Apple Gourd (Tinda)

Punjab's favourite little mystery.

Over 94% water, barely any calories, and gentle enough for recovery or convalescence diets.

Tinda is a small, round, quiet achiever of a vegetable that almost nobody outside North India has heard of — and that's honestly everyone else's loss. Mild, slightly sweet, and endlessly adaptable, it's at home in a bharwa tinda, a tinda-chana curry, or a simple North Indian sabzi. Light on the stomach, easy to love.