Specialty Vegetable Popular Recipes

Author: Wang Xinghan
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Vegetables are the second most important food after grains. Through consuming various types of vegetables, people can obtain rich vitamins, main substances, carbohydrates, as well as proteins, fats, and organic compounds. Vegetables also have different medicinal values; some vegetables themselves contain various medicinal components that can be used directly as medicine or have certain therapeutic effects. There are numerous varieties of vegetables, and each type contains different nutrients and has unique characteristics. Like other traditional Chinese medicines, vegetables also have the properties of "four natures" and "five flavors," namely, cold, hot, warm, and cool (four natures) and sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty (five flavors). Therefore, different vegetables have various different edible values.