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-red meat, color is very strong, taste slightly sweet, the main place of origin in Russia, China's northern cultivation, beetroot is the main raw material of beetroot soup, but also can be done with vegetables.
2, lettuce
Lettuce common group lettuce and peanut two kinds of lettuce, group 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, tomato
Often in Western cuisine will choose a thinner skin string tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes after treatment will taste better, natural folds burst skin, bursting feeling, 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 with together, in addition to the common portobello mushrooms, you can also use a variety of combinations of mushrooms, such as crab mushrooms, shaggy mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc., stir-frying and pan-frying processing treatments can be very good to retain the freshness of the mushroom and the juiciness.
5, carrots
Carrots eat very crispy, 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's flavor will be more intense, in the process of processing can be in the shape of the more effort.