Vegetables and Fruits | nutritional source
👉Introduction
👉 Type of Vegetables
👉 Cost of Vegetables
👉 How to use vegetables
👉 Health issues
👬Introduction :
In any country, vegetables are a very important commodity, vegetables are loved by everyone, but today there is a situation in the world where vegetables are piled up without sales because many other things are more important than vegetables, these are the goods that are booming in the world trade today, that is, fish, meat, and bread made from flour.
Once upon a time, Indian States were storehouse of grains, but later on when people went outside in search of jobs, the cultivation become for the name's sake and slowly the people became detached from farming on the verge of risk due to natural calamities or some other reasons. By the end of 1980 people started to search jobs in foreign countries which made them rich and their families staying in the home country started reaping the benefit of foreign currency resulting into the people in the home country became rich and they are not in need of any other income which was earlier accumulated through farming crops and vegetables. But these kinds of changes cannot be completely ruled out because, as the saying goes, one must move with the times.
But there is one thing that causes a lot of pain, mansions are being built in all the fields all over the country by replacing fields. Still there were hopes that some of the farmers remain in the field for those who does not have the foreign currency, but they changed their crops from grains and some other crops mainly coconut, areca nuts, rubber and spices were become the main source of income for the farmers. In the northern side still wheat and sugar cane are the main source of income for the farmers especially Kerala the southern state of India changed their natural farming of crops to other commodities as stated above. Even though farmers who were farming vegetables still continued and now a days people started to cultivate vegetables in their homes itself due to non-availability of organic and quality vegetables.
Vegetables are treated as the primary means for all to make their food, when we think of making food the basic ingredient required would be vegetables, without vegetables, food preparation is difficult. Each and every food preparation requires the vegetable as one of the ingredients. Including vegetable in our food is of high importance as it contributes major part of the vitamins and mineral required for our body which helps to keep out of serious illness. Vegetables helps in making essential vitamins and minerals for our body. Truly nutritious elements in the vegetables scores and contribute abundantly to the health of a person. If you get fresh vegetables from the local market, then it would be sufficient to meet your daily cooking needs.
👬 Type of Vegetables :
In a market we have multi-variety vegetables to choose, the following vegetables are mainly available in the veg market :
👐Cabbage: Cabbage is a very special and common vegetable and having watery substance inside, you do not need lot of water and easy for cooking. Cabbages are usually used in salads and for making dry veg items and Manchurian. Cabbage is filled with vitamins and minerals in abundant amounts.
👐Tomatoes, Potatoes and Onions : Tomatoes and onions are also the main source of food preparation, today we cannot think of preparing food without onions, potatoes and tomatoes because these vegetables are the primary content of any food recipes. These vegetables are also rich in vitamins and minerals.
Other vegetables like Lady finger, carrot beetroot, capsicum, bitter gourd, pumpkin, cucumbers, brinjal
👬 Cost of Vegetables:
Vegetables' costs are not too expensive and not less expensive but it still remain dependent upon the seasons. In some seasons one vegetable cost becomes high and another vegetables cost becomes low. Normally in the summer season and winter season vegetables cost low as compared to Monsoon. In Monsoon due to transportation costs high and weather conditions affects crops due to which costs are also soaring. But it is affordable for a middle-class family. For others those who are making vegetables in their land or in their house terrace the cost is not an issue.
👬How to use vegetables:
Veggies are considered to be most common raw food item which can directly be used for making salads. Even though the usual way is to use it after properly cooked. Green salads are very commonly prepared by people to serve with lunch and dinner as a side dish. Normally people store the vegetables in the Refrigerator for safely keeping out of drying and damaging.
👬 Health Issues :
Due to use of vegetables there no known health issues for many years we are using vegetables for our daily food needs. Some people use vegetables as their main food instead of food grains due excess starch in the food grains. Boiled vegetables are advised by Dieticians for those who have health issues like blood pressure and diabetics.
