We hope you enjoy a delicious eggplant meal with your families soon! Good morning, Destiny, Assata, Tiffany, and London! We love reading about your eggplant connections today! Even if it's not your favorite thing to eat, we're glad you've tried it and now you know it's actually a berry! How neat! We Wonder: what are your favorite fruits to eat? We are undergoing some spring clearing site maintenance and need to temporarily disable the commenting feature.
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What other foods are most closely related to the eggplant? Can you make some dishes that feature eggplant? Tags: See All Tags Asia , aubergine , bitter , china , climate , crop , cultivated , draining , edible , eggplant , Egypt , France , fruit , gourd , Greece , India , Iran , Italy , Middle East , nightshade , Pakistan , plant , potato , potatoes , rinsing , salting , seed , temperate , texture , tomato , tomatoes , turkey , vegetable.
Wonder What's Next? Try It Out Do you like eggplant? Grab a friend or family member and check out one or more of the following activities: Take a field trip with an adult friend or family member. Head to the produce aisle of your nearest grocery store in search of eggplant. If necessary, check more than one grocery store until you find an eggplant.
Does it look like you expected it to? Why or why not? Compare it to the tomatoes and potatoes. What similarities do you see? How are they different? As you learned in today's Wonder of the Day, eggplant goes by a variety of different names around the world. What would you call it if you stumbled upon it in the wild and didn't know it was an eggplant? Be creative. Spend some time looking at an eggplant and then come up with three or four possible names for this interesting plant.
Share your ideas with friends and family members. What names would they choose? Head to the kitchen to cook up a delicious recipe featuring eggplant. You might want to double-check the list of ingredients, just in case you need to get a few more supplies while you're at the store. Be sure to get help from an adult friend or family member! Did you get it? Test your knowledge.
What are you wondering? Wonder Words fruit crop texture climate edible gourd draining rinsing Take the Wonder Word Challenge. Join the Discussion. Roxy Jan 29, This story is mostly about eggplants. But inside the eggplant are the seeds but what do the seeds taste like? Wonderopolis Feb 2, Wonderopolis Aug 8, Some of these videos are not very good at all. Carlos a. Aug 7, If I don't leave a comments in the future articles, it's because I can't, but I'll let you know, when I come back!
Wonderopolis Aug 7, Eggplants look good even with cheese Why did you pick eggplant? Why do trees grow? Brieanna Aug 7, Where do eggplants grow? Do bugs have armor? I never baked something and I like how they told you how to do that and if they call it an eggplant. I think that they call it an eggplant because it tastes like egg or China, India, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey just wanted to name it that way because it tastes good.
Q: Why do eggplants taste bad when they're raw? I had the same question. How close are things? I think that the food you made looked very good I will try and make them some time.
Xavion Aug 7, Wee, Y. A guide to medicinal plants. Singapore: Singapore Science Centre, p. Call no. Burkill, I. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia, p. Polunin, I. Plants and flowers of Singapore. Singapore: Times editions, p. Kwok, P. A guide to the Singapore Science Centre Ecogarden. Ware, M. A cup of chopped brinjal contains only 30 calories and can help you in managing your weight.
It contains negligible amount of fats and provides bulk to your diet and thus promotes satiety helping you to eat lesser in between meals. Therefore, it promotes weight loss. High in Fibre Brinjals are a very good source of fibre. Add a variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet for regular bowel movements.
Fibre acts as a laxative and will prevent or treat constipation. Fibre also reduces the fat absorption and helps to maintain weight. It also prevents blood glucose from shooting up and is good for diabetics. Try Recipes using Brinjal.
With a super-rich besan and jaggery based stuffing, Bharwan Baingan is the perfect example showcasing the use of spices in Punjabi Cuisine. It is a good source of dietary fiber and minerals like manganese, copper and potassium.
These compounds act as antioxidants. Two such phytonutrients are chlorogenic acid and nasunin which are potent antioxidants and thus prevents formation of free radicals, thereby protecting cell membranes from damage. Glycemic Index Brinjal has a Glycemic Index of 15 which is low. Glycemic Index are for foods you eat, ranks carbohydrate-containing foods by how quickly they digest and raise your blood sugar or glucose levels.
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