Kai-lan is a leafy green vegetable that resembles kale. As a colorful addition to dishes, kai-lan has a flavor that is reminiscent of broccoli itself, and hybrid plants have been created by cross-breeding broccoli and kai-lan to produce a vegetable known as broccolini.

Is Kale similar to kailan?

Kai-Lan or Gai lan is the Cantonese name for Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale. Affordable, easy to prepare and available all year round, this vegetable is popular and commonly found.

What's kale in Cantonese?

Kai-lan is the Cantonese name for Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale; It is a leaf vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems.