fern is edible. Thanks for showing this new plant.
> > Dr Phadke
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplazium_esculentum
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