some basic ingredients for vegetarian cooking!![images]

here are some of the basic vegetable ingredients that are used in vegetarian cooking...with some added description to familiarize you guys with their food properties and use!! 

fresh lemons and ginger
[used in Indian, Thai, Chinese cooking specially,lemon zest made from the outer peel of these juicy yellow lemons adds a tangy aroma n flavor to the food...!!ginger is also known for its medicinal properties especially for cough and cold and sour throat ,ginger juice with honey is very soothing]

maize/corn
healthy source of fiber,is used in many parts of the world as staple food
high glycemic index makes it an ideal choice for a morning breakfast cereal as in cornflakes to a an evening snack as a roasted spicy corn on cob on a cold winter evening!...can be eaten in many forms like raw as sweet corn in flavored and unflavored versions,in salads and soups....or dried and roasted as pop corn during a fun movie...

rice
also called chawal in hindi
one of the worlds most staple food to go with most vegetables,gravies,curries etc...eaten as boiled,fried, flavored, flaked,puffed versions.....rice is a must in most food cultures!

cucumber[kheera in hindi]
high source of fiber,full of water,neutral in taste,this veggie is a Favorite with the people on a diet
eaten whole or as a part of  salads,soups,veggies or other indigenous versions...very healthy for the digestive system and skin for sun protection and anti blemish!!

potatoes and onions
very essential in indian cooking....
from curries to pancakes to fried pakoras to gravies to salads to soups to pulavs to biriyanis
these are every where!

red chilli and garlic
another major spice options for Indian, Thai, Chinese, Lebanese,cooking
while chilli adds a hot flavour to food,garlic also is awsome for lowering down cholesterol along withadding a pungent spicy aroma and taste to the food

makhane
 called as gorgon nuts or fox nuts in english
used in desserts/puddings/kheer etc
are said to increase the hemoglobin!!

brown sugar
a much healthier version of the regular refined white sugar,its finer than white sugar so mixes faster,lot more sweeter  and has less calorific value...its basically made from raw  sugarcane juice and tastes almost similer.

mangoes
the king of fruits
very tasty sweet fruit full of flavour and high on calories
used in milk shakes,fruit salda,desserts,mango juice,or raw as chutney or pickle...

apple
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
high source of iron,fibre and  beta carotene
its a very healthy sweet fruit consumed as smoothies,milkshakes,dessert,puddings,fruit salads etc.

papaya
called as papeeta in hindi
very high in fibre,its a dieter's delight!
full of flavour and medicinal ingredients....its also very soothing on the digestive system...eaten as a part of fruit salads or as a smoothie!!