If you are provided with some vegetables to cook, we generally add salt to the vegetables during cooking process. After adding salt, vegetables releases water. What mechanism is responsible for this?

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Dear Student ,
While cooking if salt is added to the vegetables the salt concentration outside the membrane of vegetable pieces becomes higher than inside. As a result due to osmosis, water from the vegetables come out and become softer.
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If you are provided with some vegetables to cook, we generally add salt to the vegetables during cooking process. After adding salt, vegetables releases water. What mechanism is responsible for this?

Dear Student , While cooking if salt is added to the vegetables the salt concentration outside the membrane of vegetable pieces becomes higher than inside. As a result due to osmosis, water from the vegetables come out and become softer. Regards

Dear Student ,
While cooking if salt is added to the vegetables the salt concentration outside the membrane of vegetable pieces becomes higher than inside. As a result due to osmosis, water from the vegetables come out and become softer.
Regards