Vegetables king brinjal information
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The beautiful rich and glossy purple surface and the meaty yet highly nutritious white inside of the brinjal have helped it earn the title of “The King of Vegetables”. Brinjal are a part of the nightshade which means that the fruit along with the flower of the plant is edible.
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Also known as eggplant, aubergine and melogene, the brinjal, often called the 'King of Vegetables', the brinjal originated in India, as early as prehistoric times. The Western world was introduced to the brinjal later on, in around 1500. Being a member of the 'Nightshade' or 'Solanaceae' family, brinjals are closely related to the tomato and potato. Typically, the brinjal we all know today is classified as a berry, with a mass of bitter seeds. Nevertheless, this bitterness can be masked while cooking with different spices, thereby making it a widely used vegetable.
History behind the name
The term 'eggplant' is used by the Americans, Canadians and Australians, because of the close resemblance between the yellowish white brinjals they get and the eggs of geese and hens. 'Aubergine', used in British English was obtained from the Persian 'badenjan' and Sanskrit 'vatiga-gama'. India, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore call it the brinjal – which was derived from the Portuguese 'beringela'. 'Melongene', a rarer term was obtained from a French word further influenced by the Italian 'melanzana'.
The brinjal plant is mostly annual. Its leaves are large, punctuated with rough lobes and a spiny stem. Brinjal flowers are whitish purple and have five petals. These blossoms are not very attractive to bees and a first blossom rarely produces any fruit (or in this case, the brinjal vegetable).