A popular vegetable in India, this tiny gourd can now be found in Indian markets in California and elsewhere. Here it is always sold green, looking very much like a tiny cucumber, but in India it is also sometimes used in it's scarlet red mature stage.
The fresh tender green leaves of the fenugreek plant, called Methi have a bitter-sweet flavour and are widely consumed as a regular green vegetable in Indian cooking. Shana Methi is chopped and may be used immediately from frozen, making them a tidy and convenient way of enjoying the vegetable at its best.
Haldiram's Ragi is the common name of Finger Millet in Southern part of India. Along with oats this is one of the most nutritious food and one of the easy one to digest.