Summer Vegetables Vocabulary

Summer Vegetables Vocabulary

LADY’S FINGER (ঢেঁড়স)

Example: Lady’s finger is not a finger of a ladies, it is a vegetable that we eat often in our house in the summer season.

Lady's Finger

EGGPLANT / BRINJAL (বেগুন)

Example: If you want to make a tasty eggplant smash then you need to add in green chili, slice onion, mustard oil, salt according to your taste.

Eggplant / Brinjal

BITTER GOURD (করলা)

Example: Bitter gourd is really a bitter vegetable I have ever tasted though it is  a healthy vegetable.

Bitter Gourd

SNAKE GOURD (চিচিঙ্গা / দুধকুশি)

Example: In our house we rarely eat snake gourd vegetables, what about in your house Charlie?

Snake Gourd

POTATO (আলু)

Example: If you really  wanna diet to get slim figure, reduce the consumption of potatoes.

Potato

PUMPKIN (মিষ্টি কুমড়া)

Example: I want some more pumpkins.

Pumpkin

ASH GOURD / WAX GOURD (জালি কুমড়া)

Example: I am glad that this time there are seven ash gourds in the ash gourd tree of our house.

Ash Gourd / Wax Gourd

ARUM / TARO (কচু)

Example: In my shop, I have eddoe, giant taro, yam, which arum would you like to buy Mam?

Arum / Taro

RIDGED GOURD / RIBBED GOURD (ঝিঙে)

Example: I have never cooked ridged gourd vegetables, could you please help me to cook it Naila?

Ridged Gourd / Ribbed Gourd

ZUCCHINI (ধুন্দুল)

Example: Zucchini is a summer squash which can grow to more than 3.2 feet or 1 meter.

Zucchini

COWPEA / LONG BEAN / STRING BEAN (বরবটি)

Example: Since I don’t want to eat any vegetables, today my father intentionally bought only vegetables from the market  and now Mom is going to cook cowpea and pumpkin, which I don’t like at all.

Cow Pea

DRUMSTICK (সজিনা)

Example: We have many drumstick trees in our garden, in summer we collect that vegetables and sell it in the market.

Drumstick

CORN (ভুট্টা)

Example: I love to watch movies with eating the popcorn.

Corn

PEPPERS (মরিচ)

Example: Whenever my grandmother cook for us I love to taste it because she added the right amount of peppers and salt that I prefer to eat.

Peppers

LEAFY VEGETABLES (শাকসবজি)

Example: We are growing leafy vegetables in our garden.

Leafy Vegetables

GREEN JACKFRUIT (কাঁচা কাঠাল)

Example: Green jackfruit is my father’s favorite dish in summer.

Green Jackfruit

SPINACH (পালং শাক)

Example: Spinach is an excellent healthy celery that is why I try to eat it at least in a week during the summer season.

Spinach

LETTUCE (লেটুস পাতা)

Example: I asked my sister, should I add the lettuce in the salad or not?

lettuce