There are people in the world who want to taste all kinds of tastes, such people must come to any district of Bastar to taste Boda in the initial months of the rains. Boda can neither be cultivated nor can there be a tree and a plant that produce Boda. That's why people eagerly wait for this vegetable in Chhattisgarh and as soon as it is available in the weekly haats or markets, it is sold out within a few hours despite being expensive. It is a fungus that grows under the Sal tree, it is extracted by the people of Bastar with lot of hard work. It takes a lot of time to clean Boda and to make it ready to consume. In the initial days, Boda is sold at a higher price. This vegetable is also liked a lot in Odisha, as well as in Jharkhand, where it is called Rugda. Boda Amt is very much liked in the area of Dantewada which is prepared without oil.