INDIA: Cooking Staples: Produce

There are several staples in Indian cooking.

PRODUCE

• Coconut (especially in coastal India)  
  
• Green unripe mangoes  
  
• Cluster beans  
  
• Fenugreek leaves  
  
• Bitter melon
  
• Carrots  
  
   
• Beets  
  
• Cauliflower  
  
• Bharta (eggplant)
  
• Rhim Jihm (eggplant)
  
• Cucumber
  
• Indian Yellow Cucumber
  
• Cabbage
  
  
  
• Green peppers
  
• Okra
  
• Indian spinach
  
• Amaranth greens
  
• Drumsticks
  
• Bottle gourd
  
• Pointed gourd
  
• Ivy gourd
  
• Snake gourd
  
• Taro Root
  
• Flat bean
  
• Tomatoes
  
• Potatoes
  

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