Lady fingers little fruit and a flower

the little fruit

and the flower

the little fruit

and the flower

the flower

the  flower

a flower and a finger

a flower and a finger

Lady fingers little fruit and a flower

(kacang bendi dan bunga)

The fruit doesn't take long to develop and ready to be harvested. Four or five days is about enough for the fruit to be picked after flowering. Kakdah is set to pick fruits from the six plants. Not many, but definitely enough. We are now on the look out for fruit borers, bugs and leaf spots which seem to be the common problem with lady's finger.

The fruits and other parts of the plant has many uses, can be cooked in many ways such as curry,  salad and fried. The fruits also can be canned, frozen and salted. The slimy substance of the fruits can be used to thicken tomato sauce. In India, the old stems of the lady's fingers can be processed into papers and mature seeds used as coffee substitute (daily drink).

Kakdah just add lady's finger in her curry!

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Malaysia