An aquatic plant, the leaves of which are used as a vegetable. Young shoots and leaves are eaten as a vegetable in Southeast Asia. Occasionally it is cultivated for food or for use in herbal medicines.
Dry unleavened bread usually made from wheat flour, salt and water, cooked on a tawa. Common in the North of India.
Indian river shad, found mainly in the Ganges and Brahmaputra but also found in ditches and waterlogged fields.