Question

Monish enters the kitchen and happens to see his mother getting the ingredients ready to prepare kadamba sambar. He sees the ingredients laid out in the kitchen. Help him sort out the ingredients into the fruit types you have studied.
(Dhal, tamarind, brinjal, tomato, drumstick, coriander, mustard, lady finger, mango)

Answer 1

Fruit is a ripened ovary. It bears seed inside them. Seeds are the main important characteristic of angiosperm plants. Some fruits are edible whereas some are not.

Complete Answer:
Sambhar is a nutritious curry which contains vegetables along with pulses.

In the above question, the sambar contains fruits which can be classified as-
1. Dal and Tamarind- The fruits are simple dry fruit. It is classified as legume. They produce a unique fruit that develops from a simple carpel which opens along a seam on the two sides.
2. Brinjal and Tomato- The plants are classified as berry. Berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone which is produced from a single flower containing one ovary. They are formed from one or more carpels from a single flower.
3. Drumstick- It is classified as a capsule. It is a simple dry fruit. It is a fruit which splits open to release the seeds.
4. Coriander- It is a cremocarp. It is a schizocarpic fruit developed from two one-seeded carpels.
5. Mustard- It is classified as siliqua. It is a fruit having two fused carpels with width greater than the length.
6. Lady finger- It is classified as a septicidal capsule. These fruits burst open along the line with the septum.
7. Mango- It is classified as a drupe. It is a fleshy fruit which contains a stone which has seed enclosed within it.

Note: Fruit is a fleshy seed associated structure that is sweet or sour and edible both in raw and cooked state. The outer layer which is edible is called the pericarp from the ovary surrounding the seed.