Thursday, October 9, 2008

Common Vegetables

  • Cauliflower - Cauliflower / Gobi
  • Broccoli - Broccoli / Pachai pookose
  • Drumstick - Murugakkai
  • Egg plant / Brinjal / Aubergines - Kathirikkai
  • Ladies finger / Okra - Vendakkai
  • Gentleman's toes / Ivy gourd / Little gourd / Gerkin / Tindla - Kovakkai / Dondakkai
  • Bell pepper / Sweet pepper / Capsicum - Kudai milagai
  • Red radish / White radish - Mullangi
  • Beetroot - Beetroot
  • Carrot - Carrot / Manjal mullangi
  • Red carrot - Red carrot / Semmanjal mullangi
  • Parsnip - Root vegetable related to carrot
  • Turnip - Nool khol
  • Taro root / Colocasia - Seppan kizhangu / Chembu kizhangu / Arbi
  • Tapioca / Cassava / Sweet potato / Shakarkand / Kachalu - Cheeni kizhangu / Maracheeni kizhangu / Kappa kizhangu / Maravalli kizhangu
  • Elephant foot Yam / Suran - Senai kizhangu / Karunai kizhangu
  • Chinese potato - Koorka kizhangu
  • Bitter gourd - Pavakkai
  • Snake gourd - Pudalankai
  • Bottle gourd / Opo squash / Marrow - Suraikkai
  • Sponge gourd / Ridge gourd / Serrated gourd / Ribbed gourd / Chinese okra - Pirkankai
  • White gourd / Ash gourd / Winter melon / White pumpkin - Vellapoosani / Thadiankai
  • Pumpkin - Parangikkai / Manjal poosani
  • Squash - Seemai poosani
  • Yellow cucumber - Dosakkai
  • Cucumber - Vellarikkai
  • Chayote - Chow chow / Bangalore kathirikkai
  • Guar bean / Cluster bean - Kothavarankai / Cheeni avarakkai
  • Broad bean / Indian bean / Hyacinth bean - Avarakkai / Kozhi avarakkai / Thatta avarakkai
  • Yard long bean / Snake bean / Chinese long bean / Asparagus bean / Long-podded cowpea - Payaru
  • French bean / Green bean - Common beans
  • Plantain stem - Vazhaithandu
  • Plantain flower - Vazhaipoo
  • Raw plantain - Vazhakkai
  • Spring onions / Green onion / Scallions - Vengayathaz
  • Sambhar onions / Pearl onions / Shallots - Chinna vengayam
  • Onion - Vengayam
  • Potato - Urulai kizhangu
  • Tomato - Thakkali
  • Green chilly - Pachai milagai
  • Garlic - Poondu
  • Mango ginger - Manga inji
  • Ginger - Inji
  • Lotus stem - Thamarai thandu
  • Lotus root - Thamari ver
  • Mushroom - Nai kudai / Kalaan

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