You may have never heard of red Malabar spinach or basella alba ‘rubra’, but this beautiful multi-coloured, leafy vine is part of some very enticing meals in Bengali, South Indian, Gujarati, Chinese, ...

This odd-duck plant goes by many names — Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach and vine spinach, among them — but isn't technically a spinach at all. But don't say that in front of Basella alba — the ...