Water-borne crop: Shingoda

Fruit shops also have black triangular horns. Shingoda is a special fruit. This hard-shelled and thorny fruit grows on vines and its vines float not on the ground but on the water of the reservoir. The horns are green in color, turn black when boiled and come to market with cut thorns on both sides.

Farmers dive into the lake and plant shingoda seeds in the bottom soil. In it the vines grow and float on the surface of the lake. The whole lake sometimes looks green with a single vine. The bark becomes extremely hard for the purpose of providing natural protection to the hornbills, which are constantly in the water, and also has sharp thorns on both sides.

In some areas green shingles become a vegetable-like dish. Dried shingoda is also ground into flour called tapkir, it is useful in making farali dish.