Squeeze lemon over salads, chaat and cooked dishes for a bright citrus finish. Use the juice in lemonade, chutneys, marinades or simple dressings.

Use lettuce leaves as a base for salads or layer them in burgers, wraps and sandwiches. Pair them with cucumber and tomato for a simple fresh side salad.

Add peas to matar pulao, aloo matar, soups and mixed vegetable dishes. Stir them into rice or combine them with carrots and potatoes for a simple side dish.

Use red potatoes in aloo curry, vegetable rice or a warm potato salad. Cut them into wedges for roasting, boil them for mash or combine them with peas for aloo matar.

Capsicum (shimla mirch), listed in a 500 g pack, for salads, stir-fries, fried rice and pizza toppings. Order online from 9Farms with delivery in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore.

Grate carrots into a salad, add them to soup or cook them with peas and potatoes. Carrots also work in gajar halwa, vegetable rice and homemade pickles.

Shred cabbage for coleslaw and salads, stir-fry it with other vegetables or cook it as a simple sabzi. Its leaves also work as wrappers for filled cabbage recipes.

Cut cauliflower into florets for aloo gobi, mixed vegetable curry or pakoras. It also works roasted with spices, stirred into soups or served as a vegetable side dish.

Prepare bhindi masala, bhindi fry or a simple onion-and-okra sabzi with ladyfinger. Cut it into rounds for a quick pan-cooked dish, or leave it whole for stuffed bhindi recipes.

Green chillies add heat and flavour to chutneys, curries and daal. Chop them into a masala base, slit them for a garnish or blend them with mint and coriander for a dip.

Fresh mint (pudina) for chutney, raita, salads, lemonade and tea. Order from 9Farms for delivery in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore; confirm the selling quantity before ordering.