Hming : Purun
Sap Hming : Onion
Vai Hming : Pyaz
Scientific Name : Allium cepa L.
Family : Alliaceae
Purun hi Central Asia vel atang a lo chawr chhuak ni a ngaih a ni a (Vavilov, 1951), khawvel hmun hrang hrang ah chaw hmeh atan leh thil dang a tan hman thin a ni. A hmanna langsar zual te chu -
- Chawhmeh ti rimtui tu atan leh ti tui tu atan.
- Pho ro emaw, vur khal a dah that emaw, tin (can) emaw pickle siam nan ten hman thin a ni.
- Purun hian natna do theihna a neih avangin thlai dang nen a sawngbawl pawlh atan te hman thin a ni.
- Purun dip al (Onion salt) an tih mai hi purun rep ro den dip atangin an siam thin bawk a ni.
Purun hian vaitamin tha hnem tak mihring taksa mamawh a pai teuh a. Vaitamin A, B, C te bakah carbohydrates te, calcium te leh mineral te a pai hlawm a. Damdawi atan pawh hman a ni thin a ni. Khawsik, Khuh benvawn, mittha lo te, rannung she leh vun natna ah pawh Purun hi damdawi atan an hmang thin a.