Q7. While cooking any vegetable, when we put some salt, the vegetable releases water.
What mechanism is responsible for this? Explain briefly.

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While doing cooking, generally we add salt to vegetables ( contains water). Adding salt, makes the concentration of salt higher in outside membrane of vegetables than in inside. ( more salt, less water)
As a result, due the process of OSMOSIS, water from vegetables comes outside making it softer and helps in faster cooking..

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Q7. While cooking any vegetable, when we put some salt, the vegetable releases water. What mechanism is responsible for this? Explain briefly.

Q7. While cooking any vegetable, when we put some salt, the vegetable releases water.
What mechanism is responsible for this? Explain briefly.