Kalirab anyone? I had never heard of it before Friday.

[Dave7]

A foreign woman I know has a veg/salad garden. On Friday she bought me an array of foods......tomatoes, cucumber, onions etc.
One item was (as per title) a Kalirab. Google tells me there are several variations to the spelling but it is, apparently, very nice either raw or diced and cooked in eg curry.
I was tempted to put it in today's curry but as its for the family I decided to hold back.
Anyone got experience with it/them ??

 

[vickster]

Kohlrabi!
It's very popular in Germany

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Kohlrabi!
A Cypriot chef introduced it to me many years ago, it's part of the brassica family, your cabbages, broccoli, sprouts and so on.
I have grown them successfully in my garden here in Glasgow.
In Cyprus they eat them raw dressed with salt.
Kohlrabi is nice when young, the older veg will be tough eaten raw.
I never had them cooked, probably nice in a sort of cabbagey way

 

[midlife]

They are quite easy to grow too

 

[The Crofted Crest]

In plain English, kohlrabi is basically "turnip".

 

[roubaixtuesday]

In plain English, kohlrabi is basically "turnip".

Yup. Like the main ingredient in Branston pickle - "Rutabaga" - aka Swede

 

[DRM]

Kohlrabi!
It's very popular in Germany

For some reason we got one with our shopping at Lidl in Potsdam,didn't have clue what it was, or what to do with it

 

[Reynard]

In plain English, kohlrabi is basically "turnip".

No, it's not. A kohlrabi is a kohlrabi, and a turnip is a turnip. Totally different flavour, too.

Kohlrabi is also good thinly sliced and braised in stock.