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

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.














