Oriental vegetables are becoming more and more popular with a wide range of British gardeners. They add subtle - and sometimes not so subtle – tastes and flavours to food. There are numerous ways of using them – from adding to salads, stews and soups to stir-fries and as a lightly steamed vegetable.

Here are some of the more popular and commonly available ones.

Celtuce
Ceylon spinach
Chinese cabbage
Chinese celery
Chinese mustard greens
Chopsuey greens
Japanese mustard spinach (Komatsuna)
Japanese turnip
Mibuna & mizuna
Pak choi
Texel greens
Yams