Name of Vegetables in Hindi

If it is hard to know the name of vegetables in Hindi, this post on the name of vegetables in Hindi and English may help you remember them easily.

Vegetables are the parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. In other words, vegetable refers to the edible pieces of the plant, like leaves, stems, roots, fruits, or seeds.
Below is the handy table with the English vegetable names on the left-hand side and the Hindi name of the vegetables on the right-hand side of the table. For ease, I have also included how you can spell veggie names in the Hindi language in the parenthesis on both sides of the table.

Note: The underlined vegetables are linked to some recipes on the blog and some on my YouTube videos.

Types of Vegetables

There are wide varieties of vegetables available in the market. I have classified them based on their edible parts and food group.

So, based on edible parts, these can be categorized into 8 types:

1. Flower vegetables are flower parts of the plant. Examples are broccoli, artichoke, cauliflower, etc.,
2. Fruit vegetables are botanically classified as fruits like cucumber, tomato, eggplant, etc.,
3. Stem vegetables grow above ground and have edible stems, e.g. asparagus. fennel, kohlrabi etc.,
4. Tuber vegetables grow underground on the root. Examples include potato, cassava, sweet potato, etc.,
5. Leafy vegetables are often known as greens, salad greens, or vegetable greens, leafy vegetables. These include spinach, cabbage, lettuce, etc.,
6. Root vegetables grow underground, like carrots, radishes, ginger, etc.,
7. Bulb vegetables grow just below the ground. An example includes onion, shallot, garlic, etc.,
8. Pod and seeds are vegetables that contain seeds inside a pod, for example, peas, beans, lentils, etc.,

And, as food groups, vegetables can be grouped as:

1. Dark-green vegetables are dark green leafy vegetables, for example, amaranth leaves, bok choy, and broccoli.
2. Red and orange vegetables are red and orange vegetables; for example, carrots, red or orange bell peppers, and sweet potatoes.
3. Beans, Peas, and Lentils are black beans, black-eyed peas, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, mung beans, pigeon peas, pinto beans, and split peas. This group does not include green beans or green peas.
4. Starchy vegetables are veggies that contain starch, for example, breadfruit, burdock root, cassava, corn, jicama, lotus root, lima beans, plantains, white potatoes, water chestnuts, yam, and yucca.
5. Others All other vegetables, for example, asparagus, avocado, bamboo shoots, beets, bitter melon, Brussels sprouts, cabbage (green, red, napa, savoy), cactus pads (nopales), cauliflower, celery, chayote, cucumber, eggplant, green beans, kohlrabi, luffa, mushrooms, okra, onions, radish, rutabaga, snow peas, summer squash, tomatillos, and turnips.

FAQs

Vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet nourishing us with nutrients as well as preparing our body to fight against diseases. So include vegetables in your daily meal to get all the health benefits. Eat fresh and all types of veggies to get the full nutritional value out of them.

I have tried my best to cover all the vegetables as far as possible. Let me know If you know any vegetables I missed here. I will update the table.

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References

1. https://www.myplate.gov/
2. https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/Dietary_Guidelines_for_Americans_2020-2025.pdf
3. https://northernnester.com/types-of-vegetables/
4. Wikipedia
5. https://meaninginhindi.net/vegetables-name-in-english-hindi