Leafy Greens

• Grow your own pak choy from seeds.Nick White/Digital Vision/Getty Images
  
  There is a huge variety of Asian leafy vegetables seeds from companies. Like their more well-known North American counterparts, Asian greens grow quickly and are cold-hardy so they can be sown in spring and fall, either directly in vegetable garden beds or in pots. Some seeds to tray are bok choy, pak choi, chinese amaranth or napa cabbage or different varieties of Chinese spinach. Follow the instructions on the seed packets to enjoy your homegrown Asian leafy greens in quick stir-fries or soups.
  
  

Legumes

• Edamame can be enjoyed as a snack.Thinkstock Images/Comstock/Getty Images
  
  Soybean or edamame is a popular, easy to grow and highly nutritious bean with a high protein content. Like all other beans, sow soybeans when soil temperatures warm up. Other Asian beans to try cultivating in the garden are sugar snap peas, cluster beans, yardlong beans, Chinese long beans, winged beans, broad beans and asuki beans. Grow them as you would green and yellow beans.
  
  

Root Vegetables

• Carrots and beets move over. Asian root crops are definitely more exotic. Try growing the alien-looking kohlrabi. The seeds are very tiny but easy to grow and can be sown outdoors when the soil warms up or rooted indoor in pots and transplanted later. Giant daikon radishes can grow to 2 feet in length. It looks quite distinct from its little red radish cousin, but grows just as easily.
  
  

Herbs

• Cilantro or coriander will often re-seed itself in the garden.John Foxx/Stockbyte/Getty Images
  
  Asian herbs such as sweet basil grow easily in pots or window boxes. Cilantro or coriander seed scattered around garden beds grows without much intervention and quite often, will reseed itself. Other Asian herb seeds such as Chinese chives, lemongrass and dill are all available from mail-order sources or on the Internet and add great flavor and interest to Asian dishes.