Tomato: Fruit, Vegetable or Poison?

After serving potato, onion, coriander and chillies on the Naan Curry Podcast, our 2Gs, the Gourmands & Geeks - Sadaf and Archit are putting tomato on their vegetable (or fruit) cart this week. They discuss:

1. Why was tomato considered a “poisonous fruit”?

2. Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable? How are tax laws related to this question?

3. Why is it called vilayti baingan in India?

4. What is Umami?

5. Why do sundried tomatoes have more flavour?

So sit back and relax, stir some gravy for butter chicken or Italian arrabbiata sauce for pasta while our 2Gs serve up stories around this red and juicy ingredient.

Important links to geek out more:

1. Book: Tomato: A Global History by Clarissa Hyman

2. Book: Masala Lab by Krish Ashok

3. Book : Everyday Superfoods by Nandita Iyer

4. Video: The Dangerous History of Tomatoes

5. Video: The Fishy Origins of Ketchup

6. Article: Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years by K. Annabelle Smith

7. Article: The history of tomatoes: How a tropical became a global crop by Ryan Pankau

8. Article: From Portuguese introduction to British cultivation, story of tomatoes in Indian cuisine is a complex one by Jehan Nizar

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