Delicious and brighter eating today
Delicious and brighter eating today
The radish is a pungent edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. It is usually eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable. Their pungent characteristics come from chemicals including glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are closely related …
The shallot is a type of onion, specifically of the species Allium cepa. it is also closely related to Chinese onion, chives, garlic, and leek. It is believed to have originated around Central or Southwest Asia with the name …
The sunflower seed is the fruit of the sunflower plant. Botanically speaking, the fruit is a cypsela. The plant is commonly cultivated for the seed which is eaten as a snack or for extracting the sunflower oil. The three …
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the bulbous saffron crocus plant also known as Crocus sativus. This spice is used primarily as a flavoring and coloring agent in food. The spice is extracted from the …
Pumpkin seeds are also known as pepita. The name is from Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, meaning “little seed of squash“. They are the edible seeds of the pumpkin or certain varieties of squash. The seeds are found in the fruit which …
Horseradish of the Brassicaceae family is a perennial crop native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia and is a pungent root vegetable used as a spice. It belongs to the same family of vegetables which includes broccoli, cabbage, kale, mustard, radish, and wasabi. …
Tamarind is an edible pod-like fruit harvested from a leguminous tree of the same name. it belongs to the family Fabaceae which is indigenous to tropical Africa. The fruit pulp is edible with other parts of the …
Wasabi, also known as Japanese horseradish, botanically, is a plant that is related to the Brassicaceae family. This puts it in the same family as cabbages, horseradish, and mustard. In Japan, this crop grows naturally along wetlands in …
Moringa oleifera goes by an assortment of other names, most notably drumstick tree. This is because of its long triangular seed pods. From afar these pods resemble those of French beans. It is also commonly …
The mustard seed comes from a plant bearing the same name. For centuries it cherished for its flavorful and delicate oils making it an important spice for culinary purposes. The three main culinary varieties are black mustard (Brassica nigra), brown Indian …
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