Fresh Brinjal

Brinjal is oval-round purple with white stripes. These are egg-shaped, smooth and sleek skinned, white-striped purple coloured, enjoyably pungent tasting vegetables. These are low in saturated Fat, sodium and cholesterol. Brinjal is classified as a herb because of its non-woody stem. Its simple leaves are oblong to oval, slightly lobed, with its underside a paler green than the upper surface. Both leaves and stem are covered with fine hairs. Its flowers sprout singly or in small clusters from the leaf axils. The fruit is a large egg-shaped berry with a glossy surface that varies in colour from dark purple to red, pink, yellowish, or white and is sometimes striped; the colour and shape of the white variety is the source of the common name.