Fresh Eggplant

The eggplant, or aubergine, provides fiber and a range of nutrients. This low-calorie vegetable features in the Mediterranean diet. Many of us are most familiar with eggplants that are large and dark purple, but the shape, size, and color can vary from small and oblong to long and thin and from shades of purple to white or green. Eggplant requires a warm climate and has been cultivated in its native Southeast Asia, that's why Egyptian Eggplant is one of the best quality all over the world. Varieties: Black Arous, Black Roumy, White Oriental, Uruguay Shipment: 40 ft HC Container takes 20 MT

FARM FRESH PRODUCT

Eggplant has antioxidants like vitamins A and C, which help protect your cells against damage. It's also high in natural plant chemicals called polyphenols, which may help cells do a better job of processing sugar if you have diabetes. With best quality & price

White, green or white and purple streaked skin depending on variety; cream to white flesh; white seeds. VISUAL APPEARANCE Smooth, glossy skin; colour mainly around calyx area; cream; small, soft, flattened seeds embedded in flesh; short, clean-cut stem retained; coarse, bristly calyx; free from foreign matter. SENSORY Firm to slightly spongy texture; mild flavour with little aroma before cooking; free from foreign and 'off ' smells or tastes. SHAPE Round to oval. SIZE 30 - 50 mm diameter; as per requirements. MATURITY Not with strong, bitter flavour or dark brown seeds (overmature)

Vegetable any herbaceous plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, leaves etc are used as food. Nearly 100 different types of vegetable comprising both local and exotic type are grown in Bangladesh (table). Vegetable is important for nutritional, financial, and food security in Bangladesh. However, the availability of vegetable is only about 1/5th of the recommended requirement of 200 g/person/day. Area and production The area under vegetable farming increased from about 1,71,830 ha to about 1,95,951 ha during 1990-1997. Likewise, the production of vegetable also increased from about 1.09 million m tons to about 1.29 million m tons during that period. However, summer vegetable cultivation is constrained by adverse climate and pest attacks. The major winter vegetables are cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, brinjal, radish, hyacinth bean, bottle gourd, etc while major summer vegetables are pumpkin, bitter gourd, teasle gourd, ribbed gourd, ash gourd, okra, yard-long bean, and Indian spinach among others. Some vegetables like brinjal, pumpkin, okra, and red amaranth are found to grow in both the seasons.