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Edibles Encyclopedia खाद्य पौधों की पूरी जानकारी — Hindi और English में

Vegetables, fruits and herbs — complete growing guides, nutrition, harvest time and Indian kitchen uses

🌿 All Edibles (111) 🥬 Vegetables 🍎 Fruits 🌿 Herbs & Medicinal 🌾 Crops & Grains

Barley Jau Farming India — Rabi Malting Sattu Crop Encyclopedia

Hordeum vulgare (6-row food) | H. vulgare var. distichon (2-row malting)

Barley / Jau — GI 28-35 (LOWEST cereal!). Beta-glucan beats oats for cholesterol. Sattu = India's original protein powder. Malting barley: brewery contract 2x price. More drought tolerant than wheat.

🌱 Rabi Oct-Nov | Same as wheat but more cold tolerant | Malting barley: 2-row varieties only ⏱️ 110-150 days | March (10-15 days before wheat!) | Malting: 95%+ germination test

Barley Jau GI 28-35 Lowest

🌍 Fertile Crescent — 10,000 years! Rigveda "yava." India: Rajasthan, UP, Haryana primary. View Guide →

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Coriander / Dhaniya

धनिया

Coriandrum sativum

Coriander / Dhaniya — split seeds before sowing (2x germination). Succession plant every 2 weeks. Heavy metal detox science. Shade extends season. Add fresh only at end of cooking.

🌱 Oct-March (cool season) — direct sow only ⏱️ 25-35 days leaves | 90-100 days seeds

Coriander Dhaniya Split Seeds

🌍 Mediterranean and Middle East — 3,000+ years in India View Guide →

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Strawberry

स्ट्रॉबेरी

Fragaria × ananassa

Strawberry — #1 food source of Fisetin (longevity compound!). Oct-Nov ONLY in plains. Runner propagation = infinite free plants. Does NOT ripen after picking — harvest fully red.

🌱 Oct-Nov runners (plains) | Year-round (hills) — runners not seeds! ⏱️ 3-4 months from runner | Free runners = infinite propagation

Strawberry Fisetin Longevity Oct-Nov Window

🌍 North America — modern cultivar hybridized France 1750s View Guide →

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Aloe Vera (Edible Uses)

एलोवेरा / घृतकुमारी (खाने योग्य उपयोग)

Aloe barbadensis miller

Aloe Vera — CLEAR GEL = edible. YELLOW LATEX = laxative (drain first!). Overwatering = #1 killer. India world's largest producer. IBS + blood sugar clinically supported.

🌱 Year-round from pups | Allow cut end to dry 2-3 days before planting ⏱️ Outer mature plump leaves anytime | Drain yellow latex before consuming!

Aloe Vera Clear Gel Edible Latex Drain First

🌍 Arabian Peninsula — 6,000+ years. Egypt "plant of immortality." India world's largest producer. View Guide →

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Chickpea / Chana / Gram

चना / ग्राम / बंगाल ग्राम

Cicer arietinum — Desi (small dark) | Kabuli (large cream)

Chickpea / Chana — India grows 70-75% of WORLD production! Heavy N fertilizer REDUCES yield (Rhizobium paradox). Helicoverpa = #1 pulse pest India. Folate 139% RDA — best pregnancy pulse.

Chickpea Chana India 70-75% World

🌍 Fertile Crescent/Turkey — India cultivation 3,500+ years. India = 70-75% WORLD production! View Guide →

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Fenugreek / Methi

मेथी

Trigonella foenum-graecum

Methi / Fenugreek — clinically proven blood sugar management. Nitrogen-fixing improves soil. Kasuri methi home drying guide. Hair growth paste. Avoid large doses in pregnancy.

🌱 Oct-Feb (cool season) — direct sow only ⏱️ 20-30 days leaves | 120-150 days seeds

Methi Fenugreek Blood Sugar

🌍 Mediterranean and Central Asia — ancient India cultivation View Guide →

Fig / Anjeer — 11,000 years old (older than wheat!). Fresh figs 99% Indians haven't tasted. Soak 2-3 dried overnight = best constipation remedy. Winter dormancy = NOT dead. Easy cutting.

🌱 Feb-March cutting from dormant wood | Container excellent ⏱️ Cutting: 2 years | Two crops: Breba + Main (Aug-Oct)

Fig Anjeer 11000 Years Old

🌍 Middle East and Western Asia — 11,000 years! Older than wheat. View Guide →

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Moringa Leaves / Sahjan Patta

मोरिंगा पत्ते / सहजन पत्ता / मुरुंगाई कीरई

Moringa oleifera — LEAVES PAGE (pods covered separately in vegetables)

Moringa Leaves — 7x Vit C, 4x calcium, 3x iron (all one leaf!). Leaves 10-25x more nutritious than pods. SHADE dry for powder (not sun — destroys Vit C!). Prune to 1.5m for easy harvest.

🌱 Year-round perennial | Prune to 1-1.5m for leaf access (pollarding) ⏱️ Young tender leaves continuous | SHADE DRY for powder (not sun!)

Moringa Leaves 7x Vitamin C Shade Dry Not Sun

🌍 Sub-Himalayan India — native. 4,000+ years. WHO/UNICEF food security crop. View Guide →

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Lentil / Masoor Dal

मसूर दाल

Lens culinaris (syn. Lens esculenta)

Lentil / Masoor — 8,000 BCE world's oldest pulse! Zero-tillage after paddy = FREE income on idle land. Highest folate of all dals (pregnancy must!). No soaking — cooks in 15 min. MSP Rs.6,425 highest Rabi pulse.

🌱 Rabi Oct-Nov | Zero-tillage AFTER paddy harvest = free income on idle land! ⏱️ 80-120 days | Feb-March | Pods shatter easily — harvest before over-ripe | MSP Rs.6,425/qt

Lentil Masoor 8000 BCE Oldest

🌍 Near East — 8,000 BCE! World's oldest cultivated pulse. India = largest producer AND consumer. View Guide →

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