Vegetables

Bok Choy cultivation was first done in China. Bok choy is used in many dishes due to its crisp texture, sweet flavor and nutritional value. It is also known as white cabbage. The Chinese commonly call Bok Choy as Pak Choy meaning white vegetable. Bok Choy has leafy blades with succulent and translucent stalks that are white in colour. The entire p...

Also called as 'Green Cauliflower', broccoli is a member of the cabbage family. The word broccoli is derived from the Italian word broccolo, which means the 'flowering top of the cabbage'. It has large flowery heads similar to a cauliflower; usually green in colour. These heads are arranged in a tree-like structure. The flower heads are carefull...

Broad beans or fava beans are firm and crisp pods that palate a strong beany flavor. Broad beans are eaten while still young and tender. They are flat greens pods. It is a widely grown crop, also used for ornamental purposes. Broad beans are prepared by removing the skin and blanching them for a minute or two. They are then squeezed out for their s...

Also known as white gourd, marrow, calabash or long melons, bottle gourds are a fruit with a light green skin and white seedy flesh. They come in a variety of shapes, thick and rounded, small and bottle shaped or long and slim. The young fruits are eaten as a vegetable and the mature can be used as a bottle, pipe or utensil. Thus the name bottle go...

This edible fruit is one of the most bitter vegetables produced. The elongated fruit has a rough exterior and a crunchy, watery flesh which is bitter. When the fruit is green, the skin is edible whereas the pith is removed before cooking. The pith becomes sweet and red when ripe and is used uncooked in various salads. Also known as bitter melon, it...

Available in a lot of vibrant colors including red, yellow, green, chocolate brown, vanilla/white and purple, they are also known as sweet pepper or simply peppers. It is a large pepper with sweet and mild flavor, not at all hot. This ingredient is Native to Mexico. Sweet peppers have a bell shaped and have three-four plump lobes.Compared to green ...

The beetroot also known as the table beet or garden beet refers to any of the cultivated varieties of beets. As the name implies, it is a root vegetable with dark purple skin and flesh. The beet is used in a variety of sweet and savory dishes. Beetroot is consumed in different ways catering to the region. Broscht, beet soup is a famous dish serv...

Bamboo is an evergreen plant. The edible inner part of the bamboo plant are called the bamboo shoots. The shoots are a conical structure, a yellow cream color that is very tender and faintly sweet. They might have a slight bitter taste but are god to eat once boiled. They lend a crunchy texture with a mild flavor to the dish. Since they have a tou...

A miniature version of the corn plant, it's very popular in Thai and Chinese cooking. Baby corn is taken from corn when its very small and immature. It is actually a grain from corn which is harvested early before it matures. It is eaten both raw and cooked. It is usually 4.5 to 10 cm in length.