Re: karailay (sp?)
I have yet to see Karaylay in U.S. What do they call em, bitter guards? I once asked this lady at a grocery store if they carried "brinjal" and she was lost. One other time I asked someone about "ladyfingers" and he was lost too. Finally a month ago i was at a market and I asked this butcher if he could make me some "minced beef" and he was utterly lost.
Only later did i understand that its "egg plant" , "okra" and "ground beef" here and brinjal, lady fingers and minced beef back home.