Fresh Tropical Elephant Foot Yam Tuber Crop

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum or stink lily, is a tropical tuber crop grown primarily in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the tropical Pacific island The plant gives off a putrid smell. The pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers are on the same plant and are crowded in cylindrical masses In Bihar, it is used in oil curry, oil bharta or chokha, pickles, and chutney. Oral chutney is also called Barabara chutney" as it hasmango, ginger, and oil in equal quantities, hence the name barabar (meaning "in equal amount") In West Bengal, these yams are eaten fried or in yam curry.