Vegetable crops represent a diverse group of plants and it is difficult to comprehend the term with a single acceptable definition. They vary in life span annual, biennial, perennial, propagation seeds, vegetative, growth habit herbaceous, vine, shrub, tree, growing season summer, winter and their uses of different parts and at different stages. Vegetables: These are the products of herbaceous plants which are annuals, biennial and perennials mostly annual whose plant parts such as fruits, leaves roots, stems, petiole, flower etc. are used for culinary or consumed as raw. Those products of herbaceous plants mostly annual which give fresh material for culinary purposes and usually cooked before consumption or used as raw/salad are called vegetables. Few exceptions are Jack fruit Woody plant but used as raw, Lotus Flower + vegetable, and Banana or Papaya Fruit + vegetable. An edible, usually a succulent plant or a portion of it eaten with staples as main course or as supplementary food in cooked or raw form‟.  Our dietary situation which is mostly cereal based is really alarming. Cereals chiefly supply carbohydrates which constitute only a part of the diet.