One of my favorite vegetables is carrots. I like to eat them with ranch dip. Do you like carrots?
Yes, I do. We used to grow this root vegetable in our garden.  The various size and shapes were fun to pull up out of the ground !
Wow, that is neat! How long did it take to grow carrots?
Most take 70 to 80 days to mature. its a fall/winter crop mostly
I see. Carrots are great as a snack but they are also used in many baked dishes. I love a good carrot cake!
and vitamin B6, but the belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO) for the calendar year 2013 was 37.2 million tonnes; almost half (~45%) were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot
Kandmool
Kandmool (Kan-thuh-mool) is a Hindi word for root vegetables. The vegetables are roots or tubers that grow below ground, for example, potatoes, sweet potatoes (tubers) carrots, radish, turnip (tap roots) etc. Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates and are used as staple diet in many countries.
Indian context.
The vegetables like potatoes and sweet potatoes are considered rich energy source while being light to digest. This is the reason that many people consume them during fast.