Editing Eruca sativa (section)

===Culinary===
The leaves, flowers, young seed pods, and mature seeds are all edible.

Since [[Ancient Roman cuisine|Roman times]] in Italy, raw arugula has been added to salads. It often is added as a garnish to a [[pizza]] at the end of or just after baking. In [[Apulia]], in southern Italy, arugula is cooked to make the pasta dish "cavatiéddi", "in which large amounts of coarsely chopped rocket are added to pasta seasoned with a homemade reduced tomato sauce and [[pecorino]]",<ref name="Reilly, p. 446">Reilly, ''The Oxford Companion to Italian Food'', p. 446</ref> as well as in many recipes in which it is chopped and added to sauces and cooked dishes or in a sauce (made by frying it in olive oil with garlic). It also is used as a condiment for cold meats and fish.<ref name="Reilly, p. 446"/> Throughout Italy, it is used as a salad with tomatoes and with [[burrata]], [[bocconcini]], [[Buffalo Mozzarella|buffalo]], or mozzarella cheese. In Rome, "rucola" is used in "straccetti", a dish of thin slices of beef with raw arugula and Parmesan cheese.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beef Strips with Rocket – Straccetti con la Rucola|url=https://thefoodellers.com/en/beef-strips-with-rocket-recipe|access-date=2021-05-17|website=thefoodellers.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In Turkey, similarly, the plant is eaten raw as a side dish or salad with fish or is served with a sauce of [[extra virgin olive oil]] and lemon juice.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Oktay Usta'dan Roka Salatası Resimli Tarifi|url = http://oktayusta.samanyoluhaber.com/oktay-ustadan-roka-salatasi-tarifi/|access-date = 2015-04-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025604/http://oktayusta.samanyoluhaber.com/oktay-ustadan-roka-salatasi-tarifi/|archive-date = 2015-06-24|url-status = dead}}</ref>

In Slovenia, arugula often is combined with boiled potatoes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnevnik.si/tiskane_izdaje/nedeljski/1042295643|title=Solata s krompirjem in rukolo|website=dnevnik.si}}</ref> or used in a soup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zurnal24.si/recepti/krompirjeva-juha-z-rukolo-208924/clanek|title=Krompirjeva juha z rukolo|work=zurnal24}}</ref>

In West Asia, Pakistan, and northern India, ''Eruca'' seeds are pressed to make [[taramira oil]], used in pickling and (after aging to remove acridity) as a salad or cooking oil.<ref>{{cite book
 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jrlyOPfr24C&q=taramira+oil&pg=PA295
 | title=Plant Resources of Tropical Africa
 | volume=2
 | chapter=Vegetables
 | page=295
 | editor=G.J.H. Grubben and O.A. Denton
 | isbn=90-5782-147-8
| year=2004
 | publisher=PROTA
 }}</ref> The [[Press cake|seed cake]] is also used as animal feed.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Das|first=Srinabas |author2=Kumar Tyagi |author3=Harjit Kaur|title=Evaluation of taramira oil-cake and reduction of its glucosinolate content by different treatments|journal=Indian Journal of Animal Sciences|year=2004|volume=73|issue=6|pages=687–691|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288705407 }}</ref>

From about the 1990s<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arugula History and Facts |url=https://bwqualitygrowers.com/arugula/history-and-facts |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=bwqualitygrowers.com |date=15 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> arugula has become more popular in America, especially in trendier restaurants and in urban areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arugula |url=https://tastewise.io/foodtrends/arugula |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=tastewise.io |language=en}}</ref>

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|Rocket Salad.jpg|Salad bowl of rocket leaves
|Chorizo, roasted capsicum, tomatoes, hard boiled eggs and rocket salad.jpg|Arugula in a savory salad
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