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Recently, a Dubai-based restaurant, Bombay Borough, introduced Royal Gold Biryani, which is the most expensive Biryani in Dubai. Shocking, right? Wait till you hear about the world’s most expensive vegetable. A Bihar-based farmer is growing a vegetable that costs a whopping Rs 1 lakh per kilo. The Bihar farmer named Amresh Singh is cultivating ‘hop shoots’, the world’s costliest crop.

According to a report by The New Indian Express, it used to be sold for 1000 pounds a kg even six years ago in international markets which comes roughly to about Rs 1 lakh. This crop is rarely seen in the Indian market and bought only by placing a special order.

Singh told the publication that this crop can make farmers earn 10 times more than what they are earning now if the government makes special arrangements.

An IAS officer recently tweeted, “One kilogram of this vegetable costs about Rs 1 lakh! The world’s costliest vegetable, ‘hop-shoots’ is being cultivated by Amresh Singh an enterprising farmer from Bihar, the first one in India. Can be a game-changer for Indian farmers.”

Are Hop-Shoots edible?

These plants are native to North America and are not edible in a simple way. This crop was considered a weed until its antibacterial properties came to light. Hop-Shoots are medicinal plants, highly effective in the treatment of Tuberculosis (TB).

Singh was quoted by the publication, “the fruit, flower, and stem of Hop-Shoots are all used in beverage making, beer making and for medicinal purposes like in making antibiotics.”

Hop-Shoots contain antioxidants. Therefore, they can also be used for cleansing the skin. These crops also help in making beer. Different types of hop-shoots are cultivated by farmers around the world.