Mizo Thlai/Chawhmeh Hming - Chawhmeh Hming English And Mizo

BAL

Common name: Colocasia, Taro

Scientific name: Colocasia ensculenta (L.) Shott.

Family: Araceae

             Bal hmin lo emaw dawl hmin lo i ei hian i hrawk a za ve neuh neuh ngai em? A chhan chu Oxalic Acid vang a nih kha. Dawl te hi an hnah-ah hian tui han leih mah ila a luang zo zung zung thin a, a huh thei lo thin. Naupan laiin mak kan ti thei hle. Hei hi a chhan chu Waxy layer kan tih mai cuticle chhah tak a insiam vang a ni a, transpiration dangtu tura khuanu duansa a ni. Dawl hi Mizoram-ah chuan Dawlrep te, Bal ang zawng te leh vawk chaw ang te in a engkim mai hi kan hmang tangkai vek a.Terrestial (lei a to chi) ang emaw Aquatic (Tui a to chi) ang emaw te pawhin a awm ve thliah bawk a ni.

BAHKHAWR

Common name: Eryngo, Mexican coriander, Long coriander

Scientific name: Eryngium foetidum L.

Family: Apiaceae

             Thlai rimtui tak mai a ni a. Amah mal chauh a ei lovin salad leh hmarcha rawtah te emaw, bai leh chawhmeh-ah te telh-in, chawhmeh tirimtuitu leh ei tichakawmtu ber a hman a ni thin. Uisa leh Bawngsa bawlah te telh hmaih chi a ni lo. Thlai chin awlsam tak mai a ni a, enkawl vak lohna hmunah pawh chhungkuaa eitham tiak chu a lo awm leh mai thin. Uluk taka enkawl a chin phei chuan eizawnna tham a tling chho mek a ni.

BEHLIANG

Common name: Pigeonpea, Red gram, Arhar

Scientific name: Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

Family: Fabaceae

             Behliang hi chu bawl hian a tui em em mai. A kung a lian em em lova, kum tin a rah thei a. Behliang hi Mizo te'n chuktuah huanah neih ngei ngei kan duh thin, tui kan ti tlang hle niin a hriat. Thlai tui tak leh ngainatawm tak a ni reng a ni. Mahse a nget in a kungah kua an hreuh duh hle a, March leh April thla velah, a nget in kua an hreuh hma ngeiin a nget danna damdawiin a kung lo kah lawk a tha hle a ni. 

BEPUI

Common name: Lablab, Indian bean

Scientific name: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

Family: Fabaceae

Bepui hian protein leh fiber a pai tha hnem hle a, thlai hrisel tak a ni. Be dang ang lo takin Bepui hi kan ching uar lem lova, mahni eikhawp tawk lek hian in bul velah te chin thin a ni a, thlasik laia a rah thin avangin chawhmeh hnar tha tak a ni. Bepui hi a par var leh senno/senduk (pink/purple) a awm a, a rah pawh purple rawng a awm bawk.

BEPUITHLANEI

Common name: Winged bean

Scientific name: Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.

Family: Fabaceae

             Mizote thlai chin thin ni mah se, a ching kan tam tawh loh avangin thenkhat chuan kan hmu ngai meuh lovin a rinawm. A hming ang hian a thla (wing) ni awm tak a awm a, a hming an lo phuah awm-ang hle. A rah hi Bai ah a tui hle a, a helin hmarcha-rawt atan a hman theih bawk a ni.

BETE

Common name: Rice bean

Scientific name: Vigna umbellata (Thunb.)

Family: Fabaceae

            Bete hi a changchawr hi chawhmeh-ah a tui hle a, Bete changchawr kan ti deuh kher zel. A hrui hi a bawk luah thin a, hei hi rannungin a ei nget vang a ni a, a chhungah chuan a lung/pangang hi a awm a, chu chu Bete-lung an ti a, an ei thin (tui tak ang maw!!!). Bete hi Behliang ang deuh thoa a mu ei chi a ni ber (a rahno pawh a ei theih tho)

Source: Loneitu Thian