Kohila

Lasia spinosa

vegetable · root

Young rolled leaves and spiny rhizome, thinly sliced and stir-fried as mallum or cooked in curry in Sri Lanka.

Origin

Tropical Asia (Sri Lanka, India)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Always cooked: raw, it stings the throat (oxalate crystals).

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its stems and leaves are covered in spines: it is harvested with gloves.