If you are looking for a vegetable to grow in your kitchen garden and you, like me, are the sort of person who is impatient to see the results, what do you start with? We were on our regular visit to Madiwala market for vegetable shopping when we saw the well-known face of the lady selling seeds and seedlings. I asked her which was the fastest growing vegetable she had, and she immediately fished out a packet of radish seeds.
We bought the seeds packet for Rs.10 and planted 6 of them in a pot. I made sure the soil was loose without any hard rocks which might hamper the roots from growing or disfigure the roots. 4 out of the 6 seeds germinated within 3-4 days of planting.
Every day in the next one month brought with it a noticeable growth in the foliage of the radish plants. And soon we could see the white root below the leaves at surface of the soil. After around 5-6 weeks of planting, we could see the root emerging up from the soil and pushing itself outwards to see the sunlight. Judging by the circumference of the root, we decided to wait for a few more days, By the 8th week, we decided it was time to harvest the radish.
Harvesting radish doesn't necessarily require a shovel or a knife. We just loosened the soil around the root and pulled it by hand.
The leaves became Radish Leaves Chutney and the radishes were used for Arachchu Vitta Sambhar by amma.
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