Fruits used as vegetables
| vegetable | botanical
name |
description |
| aubergine | solanum
spp. |
eggplant; available all year round; come in many varieties and colours from purple to white; used in classic dishes like ratatouille, moussaka and imam bayaldi. |
| avocado | persea
spp. |
alligator pear; available most of the year; eaten raw as salad or starter; makes good soup. |
| peppers
more info |
capiscum
spp. |
available fresh most of the year; sweet or chilli; sweet used raw or blanched in salads, or cooked by roasting, baking or boiling. |
| tomato | lycopersicum
spp. |
available all year round; many varieties and sizes, including beefsteak, cherry and salad; many uses both raw, in salads and garnishes, and cooked by grilling, frying and roasting. |
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