Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sabzi/ ਸ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਸਬਜ਼ੀ sabzi Say it**sub-ZEE**Type**Noun** In short Sabzi is the cooked vegetable dish that anchors the Punjabi thali, seasonal, simply spiced, and eaten with roti at almost every meal. ## How it's used 1. 1ਅੱਜ ਆਲੂ-ਗੋਭੀ ਦੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਬਣੀ ਹੈ।Today potato-cauliflower sabzi is made. 2. 2ਤਾਜ਼ੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਲਈ ਚੰਗੀ ਹੈ।Fresh vegetables are good for health. 3. 3ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਰੋਟੀ ਨਾਲ ਖਾਧੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।Sabzi is eaten with roti. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਪਕਾਈ ਹੋਈ ਤਰਕਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਆਲੂ-ਗੋਭੀ, ਭਿੰਡੀ, ਬੈਂਗਣ ਅਤੇ ਮੌਸਮੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਸਾਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਕਾ ਕੇ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਬਣਾਈ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਸੁੱਕੀ ਵੀ ਬਣਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤਰੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਵੀ। ਇਹ ਰੋਟੀ ਜਾਂ ਚਾਵਲਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਖਾਧੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਤਾਜ਼ੀਆਂ ਮੌਸਮੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ ਸਿਹਤ ਲਈ ਚੰਗੀਆਂ ਮੰਨੀਆਂ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਤਾਜ਼ੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਲਿਆ ਕੇ ਪਕਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਰਿਵਾਜ ਹੈ। ਹਰ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਤ ਦੇ ਖਾਣੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ## Meaning Sabzi means both vegetables in general and the cooked vegetable dish served with a meal. When a Punjabi asks “ajj sabzi ki bani hai?”, “what vegetable is made today?”, they are asking what the main dish of the meal is. The word carries the weight of the everyday: sabzi is what dinner is. ## What it is A sabzi is vegetables cooked with a simple masala, typically onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, turmeric, cumin and coriander, in mustard oil or ghee. It can be sukhi (dry), like aloo-gobhi or bhindi, or tari wali (with gravy), like a shahi paneer-style preparation or a thin seasonal curry meant to be scooped with roti. The Punjabi sabzi follows the seasons because the vegetables do. Winter brings gobhi-gajar-shalgam (cauliflower, carrots, turnips), bathua and sarson; summer brings bhindi (okra), tinda, karela and ghiya. Eating with the season is not a philosophy here, it is simply how the kitchen has always worked, because that is what the fields and markets offer. Sabzi is the flexible centre of the meal: it stretches to feed unexpected guests, it uses up what is in the house, and a good cook is often judged by how delicious she can make the humblest vegetable taste. ## Cultural context In Punjab’s agricultural heartland, the distance from field to plate has traditionally been short. Many families still prefer sabzi mandi vegetables bought fresh in the morning, and older Punjabis will tell you that a tinda picked at dawn tastes different from one stored for days. Sabzi is also the great leveller of the Punjabi table, served in farmhouses and city flats, in langars and at weddings (in fancier dress). However grand the occasion, a simple, well-made sabzi earns more praise than an elaborate dish made without care. ## What does sabzi mean in Punjabi? Sabzi means both vegetables in general and the cooked vegetable dish served with a meal. When a Punjabi asks “ajj sabzi ki bani hai?”, “what vegetable is made today?”, they are asking what the main dish of the meal is. The word carries the weight of the everyday: sabzi is what dinner is. ## How is sabzi used in a sentence? In Punjabi: "ਅੱਜ ਆਲੂ-ਗੋਭੀ ਦੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਬਣੀ ਹੈ।", meaning "Today potato-cauliflower sabzi is made.". ## What is the cultural significance of sabzi? In Punjab’s agricultural heartland, the distance from field to plate has traditionally been short. Many families still prefer sabzi mandi vegetables bought fresh in the morning, and older Punjabis will tell you that a tinda picked at dawn tastes different from one stored for days. ## ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ? ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਪਕਾਈ ਹੋਈ ਤਰਕਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਆਲੂ-ਗੋਭੀ, ਭਿੰਡੀ, ਬੈਂਗਣ ਅਤੇ ਮੌਸਮੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਸਾਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਕਾ ਕੇ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਬਣਾਈ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ## ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ? ਉਦਾਹਰਨ: "ਅੱਜ ਆਲੂ-ਗੋਭੀ ਦੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਬਣੀ ਹੈ।" (Today potato-cauliflower sabzi is made.) ## ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਦਾ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਕੀ ਹੈ? ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਤਾਜ਼ੀ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਲਿਆ ਕੇ ਪਕਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਰਿਵਾਜ ਹੈ। ਹਰ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਤ ਦੇ ਖਾਣੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ## Related words [ਮੰਡੀmandiMarket; the grain market where farmers sell their produce](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/mandi/)[ਰੋਟੀrotiFlatbread; daily bread](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/roti/) Sources (3) 1. Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha 2. Punjabi University Punjabi-English Dictionary 3. 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