Aplenty Organic Dry Kumatiya | Rajasthani Sukha Saag Sabji | Rajasthani Vegetables | Kumathiya/कुमटिया

Kumatiya trees produce pods, each one containing a row of three shiny, flat seeds used as food by the people in Rajasthan. These seeds are one of the five ingredients of panchkuta, a well known delicacy and a very popular food during Shitala Ashtami, a Hindu festival dedicated to goddess Shitala and celebrated a week after Holi. Called kumatiya or chapatiya, it is one of the five ingredients in the panchkuta vegetable mix—a Marwari dish. The other ingredients are ker (Capparis decidua), sangri (Prosopis cineraria), gunda (Cordia myxa) and mango KUMATIYA originates from arid land os Rajasthan. It is plucked and dried for consumption as a royal dish.Its brown in color but once boiled its skin is removed and then its white inside. It is a wild berry which grows in desert area of Rajasthan.