Bitter gourd is a spiky gourd that is bitter in taste. I love bitter tasting veggies. I usually make it with lots of onion and garlic which suppresses its bitterness and some tomatoes, tamarind and green chillies to offer a tangy offset to the bitter taste
Its a very beautiful looking gourd, I'll see if I can find one to take a picture, meanwhile here is one from the web
Tendli is small inch long gourd, its called ivy gourd in English, it is crunchy and starchy in taste, somewhat like zuccini but more crisp and when cooked it has a mild and distinct flavour. I usually just quarter it lengthwise and stir fry it with green chillies and garlic with some lemon juice for flavour
Fenugreek is a bitter leafy vegetable. The variety grown in soil is very bitter and most people would spit it out. I love to make it with minced meat and peas, or with shrimp or even on its own with garlic onion and green chillies
It looks like this. It can also be grown in sand, this variety is smaller and crunchier and less bitter. I make it often because I love the fragrance and taste of it. I had put a picture of it before here.
If you look around in Indian stores, they sell a dried version of it, called kasuri methi You can use it with fish and shrimp, to add methi/fenugreek flavour to your meats
Brinjal is what we call eggplant or aubergine. You get green, lavender and purple varieties here, I like the striped green and lavender ones with throny stems. The picture above with the baby fenugreek has a green brinjal in it.
