Vegetables

Rocket leaves or popularly known as arugula or salad rocket is nutritious green-leafy vegetable. The young tender leaves carry a bitter peppery flavor that makes it mostly a salad vegetable.

Small round gourd, also called baby pumpkin, is a vegetable grown for its immature fruit. Green colored and apple sized, it is a slightly sour fruit which can be eaten cooked, candied or pickled. Stuffed round gourds cooked with spices is also a favorite recipe. It is especially popular in South Asia. It is native to India and very popular all a...

A long vegetable with a dark green ridged skin and a white spongy flesh with soft seeds. It is prepared by removing the skin of the vegetable and then cooked. Ridge gourd is very prominent in Indian cooking. It is called as sponge gourd in Chinese cuisine. Usage Ridge gourds stuffed with spices can be made into a curry that is served...

Radish is a root vegetable that was native to the Europeans. They are white in color and are mainly used in salads but can be cooked or steamed as well. It is mostly grown during the cool season and has a peppery taste. Some radishes are grown for their seeds and some for their oil. Types Broadly they are categorized into four types, summer, ...