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Eaten in dry regions of Africa like Chad as a vegetable. Considered as famine food in some areas [351] [352] [353] Sesamum indicum: Sesame [354] [355] Sesamum radiatum: Benniseed: Fresh leaves and young shoots are a popular leafy vegetable in Africa [356] [357] [358] Sesbania grandiflora: West Indian pea [359] [360] [361] Sesbania sesban ...
Leafy greens can be used to wrap other ingredients into an edible package like a tortilla. Many green leafy vegetables, such as lettuce or spinach, can also be eaten raw, for example, in sandwiches or salads. A green smoothie enables large quantities of raw leafy greens to be consumed by blending the leaves with fruit and water.
Non-leafy vegetables. Assamese name English name Scientific name Image Bondha-Kobi, Bondhakobi Cabbage: Brassica oleracea Capitata Group Ful-Kobi, Phulkobi
Articles relating to leaf vegetables, plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae mostly grown as a leaf vegetable.The leaves are most often used raw in green salads, although lettuce is also seen in other kinds of food, such as sandwiches, wraps and soups; it can also be grilled. [3]
In the Philippines, the Ilocano word for the plant is kalunay; the Tagalog word for the plant is kilitis or kulitis. In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India, it is called chaulai and is a popular red leafy vegetable (referred to in the class of vegetable preparations called laal saag ).
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This species is valued as a leafy vegetable throughout South and Southeast Asia and also in Africa. [2] It may be eaten raw in thoran or cooked in curry [ 3 ] and bhajis . [ 4 ] In Uganda , it is commonly cooked with onions, tomatoes and peanut sauce.