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01/17/2006

Koyambedu Wholesale Market

Koyambedu market is supposed to be one of the biggest wholesale markets in Asia. From what I saw in the afternoon when people were packing up and sleeping, it looks like it must be bustling in the early hours. I remembered I needed to when I saw another Chennai blog with a post about the market with beautiful photos. My photos are not as nice. Here is a link to the better photos: http://traveltogether.blogdns.net/. I saw the flower, fruit and vegetable markets. Here are some photos to scroll through.

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Lotus buds. If you place them in water, they blossom.
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Garlands for weddings and other events.
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Banana flowers. I am told they are eaten.
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Banana branches. I am told these are eaten too, after they are cooked.
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Banana leaf seller.
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Coconut, before it turns into a hard, heavy, round "nut". Or so I am told. This is what it looks like before it looks like a human head and falls to the ground? What do I know?
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Lime
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Pooja/Prayer items also at wholesale
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A little shrine for the chief minister who is responsible for building the structure for this wholesale market.

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A trip to Chennai’s Vegetable and Flower Market

Expats Yitzy and Esmerelda (why do they change their names every time?) visit Chennai’s Koyambedu Wholesale market and return back with a visual treat for their blog readers.

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Yes both banana flowers and the stem are eaten - and my mom creates awesome dishes from those two - Yum :)

Posted by: anon | 01/17/2006

Esmeralda, if you are ever in London shout across and I promise to make you vadais (the indian version of falafel) out of banana flower. You might hate it, but then again....

Posted by: Uma | 01/17/2006

Will try it! I am a big banana lover but only of the traditional sort, the part of the banana plant that primates love, though I understand chimps also eat the peel. I will certainly try a banana flour "falafel". Thanks for your comment!

Posted by: esmerelda | 01/17/2006

Uma > do u mean 'Vada' ? or something else ? Oh what do i know.

Anyone knows - why people can eat/digest some kind of plants, and not eat/digest other kinds ?

Believe almost all flowers can be eaten, and a very very few are poisonous.

On the same note: Aren't all vegetables - actually flowers?

Posted by: chutney | 01/18/2006

Lovely pictures, I enjoyed all the close ups. In fact I enjoyed every single picture!

Posted by: Mridula | 01/19/2006

First time here! Lovely pictures...

Posted by: shoefiend | 01/19/2006

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