First cultivated in Africa, Okra popularly travelled from there to America and South Asia and became a much-loved summer vegetable. Grown usually in tropical and sub-tropical weather conditions, Okra has a gummy texture and belongs to the Malvaceae family of...

Mostly, onions are eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, and other savoury side dishes. While they can be cooked in a variety of styles. Sautee, steam, bake, grill, boil or have a soup made entirely and just of onions! Have them...

Onion microgreens never make you cry - even if you chop them! Once germination occurs - keep the container/pot moist by watering gently or misting with a spray bottle every day or three. The deeper your container/pot, the less you...

Description : Opuntia microdasys is a species of cactus native and endemic to central and northern Mexico. This plant has the appearance of a shrub, and spreads out to cover between 2-5 feet of ground as a mature plant. This cacti...

Opuntia monacantha, more commonly known as Barbary fig, cochineal prickly pear or drooping prickly pear, is native to South America. It is an erect fleshy succulent plant that can grow up to 16 feet (5 m) tall. Its big trunk grows...

The dietary significance of carrots has been emphasized enough. Every child has grown up hearing the importance of eating carrots and its nourishing properties. It is a vegetable which offers the necessary Carotene for Vitamin A in abundance and so...

Ornamental kale plants (Brassica oleracea) are an attractive and edible variety of kale. Plants with serrated or fringed leaf margins are considered the flowering kales, which are further divided into the 'fringed leaved cultivars' (those with ruffled leaves) and the...

Pak Choi is a pale green microgreen with a slightly sweet, robust flavor. Pak Choy microgreens are a little more sensitive to light, so keep in lower light conditions once you expose to light on the 3rd or 4th day....