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What’s this fruit I found in India? It comes wrapped in a leafy shell. The inside looks like a tomato. Local name is Raasbhari.


What’s this fruit I found in India? It comes wrapped in a leafy shell. The inside looks like a tomato. Local name is Raasbhari.

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  3. Yogurt_Cold_Case

    Is the fruit somewhat sweet, not overly so, and full of teeny tiny white-yellow seeds? Do the fruits grow from white-yellow flowers? does the plant tend to sprawl across the ground?

    If so: this is a ground cherry. They’re grown in home gardens in the Northeast USA, where I live.

  4. greenmonkey48

    The thing is I’ve seen two types of these one grow on chilli like plant and one grows on a wine. They both taste almost the same

  5. Jacornicopia

    That looks bigger than any ground cherry I’ve seen. I’m going with cape gooseberry for this one.

  6. captain_katbug

    Definitely Cape Gooseberry. If you cut them open, they should smell quite tart

  10. novae11

    I just googled the local name and it gave the answers you’re looking for. You posted the identity of this fruit.

  11. Pepys-a-Doodlebugs

    This photo is a little too crisp for r/accidentalrenaissance but the subject and composition would fit wonderfully.

  12. Darkekf111

    I grew these in my garden last year. I discovered them on reddit and had to try them lol.

  14. Most-Possibility8410

    Google search:
    Physalis peruviana*, also known as the cape gooseberry, goldenberry, or Inca berry, is a fruit-bearing plant native to the Andean highlands of South America. It’s a member of the nightshade family and produces bright orange berries with smooth skin. The fruit can be eaten fresh, canned, or used in jams, jellies, chutneys, pies, and puddings. It’s a good source of vitamin C, antioxidants, and other nutrients.

  15. ThrowRA060504333

    Obligatory “YO ITS THAT ONE FOOD THAT ALMA ATE FROM MONSTER HUNTER WILDS! OHMYGOD GUYS”

  17. Suspicious_Peach4330

    We call it Harankash ,It tastes sweet and sour.

  19. AIIseeingAi

    Just curious, how can you tell it’s ground cherry and not a nettle berry?

  20. Dipped_biscuit

    It’s cape gooseberry. They grow almost wild, like a weed, where I am from. Delicious as a fruit and in jam/jelly form.

  21. TheKnees95

    These are Uchuvas in Costa Rica. And although I understand they can grow in the whole region too, I had never seen them until I visited them.

  22. CRISSTTOFER

    In Peru it is aguaymanto, it is acidic and sweet.

  24. SweetumCuriousa

    In the USA, this small berry is native to Mexico and Central America. It is known as a Tomatillo, or ground cherry, or husk tomato (Physalis philadelphica).

    It is an annual species of ground cherry of the nightshade family. In can be green, yellow, or purple when mature, it has a thin papery husk and has many tiny seeds. Its tart, edible fruit is eaten raw, made into salsa, cooked into sauces and soups and is an important food crop that has been used for millennia

  26. spoonfulofcornstarch

    Looks like a nice plump gooseberry. Used to eat these all the time, they’re delicious

  27. Kookaburrita

    Gooseberries are one of my favorite! For those who have never had the chance to try them, they are a plump, juicy berry that taste like a mix between a tomato and a tart blueberry. The outside is slightly sticky, and the inside looks very similar to a tomato, but golden in color. They are wrapped in a papery leaf like a tomatillo, but often when packaged the leafs are removed prior.

  29. profanity_manatee1

    I’ve heard them referred to as tomatillos in the US (Oregon and California)

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