Root vegetable dishes

Ẹchịcha (also, Achịcha) is a dish native to the Igbo part of Nigeria consisting mainly of dried Cocoyam, mgbụmgbụ (Pigeon pea), and palm oil. It is traditionally eaten in the dry season when fresh vegetables are hard to come by.

thumb| as eaten in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark). thumb|180px|Icelandic . (; ; ) is a clear meat and root vegetable soup eaten in Sweden and Finland. The meat, and the bones supplying the broth, is beef (frequently chuck), or sometimes pork, reindeer or moose. Vegetables commonly used include carrot, potato, celeriac, parsnip, turnip and rutabaga. Green peas and white cabbage is also common. Leek, peppercorns and bay leaves are often added for seasoning. Meat and vegetables are cut to roughly die-sized bits and boiled soft. An Icelandic variety, called , typically has lamb wi