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Food: Purslane - All Translations
| Arabic: | برسلين |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian: | Тученица |
| Catalan: | Verdolaga |
| Chinese: | 马齿苋 |
| Croatian: | Prkos |
| Czech: | Šrucha |
| Danish: | Portulak |
| Dutch: | Postelein |
| Finnish: | |
| French: | Pourpier |
| German: | Portulak |
| Greek: | Γλυστρίδα |
| Hebrew: | |
| Hindi: | कुलफा का शाक |
| Indonesian: | Krokot |
| Italian: | Portulaca |
| Japanese: | スベリヒユ |
| Korean: | 쇠비름 |
| Latvian: | Portulaks |
| Lithuanian: | Portulaka |
| Norwegian: | |
| Polish: | Portulaka |
| Portuguese: | Beldroegas |
| Romanian: | |
| Russian: | Портулак |
| Serbian: | Пркос |
| Slovak: | Šrucha |
| Slovenian: | |
| Spanish: | Verdolaga |
| Swedish: | Portlak |
| Tagalog: | Persleyn |
| Ukrainian: | Притулок |
| Vietnamese: |
edit About Purslane
A mild, chewy vegetable with a slightly sweet and sour citrus flavor. Purslane is great in salads, especially in contrast to sweet vegetables like carrots or beets. Greek cooks serve purslane in salads, either alone or with other wild greens. In Mexico, cooked purslane is eaten with with eggs and pork. In China, it is paired with noodles.
