This is a bowl of Flemingia vestita or "sohphlang" as its known in the local language here......i know both names are mouthful and so is this small plant with edible roots or tuber like fruit. Some call it a fruit and yet some a tuber...but what ever name you give it, scientifically i came to know only recently it is called Flemingia vestita. I beleive its grown underground and after it is pealed, cleaned and washed they look white. This is eaten raw either with salt and some red chillie powder for those who love to feel hot....lol.....or else its taken with a local chutney paste called "Nei". On its own it doesn't have any distictive taste and its usually found just before the onset of winters. Nutritionally rich...i love to have it with Nei and feel its crunchiness as my canines tear into it and my molars grind it.oooppppsss!!!!! no dental talks please !!!!
