Monday, March 2, 2009

Gourds

Regarded as vegetable in cuisine
  • Bitter gourd / Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) - Pavakkai
  • Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) - Suraikkai
  • Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) - Kovakkai
  • Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica) - Parwal / Potol
  • Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina) - Pudalangai
  • Ridge gourd (Luffa) - Peerkangai
  • Winter melon / White gourd / Ash gourd / Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)- Thadiyangai / Vellaipoosani

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