Oct 17, 2007

Guess?


Who am I? You dont eat my leaves. I am so shy I dont grow above the ground. I am so tasty I have a fan club in Kerala. I dont look like my big brother at all. Tell me tell me, who am I?

34 comments:

Sreelu said...

I am guessing radish !!!

archana said...

Koorkka ! aka chinese potato ! Do send me some, will you?

Anonymous said...

I am guessing potato plant. will be back to see the answer. Can't wait :)

Dhana said...

Cassava?

Anonymous said...

Hey! I have no clue.

Just came over to tell you that you've been tagged. Play along whenever you can!

Anonymous said...

YAM is my guess..will wait for the answer

Anonymous said...

w its a wild guess,but are these Carom /ajowain leaves??

amna said...

kappa?

Sia said...

this time its difficult to guess inji(i can see thatw iked smile on ur face;) my guess is yam... oh!!! i give up...

Padmaja said...

Oh no!! the name of that plant, but its leaves are so fragrant and spongy, is it an ajwain plant???can't wait for the answer now!!

Anonymous said...

its name is Panikkoorkka..it has a lot of medicinal value too

FH said...

Hmmmm....!!!!

Bong Mom said...

What are you doing posting almost every day ? is something wrong ;-)

J said...

Koorkkakizhangu?? Thats tough to guess!

Lissie said...

thats koorka for sure. i love koorka mezhukkupuratti!

bee said...

koorka

Mandira said...

everybody is saying koorka... so I'll go with that too :)

Mrs. K said...

koorkka.. (no, I didn't look at other comments. ;))

Anonymous said...

By golly! This has to be koorka!

(Um, what is koorka?)

Kribha said...

No idea. I suck at guessing games. Anyway, will wait for your answer.

Pooja Na(i)rayan said...

I tried to cheat , but failed misareably.The suspense was killing me so I did a search for koorka , but no result. So i give up

Anonymous said...

God, How I have missed making random guesses and loving hopw tangentially opposite my guesses were to the real thing!

Thank you, O gingery-Mango, for coming back and gracing us!

Bong Mom said...

And why don't you save Pics by their names, you should you know, it makes it easy for readers to identify ;-), else I will still say Koorka, whatever it is

Inji Pennu said...

Okay Guys! I give up! It is Koorka, a small type of potato which tastes heavenly! You can see it as Chinese potato in stores in U.S. How on earth do you guys guess this? aarghh..archana !!!

Shades said...

inji chechi..
thanks a lot for visiting...
i enjoy all ur recipes, and try the easy ones..!
:)

Linda said...

Hi Inji, I"m late to the game but glad to see you anyway. I will have to look for chinese potato?? Do you have a photo of the veggie itself? :)

deep1074 said...

the most delicious thing
but the most ugliest thing

mi guess is Koorkaaa

Bharathy said...

Thanks for sharing the Koorka plant, Inji..the leaves resemble panikoorka!!
Good to see you with updations!!(at laaast):)

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm koorka!.. we call it "kooka" in mangalore.. absolutely love it for its earthy smell.. tastes delicious.. we make a sukke (thoran) out of it..

here's a picture of kooka...
http://www.anothersubcontinent.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t4710.html
- Mary

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry the link is not being copied properly
trying again
http://www.anothersubcontinent.com/forums/
lofiversion/index.php?t4710.html

-Mary

Bittu's Mamma said...

inji,
need your help! could you please send me a mail at indusom24@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Unknown said...

Hey Inji... could u pleeeeeeeeease gimme a good recipe for making koorkka thoran...

Anonymous said...

This is not noraml 'Koorkka'. It is called "Panikkoorkka"

Anonymous said...

is it the smelly njavara?