Market Visits We also organise trips to Farmers Auctions markets located around us . There are different market days . Markets give a different experience and each time it is different . You wll be accompanied with a locally knwoledgable person who can tell you what happens there and make yourself comfy in the market situation . Today you will be introduced to Chena or Elephant foot yam, Ginger , and Lesser Yam or Cheru Kizhangu (dioscorea esculenta) from top to Bottom in the photos on the right . Photo on the left below corner is farmers market . (Amorphophallus paeoniifoliu) latin name , the or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical tuber crop.) . It is a crop in kerala planted very early before the monsoon till to the onset of monsoon and irrigated and harvvested through the monsoon till few months after the monsoon . Most of the times it is available in the market . If you consume this in July - August as a carbo hydrate substitute it will be laxative food and takes lot of toxind from your body . Rest of the time it can be used in various curries . Ginger - A spicey root used in cooking universally grown in kerala through the season and the demand for this is broadly classified into two as fresh and dried . Dried ginger is usually planted at the early start of monsoon and harvested in the first week of Jan to dry and use it as dry ginger for kitchen , medicine and food addiitves . Fresh ginger is cultivated through out the season and used . The ginger is a natural pain killer and immunity boosting spice. Cheru Kizhangu or dioscorea esculenta( Latin name)when cooked with a mild sweet flavour and can be cooked steamed and mashed with coconut and spices and add to the diversity of the food we have.Cultivated using the support of monsoon , planted just before the monsoon and harvested after the monsoon especially from Jan to March . #ThePimenta #keralacookingholidays #marketvisits #Vegetariancookingholidays #nondestinationholidays #staycation #learningholidays #skillimprovement #healthyholidays #localmarkets #kerala #doinkerala #traveltoindia #spicesinkerala #foodofkerala #highimmunefood (at The Pimenta Spice Garden Bungalows-Kerala Cooking Holidays (Veg)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bs2VrJscC/?igshid=gl0hytag7tfc