Truth really is stranger than fiction -- Colindale's latest claim to fame is a tomato.

We reported in June last year that Farida Gadatara had discovered the name of Allah spelt out in the veins of a tomato she was about to use in a curry.

And the story of the holy fruit, which was endorsed at the time as genuine by Hendon Islamic Centre, is being featured on TV tomorrow.

Viewers tuning in to Fortean Time at 8pm on Channel Four can witness for themselves the strange tale as a film crew from Rapido TV descended on the Gadatara family home in Wiggins Mead.

Mrs Gadatara explained where she bought it, how much it cost, what curry she was about to cook with it (chicken) and how she discovered the holy lettering.

It was the fourth of four tomatos and on cutting it, Mrs Gadatara saw the Arabic word Allah, as it appears in the Koran, spelt in its veins.

"I was so excited," she told the Hendon & Finchley Times. "I kept telling myself, 'It is Allah'."

But miracle or no miracle, it suffered a familiar fate to most other tomatos. "We saved the tomato for about 15 days. After that we ate it. I made a curry with it."

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