My girlfriend got this at a Turkish supermarket in Berlin. It's quite spicy and tastes like garden cress or a bit like radish. I looked up cress varieties but couldn't find this particular leaf shape.
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4It looks like a variety of watercress to me.– GdDApr 30, 2017 at 16:43
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2You're probably right, I was misled by some pictures which looked different. A picture search for watercress shows that some variants look almost exactly like this.– Felix DombekApr 30, 2017 at 16:48
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Gardening might be a better place to ask this.– GdDApr 30, 2017 at 20:14
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@GdD. I agree it looks like watercress to me.– dougal 5.0.0May 1, 2017 at 7:17
2 Answers
I think you have Baby Argula or Rocket. Check out this site for Turkish greens. http://www.turkish-cuisine.org/ingredients-7/ingredients-used-in-turkish-cuisine-66/vegetables-69.html
This is coriander, watercress grows on a longer stalk.
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1The taste of coriander doesn't match the poster's description. Besides, this looks more like radish than coriander to me.– bliMay 2, 2017 at 12:57
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3Definitely not coriander/cilantro. The leaves are not at all the right shape (they're oval and not lobed), and they're not branching off of long stems.– Cascabel ♦May 2, 2017 at 14:15
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Agreed with the others. The shape is not remotely close to cilantro and the flavour description doesn't match, either.– LMAshtonMay 4, 2017 at 3:54
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1There is a faint similarity to vietnamese and/or sawtooth coriander, but still different - and FAR from "cilantro" coriander. Jun 13, 2017 at 8:17