Topic: Anyone know about Bangladeshi vegetables?

[Squash64]

Does anyone know anything about Bangladeshi vegetables?  Someone at the allotments has given me seeds of (I'm spelling these phonetically)
Lie and Doogi.  I've googled them but nothing comes up.
She also gave me a plant of a squash she grows, which looks very similar to Sicilian Snakes so I'm going to grow it up canes.

[shirlton]

Don't suppose you have a picture of the veg Betty. It might be a case of suck it and see ;D

[Squash64]

Don't suppose you have a picture of the veg Betty. It might be a case of suck it and see ;D

No picture Shirl.  She brought me the seeds in little twists of paper.  I know the 'Lie' is a sort of spinach type, but don't know about the Doogi.  I planted the Doogi yesterday, the seeds are small, shiney and round.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

here's a list of Bangladeshi veg. Your ones aren't in
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/V_0030.htm

and here's some squash
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0178.htm

[boltonlad]

Be careful and just make sure its a substance that is smoked.  :o

[Squash64]

here's a list of Bangladeshi veg. Your ones aren't in
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/V_0030.htm

and here's some squash
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0178.htm

Thanks for those links, very interesting but as you say, mine aren't there.
The squash link is more helpful in that it says that the squash with white flowers is a bottle gourd.  (She told me it had white flowers)

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

just hope it's not bitter gourd. You could always tell when the Pakistani bloke who worked with me had had it the night before. He came in with a face as long as a fiddle. Course he also knew he'd be having exactly the same heated up the next night too  :D

served him right for never going near the kitchen

[Eristic]

Doogi

This may be Dhudi. Try here Dhudi and look at the bottom right column. Sorry the text is out of position but I'll deal with that later.

[Baccy Man]

Are you sure on the names given for each type of seed?
Dudhi & lau are both names used for bottle gourds (Lagenaria Siceraria) which fits with the squash seeds but would leave the other seeds nameless.

[Digeroo]

Dudhi

You can buy Dudhi in our local Asda supermarket and also Asian shops, I have not been adventurous enough to give it a try.  If it grows in this country perhaps I will give it a try.

[Squash64]

Doogi

This may be Dhudi. Try here Dhudi and look at the bottom right column. Sorry the text is out of position but I'll deal with that later.

Thank you for the link - you certainly like to grow some unusual things!
No, I don't think it's Dhudi although the squash she gave me might be.  I know that many Bangladeshi call squash 'Kadoo'.  She said that the 'Doogi' is a leafy plant and they cook the leaves.

[Squash64]

Are you sure on the names given for each type of seed?
Dudhi & lau are both names used for bottle gourds (Lagenaria Siceraria) which fits with the squash seeds but would leave the other seeds nameless.

I wrote the names down phonetically when she told me them.  The squash she gave me is a plant which looks very similar to Sicilian Snakes.  It's the 'doogi' and 'lie' which are puzzling me.  Of course, it could be that I misheard her so when I see her I'll ask her to tell me the names again.

[Lottie103]

Our local Asian food shop sells a veg called `dooli'. Not that that's very helpful as I've never tried it & can't even remember what it looks like. Google isn't very helpful either, except that whatever it is has several regional names such as dooli, lai, kalloom, berang, berr....... I suspect it is in the list posted in the link earlier, but using one of the many local names. As I said...... a very helpful contribution   ;D

[Baccy Man]

Our local Asian food shop sells a veg called `dooli'. Not that that's very helpful as I've never tried it & can't even remember what it looks like. Google isn't very helpful either, except that whatever it is has several regional names such as dooli, lai, kalloom, berang, berr.......

As if it wasn't confusing enough already....
Dooli, lai, kalloom, berang, berr, auri, ugar etc...  are alternate names for a dole which is a storage structure typically made from bamboo used to store grains.

[cleo]

just hope it's not bitter gourd.

Now that is an `acquired ` taste. Peel,slit and rub in a mix of salt,tumeric and lemon juice. Leave for a couple of hours and gently squeeze out some of the (bitter)
 juice before using-either raw or cooked.

It takes a couple of times to get to like it but it`s said to be good for diabetes.

[Louise]

The vegetables Lai and doogi, Lai is mustard, and doogi is Amaranth. Bangladeshis eat alot of leaf type vegetables .
I am growing doogi at the moment, as well as methi and coriander. I got the seeds from Bangladesh.

[Squash64]

The vegetables Lai and doogi, Lai is mustard, and doogi is Amaranth. Bangladeshis eat alot of leaf type vegetables .
I am growing doogi at the moment, as well as methi and coriander. I got the seeds from Bangladesh.

Thank you Louise.  I spoke to the person who gave me the seeds and from what she told me, I am sure you are right.  If they grow, how do I cook them - by steaming?

[Louise]

Amaranth or doogi can be cooked as you would spinach. bangladeshis add them to fish curry, or fry them in a tiny bit of oil, garlic onion and salt . Also add green chillis and gently stir fry. If you get them to grow, beware the stalks can become woody, if they are not you can eat the stalks as well. Same goes for mustard leaves. :)
 Some one previously mentioned Dhudi, or Lao as it is called in Bangla, a type of gourd, not luffa type. You can always tell the seeds as they are large usually rectangle shaped and ridges on them, unlike pumpkin which tend to be oval with pointed ends.