Yellow plantains are a cooking banana popular in Latin, Asian and African cuisines. Like the firmer green plantains, these are also fried into tostones but they emerge sweeter, softer, less savory. Yellow plantain cubes or slices can also be added to soups and stews for potato-like bulk and thickener.
Green examples of fruits of the species Capsicum annuum, called a bell pepper in America, simply a pepper in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a capsicum in India, Australia and New Zealand
Just like other popular tropical fruits like mangoes and bananas, chickoos are extremely sweet, fleshy and energizing fruits. Although the external brown appearance of chickoos might not be appealing at first, the taste of their internal soft, ripe, granular flesh will keep you wanting more of these fruits. Besides, they're loaded with plenty of nutrients, making them healthy to consume.
It is a dark green, ridged, and tapering pretty vegetable. It has white pulp with white seeds embedded in spongy flesh. A ridge gourd also commonly known as Turai or Turiya is a well beloved in India. Its hard skin is peeled off and chopped and cooked as desired.
The Guar or cluster bean, with the botanical name Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, is an annual legume and the source of guar gum. It is also known as Gavar, Guwar, or Guvar bean.
Have you ever wondered, how a fruit can be a great dose of good health. Known as the fruit of paradise, pomegranate is filled with numerous edible seeds called arils, which are loaded with umpteen health benefits. The crystal fruit inside the ruby coloured outer covering along with arils are rich in antioxidants and anti-viral properties. Doctors recommend eating one pomegranate each day to improve immunity and strength of the body. One of the main properties of this powerful fruit is that it is known to increase your blood circulation and thus, is one of the proven remedies for anemia.
Momordica charantia (colloquial: bitter melon; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit.
Capsicum, the pepper, is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its species are native to the Americas, where they have been cultivated for thousands of years. Following the Columbian Exchange, it has become cultivated worldwide, and it has also become a key element in many cuisines.
Eggplant is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae grown for its often purple edible fruit. Although eggplant is the common name in the United States, in British English, it is called aubergine, and in South Asia and South Africa, brinjal.
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an edible flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae native to central and western Asia. Its leaves are commonly eaten as a vegetable, either fresh, frozen, canned, chipped, or dehydrated.
Cucumber, a well-known vegetable is actually a vegetable which has loads of beneficial nutrients and antioxidants that keep you hydrated and curbs your appetite. This vegetable also reduces your blood sugar and promotes weight loss. It contains a good source of water and is low in calories that aid in weight loss.
The papaya, papaw, or pawpaw is the plant Carica papaya, one of the 22 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae. Its origin is in the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighboring Central America.
Papaya is a tropical fruit mainly consumed for its orange, sweet and juicy pulp. The seeds of this fruit are used dried. It is eaten as fresh fruit, cooked or used for processing various products like ice creams, refreshments and jellies. It is low in calories and a highly digestive fruit.
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, yuca, macaxeira, mandioca, aipim and Brazilian arrowroot, is a woody shrub native to South America of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
A lime is a hybrid citrus fruit, which is typically round, green in color, 3–6 centimeters in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime, Persian lime, kaffir lime, and desert lime.