While not many of us are familiar with the name “moringa”, you might be more comfortable referring to its more commonly used name, drumstick.
In India, drumstick is one of the most commonly used ingredients in curry. Bengalis and South Indians use drumsticks in numerous curries and trust me when I say, this is your ideal comfort food.
World Economic Forum tweeted about the numerous health benefits and medicinal properties of Moringa and Erik Solheim retweeted the same.
The moringa tree from India is a disease fighting super hero.
It can purify water, be used as bio fertilizer and help treat serious diseases. It may be a future super food. Amazing! 👍— Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) February 10, 2019
Of course, desi Twitter got all riled up and people could not stop commenting how Indians had been using “moringa” forever.
Check out what they had to say:
#1
Thamil Eelam Tamils survived with this nutritious tree. So many days just rice and stir fries moninga/ as in Tamil murungai leaves with grated coconut. Caterpillars also love the trees too
— Sasika Sivakumar (@sasi_mullai0) February 10, 2019
#2
We call it shevaga शेवगा, it's pods r used in curry. Quite commonly used, specifically middle and southern India.
— संदीप पुराणकर (@OffGrid84) February 10, 2019
#3
https://twitter.com/JosephPrigith/status/1094635392597479431
#4
https://twitter.com/reachaj1/status/1094467092252971008
#5
Well South Indians have been having this for ages. popularly called Drumstick btw.
— Ratan Bhardwaj (@ratanb) February 11, 2019
#6
In my native language Bengali (India,West Bengal, Kolkata)..We call it "Sojne".. Consuming it's flower also prevents Measles and Chicken Pox
— Kaushik Maity (@kush_mariner) February 10, 2019
#7
Please dont go and take a patent on this tree. This TREE is 100% INDIAN🙏🙏🙏🙏
— Narayanan (Modi ka Parivar) 🇮🇳 (@kutty983) February 10, 2019
#8
Moringa is widely grown and eaten on a daily basis in Konso region, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 The leaves, bark and seeds are used as medicine…but note that the Konso people suffer the same diseases as other communities, moringa is a good vegetable but it’s not a miracle tree! 🌳 pic.twitter.com/gaMBHJmKQZ
— Edward Joy (@edward_joy1) February 11, 2019
#9
It just had to from a White and someone from Western country for the acceptance..or else there are many literatures, and many modern findings in Ayurveda about it..thank you for sharing for it to get accepted 🙂
— Niraj Shah (@ImNirajAS) February 11, 2019
#10
Amy Tamil kid will also tell you that one must be careful. Ghosts reside in those trees! 🙂
— Aswath Rao (@aswath) February 10, 2019
So, planning to have Moringa anytime soon?