Sabja is what Indian people would call basil plant. In Indonesia it is called kemangi, the leaves often eaten raw (unprocessed) with other fresh salad (cabbage, green beans, and a few slice of cucumber) as companion to main food such as fried fish, or roasted chicken. There are many varieties of sabja plant, all of […]
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Ogbono is a native African trees, which cultivated mostly for its fruit and seed. It is given various names, such as bush mango, dika, african mango, or wild mango. They even have a local cuisine made with dry ogbono seed, and its name is ogbono soup. In its native land, ogbono seed has been used […]
African fruits have always been interesting research subject for scientists or maybe, fruit enthusiasts. They found that those fruits have unique properties, and very appealing. Even the seeds can be useful sometimes. One of them beneficial seeds can be found inside bush mango fruit. It’s native of Central African, and commonly found and cultivated there. […]
Palm kernel oil has been used as material of many products. Take soap or bodywash in your bathroom as example and look at the composition. Some soap manufacturer use palm kernel oil as their material. Before we go further, let’s explore everything about palm kernel. Palm kernel is a seed of oil palm fruit. It is […]
There are many choices of staple foods you can choose as your main diet. Starting from rice, potato, sago, meat, fish, wheat, and many more. In many cultures, people have also picked kamansi or breadfruit as their staple foods. A staple food is a food that packed with high calorie of energy and three important […]
Kasni or common chicory (there are various names for this plant depend on the country, i.e. endive, witloof, sugarloaf, succory, sikuri, sigorei etc) is a perennial plant of Asteraceae family. It is easily recognized by its bright blue flower. This plant is native to Europe, but eventually found its way to Asia and America. The […]
Kharbuja (or in Western countries known as Muskmelon) is a fruit that first discovered in Borderline Countries of Europe and Asia. It is commonly consumed while it’s fresh, though sometimes it’s needed to be dried first. This fruit eventually found its way to Asian countries, where its range of benefits extended by people there. For […]
What is a niger seed? Niger seed, or otherwise known as nyjer or thistle seeds, is actually a bird food that resembles black rice. Despite its name, it has no reference to a country or even that offensive racial term. In fact, it first originates in the highlands of Ethiopia, a country in eastern Africa, […]
Hmmm, jamun? What’s that? The term jamun may sound unfamiliar, however the true form of it is definitely familiar to Indonesians. Yes, jamun is actually jamblang in Indonesian, or the black plum in English. Its scientific name is the “Syzygium cumini.” Meanwhile jamun is the Indian term of the fruit, citing its origins in the […]
Grains is popular due to its health benefits. It is rich in fiber and can be consumed and cooked into kinds of food. One of grains which has the good health benefits is black quinoa. It is one of the three most widely cultivated and available varieties of quinoa, the others being white and red. […]