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Nenua Chana: Bihari Sponge Gourd (Torai) with Chana Dal

21 Nov

Nenua Chana Dal ki Sabzi: Sponge Gourd cooked with split Bengal Gram

Confession time: I had to Google "nenua in English" for this post. I learned that the vegetable is called sponge gourd: the name comes from the fact that the fibrous core of the gourd is dried and used as a sponge/loofah.

Not surprisingly, the Latin name of sponge gourd is Luffa cylindrica.

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