Moringa
Moringa oleifera · Vegetable
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Moringa (Moringa oleifera) is a fast-growing, drought-tolerant tree of the monogeneric family Moringaceae, prized for its protein- and micronutrient-rich leaves and its long, ribbed seed pods — the "drumsticks" of South Asian cooking. Nearly every part of the tree is edible or useful, earning it the names "miracle tree" and "tree of life."
Picking a good onedrag
Slim, green, snaps wetWoody and shrivelled, seeds hard
Shop freshEveryday bestThe everyday bundle: cut short, boil or pressure-cook until soft, then scrape the pulp and seed from the skin like an artichoke.
Skin and ribsGreen and matte, ribs standing up sharper
The snapSnaps with a pull, break face still moist
Seed lineSeeds show as soft bumps, pod still slim
Smell at the breakFaintly green, close to neutral
What you get from one
52%
Edible part
Hard skin and fibres off · no unit weight - SR's 11 g pod implies a 21 g whole drumstick, four times too light