Know your food: Potato

The widely-consumed vegetable is packed with nutrients. It is safe too as only a minimal amount of pesticides are used in its cultivation.

Potato, a staple food of hundreds of thousands of people, especially those residing in the mountainous regions, is among the most widely consumed and versatile crops in Nepal. The vegetable is relatively cheap and used in almost all cuisines and curries. This ubiquity could perhaps be why someone might be snubbingly called an ‘aloo’ in Nepal, but the reference does not make potatoes less important.