Endive is a green leafy vegetable from daisy family. Curly endive is called “Chicory”. One cup of chopped endive contains […]

Chili pepper is a vegetable from nightshade family and could be in red (red hot chili pepper), green (green chili pepper) […]

Bok Choy is basically the Chinese cabbage, and it is called “Pak Choy”, “Asian Greens”, “Chinese flat cabbage”, and “Mizuna” as […]

Commonly mistaken with sweet potato, yam is a root vegetable from Dioscoreaceae family. There are many varieties of yams. Yam differs […]

Radish is a spicy and crunchy root vegetable from Brassica family and closely related to broccoli and cauliflower. There are many […]

Mushroom is the fleshy and edible fruit part of a fungus. The most commonly known mushrooms are white, brown, and felid […]

Eggplant is a purple vegetable from nightshade family and related to potato and tomato. This vegetable is usually eaten cooked. It […]

Curly “endive” is called “Chicory”. For nutritional facts and phytochemical constituents, see “Endive”.

Being famous also as beetroot, garden beet, and golden beet, beets are eaten either cooked or raw. The leafy parts are […]

Watercress is a green leafy vegetable from Brassica family and closely related to radish and mustard greens. Two cups of chopped […]