Vegetables in Hindi
The market basket — सब्ज़ी (सब्ज़ी, sabzi) — in Devanagari with pronunciation, and the one word that means both the raw vegetable and the dish you cook from it.
Vegetables sit at the heart of Indian cooking, so this is some of the most useful kitchen-and-market vocabulary you can learn. The daily routine of buying fresh produce at the सब्ज़ी मंडी (vegetable market) means these words come up constantly — and the holy trinity of आलू (potato), प्याज़ (onion) and टमाटर (tomato) forms the base of an enormous number of dishes.
The single most important word here is सब्ज़ी itself. It does double duty: it names the raw vegetable on the cart and the cooked vegetable dish on your plate. So when someone asks आज क्या सब्ज़ी बनी? they mean “what vegetable dish was cooked today?”, not which raw vegetable you bought.
Everyday vegetables
| English | Hindi | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | आलू | aaloo |
| Onion | प्याज़ | pyaaz |
| Tomato | टमाटर | tamaatar |
| Okra | भिंडी | bhindi |
| Eggplant / brinjal | बैंगन | baingan |
| Cauliflower | फूलगोभी | phoolgobhi |
| Cabbage | पत्तागोभी | pattagobhi |
| Spinach | पालक | paalak |
| Peas | मटर | matar |
| Carrot | गाजर | gaajar |
| Garlic | लहसुन | lahsun |
| Ginger | अदरक | adrak |
More vegetables to know
| English | Hindi | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Green chilli | हरी मिर्च | hari mirch |
| Capsicum / bell pepper | शिमला मिर्च | shimla mirch |
| Bottle gourd | लौकी | lauki |
| Bitter gourd | करेला | karela |
| Pumpkin | कद्दू | kaddoo |
| Radish | मूली | mooli |
| Cucumber | खीरा | kheera |
| Beetroot | चुकंदर | chukandar |
| Coriander | धनिया | dhaniya |
| Fenugreek leaves | मेथी | methi |
| Green beans | फलियाँ / बीन्स | phaliyaan / beans |
At the market & in the kitchen
Buying by weight. Vegetables are sold per kilo. “Give me one kilo of potatoes” is एक किलो आलू दीजिए (ek kilo aaloo dijiye); “half a kilo of tomatoes” is आधा किलो टमाटर. Ask the rate with यह कितने का है? (yeh kitne ka hai?).
Two words for chilli. मिर्च (mirch) covers chilli generally; हरी मिर्च is the fresh green chilli and लाल मिर्च the dried red one or chilli powder. शिमला मिर्च (“Shimla chilli”) is the mild bell pepper.
The gobhi family. गोभी (gobhi) is the cabbage/cauliflower family: फूलगोभी is cauliflower (“flower-gobhi”) and पत्तागोभी is cabbage (“leaf-gobhi”).
A frequent learner mistake is assuming सब्ज़ी always means a single vegetable. When a host proudly says they made two सब्ज़ियाँ, they mean two vegetable dishes — listen for whether food is being cooked or bought.
Translate your own shopping list
Want to write “one kilo of onions and some coriander” in Hindi to show the vegetable-seller? Type it below.