It is a deep-red colored root vegetable, packed with essential nutrients. While beetroot can be eaten raw, and is quite delicious, it is also cooked or pickled across cultures in the world
Shalgam is mostly white-skinned, with upper 1 to 6 centimetres, which protrude above the ground are purple or red or greenish. The interior flesh is white and has tap root below swollen storage root, Turnip root and leaves have a pungent flavour
They are locally known as ‘shakarkandi’ and are growing at a large scale in Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The most common variety of sweet potatoes has copper-coloured skin and vibrant orange flesh. Other varieties are yellow, white, deep purple and cream
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