Let me confess I did not know what this was until I saw this picture. Do you know what it is? What is it used for? Where it comes from? Do tell us more about this is you do know? Or, make a guess?
Answer on next page below
Most of our readers had guessed the answer right. Infact I got to learn much more about this fruit from the comments than my own source of information. Here is the answer that I researched. This fruit is called ‘Dodi’ in Sindhi. It is a seasonal fruit grown in shallow waters. I don’t know the Urdu name. But through your informative comments we all did get to learn many other names of this fruit.
The photo above shows a person selling ‘Dodi’ in Larkana on June 20, 2009.
More comments from the ATP Facebook Page:
– “eeeeee mja to ya bath shower lag rahay hain…. Lolzz”
– “such an amazing thing i have seen in my life..thanx ”
– “hahahahahahaha… lolx its the fruit of kanwal…….”
– “well this fruit is called KAUL DODA in punjabi :D”
– “this is not Kanwal these r Paban its sindhi name
b/coz these things belong 2 Dadu & larkana n me from dadu.so plz dont call it Kanwal…..”
– “yar pa logon ko ye kanwal lag raha hai halat hai yar, kbi sindh ka chakar lagao hm se milo ap ko khilate hain ye.”
– “this is pabban and i have seen this in interior sindh. the round spots r small balls which u can eat.”
– “It is the making process of a “football”.”
— Owais Sahib- What a great find.
We, the city people are so inward looking that we forget or
dont notice the beatifull country we have.
The commentary is so informative and so caringly written as if
I am presenting a lotus flower to a beautiful maiden.
Thank you ATP , Safdar, Hina, Sidharth for the information.
Yes , It is called “Dodi” in Sindhi . I never seen this in Karachi but infact had to seek help from my wife who told me that it is a Lotus Pod. In small cities of Sindh such as Larkana , they used to sell these in Bunch. The skin is removed and then it can be eaten
Green seed pods of lotus.
They look like green plastic showerheads for plant watering cans! :-)