Happy to buy Kakri/Snake Cucumber... as this is rarely available
in Hyderabad. It is technically a fruit; a variety of Muskmelon but a vegetable
to most of us as it looks like a Cucumber inside and tastes like it. This delicacy
can be eaten raw with its skin, the skin being very thin. It tastes good, it is
very refreshing, wholesome, a good thirst quencher as it is juicy and it is a
great energy provider!
Worldwide it goes by different names…Armenian Cucumber, Snake
Cucumber, Serpent Cucumber, Snake Melon, Yard-long Cucumber, Uri in Japan, Kakri
and Kakdi in India and by many other names. Its scientific name is 'Cucumis melo
var. flexuosus' and its origins are said to be from Armenia. But it is now popular
and grown the world over and it is rightly nicknamed as Queen of Cucumbers!
This article is mostly for those who have not experienced the
Queen of Cucumbers. It is normally not available in the vegetable markets of
Hyderabad City but with the arrival of summer, you can find some vendors selling
these along the roads leading to the City. Try them, you will certainly like them!
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