Chufa (Cyperus esculentus) is an underrated crop. Chufa tastes nice and can yield very well. I have only ever eaten them raw but to me the little tubers taste sweet and a lot like almonds when raw.
I have only ever eaten the 'regular' chufa, but I really like them. The taste and the texture are very appealing to me. If I could buy these in the shops I would eat them every day.
It is difficult to find any chufa to grow. Some places sell unnamed varieties, others sell seeds, but over all chufa is difficult to find for some reason.
A very generous person sent me five different varieties of chufa to grow. I soaked them prior to planting them and hope to be able to compare them after a season.
Chufa grows much like water chestnuts, but without needing to be under water. There is even a weedy version that produces tiny tubers and numerous seeds which is a bit of a nuisance in crops and lawns. Most of the improved named varieties do not produce seed. Hopefully they grow well for me and produce a lot of fat little tubers at the end of the season.
This blog post is mostly for me to be able to compare things more easily later. The postcode boxes can be used for scale, but in hind sight I should have taken pictures of each variety next to a ruler or something. I will have to try and remember that at the end of the season.
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Chufa - Ale
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Chufa - Jumbo
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Chufa - Black Tiger
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Chufa - Spanish
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| Chufa - regular |
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