It is extensively used in daily diet as well as preserved products such as curry, vegetable, pickle, papad and sauce. It is also used as a medicine. Mint Mint or pudina is an aromatic herb. Mint is the important source of peppermint oil and menthol. Fresh mint leaves are used for preparing chutney and papad.
Peppermint oil is used for sweets.
It also has medicinal value hence it is used for toothpaste, mouth fresheners and in medicine. There are different varieties of onions white, yellow and red of varying sizes and shapes. They differ in their pungency. The culinary uses of onions are numerous. They are eaten raw, fried, boiled, roasted, added to soups, vegetables, curries, dals, pulao, wadas and a great variety of other savoury dishes.