Vegetables and fruits play an important role in Western cuisine, in which vegetables can be used as the main ingredient, as well as side dishes and ingredients, cold and hot dishes need to be accompanied by some vegetables, and now Westerners are becoming more and more interested in vegetables, and therefore use a wide range of vegetable varieties.
Western vegetables are beetroot, lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, horseradish, onions, carrots, celery, kale, arugula, artichokes and so on.
1, beetroot
Beetroot is also called purple beetroot, the shape is a bit like radish, thin skin, dark brown, purple meat, color is very colorful, taste slightly sweet, the main place of origin is in Russia, northern China is also cultivated, beetroot is the main raw material of beetroot soup, but also can be done as a side dish.
2, lettuce
Lettuce common group of lettuce and peanut two kinds of lettuce, group of lettuce appearance is somewhat like a small green cabbage, peanut lettuce is no obvious heart, the leaves are open, similar to the antlers, a slightly bitter taste, these two kinds of lettuce are extremely fragrant and refreshing, suitable for eating raw, mainly used for cold and do side dishes.
3, tomatoes
Often in Western cuisine will choose a thinner skin string tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, after processing the tomatoes will taste better, the natural folds of the burst skin, the feeling of bursting pulp, very tasty, sweet and sour taste is also more gentle.
4, mushrooms
Mushroom ingredients are very flexible, eat to the mouth are fresh juice, often and steak's with together, in addition to the common portobello mushrooms, but also can be used in a variety of mushroom combinations, such as crabmeat mushrooms, shaggy mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc., stir-frying and sauteing processing and treatment methods can be very good to retain the fresh aroma of the mushrooms and juicy.
5, carrots
Carrots are very crunchy, and very sweet and delicious, usually recommended to choose finger carrots, if the procurement is difficult, you can also choose to bring the soil of the carrots, so that the carrot flavor will be more intense, in the processing of the modeling can be more effort.