Hairy-fruited eggplant

Solanum lasiocarpum

vegetable · fruit

In India, a sour fruit used as a condiment in curries; in Thailand, in nam phrik; in Tonga, once used like tomato.

Origin

India, Thailand, Malaysia and Tonga

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The fruit is rubbed to remove its hairs, then cut and cooked in curry or pounded into nam phrik; it is eaten cooked or pounded, in small amounts.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its fruits are covered in hairs that fall off when ripe.