Fresh Desi Vegetables Delivered in DC, Maryland & Virginia

Okra, beans and eggplant

Fresh okra, also called ladies finger or bhindi, is one of AUR's most searched vegetables. Order it by the pound for bhindi masala, bhindi fry or okra stew.

Alongside it: desi guvar (cluster beans) for guvar ki sabzi, fansi green beans, and both green desi eggplant and round eggplant for baingan bharta and begun bhaja.

Gourds and squashes

Gourds are the backbone of everyday sabzi, and they're the hardest vegetables to find outside a desi store. AUR carries karela (bitter gourd), desi dudhi (lauki or bottle gourd), Punjabi tinda, tindori (tindora or ivy gourd), snake gourd, tori (turai or ridge gourd), galka (sponge gourd), Bengali squash and dosakai, the yellow cucumber used in Andhra dal and pickles.

Leafy greens and herbs

Poi leaves (pui shak or Malabar spinach) and pumpkin leaves for Bengali and West African cooking, gongura leaves for Andhra gongura pachadi, and saag (rapini) for sarson-style greens.

Fresh cilantro and mint come in the same order, for chutneys, raita and garnish.

Roots and tubers

Arvi (arbi or taro root) for arvi masala, Indian ratalu (purple yam) for undhiyu, yuca (cassava), white and red muli for mooli paratha and salads, and desi carrots for gajar ka halwa.

Plantains and banana blossom

Yellow, green and Hawaiian plantains for chips, curries and frying, plus burro bananas. Banana blossom (mocha) is a Bengali and South Indian favourite for mochar ghonto and vazhaipoo curry.

Chillies, ginger, garlic and more

The base of most curries: long hot chillies, small green chillies, ginger and garlic. There are also lemons, green (raw) mango for chutney and achar, and coconut.

Bengali vegetables

Bangladeshi and Bengali cooking leans on vegetables that are hard to find in the DMV. AUR stocks poi leaves, pumpkin leaves, Bengali squash, banana blossom, snake gourd, karela and green desi eggplant, so shak, bhaji and ghonto are an order away.

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Delivered the same day, with no minimum order

Order vegetables on their own or with the rest of your shopping. AUR delivers the same day you order, and there is no minimum order, so a pound of okra and a bunch of cilantro is a perfectly good order.

The masala, dal, atta and halal meat for the meal can come in the same delivery.

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Where AUR delivers fresh vegetables

AUR delivers across the Washington, DC metro area:

Washington, DC

Maryland: Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick and Charles counties

Northern Virginia: Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun and Prince William

In Maryland that includes Silver Spring, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Hyattsville, College Park, Bowie, Laurel, Columbia, Ellicott City and Baltimore. Other Maryland and Virginia addresses can be served on request.