Know Your Desi Ingredients
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Koinar flower
Unlike many edible flowers, Koinar is not used as a garnish but as a side dish to meals.
Byadagi chilli
Byadgi chillies are known for their crinkly skin and deep red colour, famous during the colonial era for the trade practices around them.
Wild Sumac
Found seasonally in North-East India, Wild sumac is one of the many varieties of the sour-tasting sumac berries.
Rhododendron
Native to the Himalayas, the rhododendron is a flower found in many colours and is long used by mountain communities in food and drink.