White goosefoot, extensively cultivated in northern India as a food crop and especially popular in the Punjab. As with many leafy greens, these may be treated as spinach. Care should be taken not to consume too great a quantity as the plant contains high levels of oxalic acid. It also produces large numbers of black seeds, closely related to quinoa, which are high in minerals and vitamins.
A wide-mouthed, deep, flat-bottomed pot made from tinned brass. It has a well-fitting cover but no handles. It is used for 'sealed pot' curries or dum, heating milk, boiling water, cooking rice and generally for any cooking over flame.
