It is ginger in the above picture. No prizes for guessing that. :)
But do you know the two rhizomes in the following picture? Both are from the same family as ginger, but are still very different.
I am sure, you would have recognised them, had you seen them dried and powdered. Ooops...was that a clue? ;-)
Ok Guys, it's time to publish the answers. The orange-yellow rhizome in the picture is Fresh Turmeric (Oli Halad in Marathi). The white one, which can be easily mistaken for ginger is Mango Ginger or Curcuma Amada (Ambehalad in Marathi). Although the botanical as well as the name in Marathi have the word 'turmeric' in it, this rhizome has nothing to do with turmeric because it does not have the colour-lending 'curcumin' in it. It is from the ginger family and gives out the smell of unripe mangoes when cut or crushed. That's why the names.
Both rhizomes are often used in pickles. However, what I made with them is a chutney, the recipe for which you'll find in this post.
I would like to send this post as well as the one containing the recipe to Kalyn's Weekend Herb Blogging #61. Hope she finds them interesting.
is that arvi also called taro root?
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ReplyDeleteZoya here...I've been an anonymous reader of your blog and I absolutely love it. Thank you very much. I too am in Pune. Now about the guessing game...its turmeric, isn't it ? :)
ReplyDeleteas far as i know the yellow one is called halder (turmeric) in gujarati and the whitish one is called amba-halder( dont know the hindi/english name). :-)
ReplyDeletewe make fresh pickle/salad from halder and ambahalder and add salt and lemon and green chillies. it tastes very nice and is iron-rich.
The orange rhizome is surely turmeric...
ReplyDeletethen you have me...does not look like galangal...but Sneha seems to know what that is as well!
Yes, it is turmeric.
ReplyDeleteits turmaric vaishali:) i think i'm right in guessing it coz i used to use it for facilas back at home:)
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supriya
Turmeric and galangal? They look so young and appetizing... what are you going to make with them hmmhmmhmm? :)
ReplyDeleteOk, fine, the orange rhizome is fresh turmeric, but what is the other one? The white one? And no, it's not Galangal.
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ReplyDeleteI think the other rhizome in the picture is known as Kooka or Kooka. In south Kanara we call it Kooka.
ReplyDeleteIs it mango-ginger??? Called manga ingi in malayalam.
ReplyDeleteTurmeric ??
ReplyDeleteWe grow this at my home back in India, but the roots are a little thinner. The extreme left one in the pic looks fat, so Iam really not sure.
The second one, is it mango ginger ie mangaingi. We make pickle out of it or just eat it raw in a salad. It tastes great, miss it very much.
ReplyDeleteThe first one is turmeric.
Usha
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It is Turmeric
ReplyDeleteOk I am just going to throw my lot in with the rest - ambe halad?
ReplyDeleteCome on out with it
Is the yellow one one ambe-halad?
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Turmeric and Mango-ginger (aka Manga-ingi in Tamil)
ReplyDeleteFirst one is turmeric and the second is Mangaingi.
ReplyDeletefirst is yellow turmeric and probably the second one would be white turmeric
ReplyDeleteStill playing guessing games V?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is Turmeric and in Hindi it's called Arbi I think. My mum made it with a lot of chaat paat masala.
How have you been?
halad (turmeric) and ambehalad
ReplyDelete- Rajasi
It is ambe-halad. I used to make it's picke when I was in Mumbai.
ReplyDeleteTurmeric and I-don't-know-please-tell-me-the-name-of-the-second-one.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Mythili
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ReplyDeleteAga, hi oli halad ahe na, ambe halad? looks like that to me...we use it in pickles, face packs. the second is ginger.... :D
ReplyDeleteVaishali,
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to know that the yellow onw is fresh turmeric. Is the secong one fresh Arrowroot? or is it Alkudi. I don't know the english name.
the first one is halad (turmeric) and second is a cross between turmeric and ginger - used in pickles. Vaish has started roaming the Indian markets i must say!
ReplyDeleteThe first one is turmeric and the other one is mango ginger..... right???? We make a pickel - amba harad from it.....
ReplyDeleteI think it is called Galagal, Vaishali.May be it is a fresh turmeric by looking at the color.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting me and have agreat weekend swetheart.I know I am typing fast,pardon my typos,we will leave in few hrs:))
Thank you All for participating. You Guys are lovely...and knowledgeble too. To be honest, I would have hardly managed to guess these about three years back. I mean, I didn't even know that they were available in their fresh form.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you Fellas!
Priya, the fat one too is turmeric. Maybe grown large with fertilizers? I hope not. :)
Meeta, I am doing fine. Sorry, I have not managed to write to you in a long time. I must do it before you forget me altogether. :)
Mythili, humorous as usual. :)
Hmmmmm....
ReplyDeleteI wanted to guess...
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The correct English name of mango ginger is Zedoary.
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Zedoary or white turmeric
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