Vegetables

There are a few types of Indian green bean which come in all shapes and sizes. Each have a lovely crunchy and fresh texture. There are local names for each, seasonal produce of these beans, cooked fresh tastes awesome.There is ease of cooking to these beans; washed thoroughly, ends removed and cut into desired sizes.Used […]

These are fresh Fenugreek leaves, known as Methi leaves in hindi. In Indian cooking, the leaves are used to flavour curries, dals, rotis and all sort of vegetarian dishes.Some popular Indian recipes are Methi thepla, Aloo Methi ki Sabji, Methi Paratha and Methi pakora. When buying at grocery store look for leaves on tender stem, […]

Baigan is the popular hindi word for Aubergine, Egg plant or Brinjal. It comes in numerous shape and sizes.Packed with high fibre and low calorie content are absolute delights to recipes.Aubergine are used in Indian curries, stir fry, pakoras, roasts, chutneys, bharta, sambhar, pilaos and raita.  

Tinda is an immature fruit,used as vegetable look like small green apples or mini pumpkins. The plant itself is pricky with small thorns, take care when plucking this vegetable from your kitchen garden.Tinda halwa,Tinda stir fry, Bharwa Tinda and Tinda aloo ki sabji are popular recipes prepared in northern India.

Locally known as Kathal, in hindi. Jackfruit belongs to the family of fig and mulberry and sometimes referred as Jack Tree. When unripe, the outer skin is bright green with white pulp which is tasteless, can be cooked as various delicacies like kathal ki sabji, kathal biryani, kathal kofta and many more. Contrary when it […]