May 06, 2009
Ingredients: 1 kg. rice 2 packages of soy beans (granules) 5 onions 2 cans of mushrooms condiments (salt, pepper, paprika, etc.). pickled cabbage leaves How to cook: Fry the onion ...
Cabbage is a leafy vegetable that grows in heads, family to kale, collards, broccoli and brussels sprouts. Cabbage varieties range in color from light to dark green to red to purple. The head can range in shape from round to flattened or pointed with layers of superimposed leaves.
Green varieties are the most popular type grown and are used to make cole slaw and other types of raw and cooked salads. The red varieties are used to add color to raw salads and cooked dishes.
Cabbage is a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin C and essential phytonutrients.
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The cabbage is a popular cultivar of the species ''Brassica oleracea Linne'' (Capitata Group) of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), and is used as a leafy green vegetable. It is a herbaceous, biennial, dicotyledonous flowering plant distinguished by a short stem upon which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties red or purplish, which while immature form a characteristic compact, globular cluster (''cabbagehead''). The plant is also called ''head cabbage'' or ''heading cabbage'', and in Scotland a ''bowkail'', from its rounded shape. The Scots call its stalk a ''castock'', The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form. and the British occasionally call its head a ''loaf'' dictionary.com (from Random House). It is in the same genus as the turnip – Brassica rapa L. Cabbage leaves often display a delicate, powdery, waxy coating called ''bloom''. The sharp or bitter taste sometimes present in cabbage is due to glucosinolate(s). Cabbages are also a good source of riboflavin.