Vegetables are the edible part of various plants, which can be either a fruit, a tuber, a stem, or leaves.
In cooking, it is customary to call vegetables even the fruits of those plants that in the terminology of botany are called nothing else than berries or fruits. Example: a cucumber is a vegetable in cooking, and a berry in botany. Another example: a tomato is a vegetable in cooking, and a fruit in botany.
Vegetables are divided into categories that have the following form:
Vegetables are root vegetables, such as: carrots, turnips, horseradish, radishes, celery.
Vegetables, tubers, such as: sweet potato, Jerusalem artichoke.
Cabbage vegetables, such as: all kinds of cabbage.
Pumpkin vegetables, such as cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin, squash.
Spicy vegetables, such as basil, dill, marjoram, tarragon.
Grain vegetables, such as: sugar corn.
Legume vegetables, such as: beans, peas.
Dessert vegetables, such as: rhubarb, artichoke, asparagus.
Vegetables are part of almost all dishes of any national cuisine. The exceptions are, perhaps, desserts and pastries. Vegetable dishes always contain a large amount of vitamins and trace elements. Dishes with vegetables are good for health and are recommended for people on diets. Also, dishes with vegetables are indispensable during religious fasts. In addition, it is much easier to prepare a vegetable dish than a meat one, because cooking vegetables does not take much time.
Many vegetables are usually subjected to heat treatment before use. However, some vegetables are also eaten raw. For example, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers. Frozen vegetables retain most of the nutrients, including vitamins. Frozen vegetables are good because they can appear on our tables, even when it is “not the season” for them in nature. All vegetable dishes, recipes of which can be found in this section, have been verified by users.
Vegetable salads seasoned with vegetable oil are very tasty and healthy. If you are interested in how to cook vegetable stew, then it is stewed vegetables that form the basis of these stews, as well as goulash, roast, casseroles. In Chinese cuisine, rice with vegetables is widely used as a side dish for meat dishes. On our website you can find vegetable dishes with photos that make it easy to evaluate the whole cooking process.
I offer you a recipe for a very fragrant and incredibly delicious potato. It is prepared quickly and easily. This dish can be served on a festive table, as well as take with you on a picnic.
Lobio is a Georgian dish that is made from beans. One lobio may differ from another in bean varieties and ingredients. As they say: “There are more lobio recipes than Georgian ones.” But everyone will like this one!
This is the simplest, unpretentious and quick recipe for fried mushrooms with onions in a frying pan with sour cream. The result is always excellent. The mushrooms will turn out juicy and delicious. Suitable for any side dish. It’s amazing!
Zucchini in Afghan or Borani Kadu. A very tasty appetizer dish. It is served either as an independent dish with rice on a side dish, or as an appetizer -meze. Spicy and spicy, like all oriental dishes. Try it, you won’t regret..)))
Pico de Gallo sauce is a traditional Mexican cold sauce, sometimes called simply Salsa (which means sauce in Spanish). Pico de Gallo is served separately – as an appetizer or salad, as well as as a side dish to such wonderful Mexican dishes as fajitos, tacos, etc. Pico de Gallo translates as the beak of a rooster, and indeed – this sauce has a fresh, rather intense, piquant taste – an indispensable seasoning for lovers of spicy, although you can make it not so spicy – if desired. Also traditionally – in Mexican dishes, this sauce is served in combination with sour cream and black bean pasta, which neutralize the sharpness of the sauce and make the “arrival” of sharpness in the mouth – gradual.