Parsley leaf is a fairly small Mediterranean ingredients that wear colorful sprinkles. But let’s not think of it as just an ornament-after all, parsley has been around for more than 2000 years, and some of the proven benefits you should know. Parsley is a culinary herb and popular medicine is recognized as one of the […]
Category: Herbal
Binahong leaf? What kind of leaf is that? Yes, the name is not that familiar. But, maybe some of us will recognize it if we already see it. Binahong is a plant that usually creep on wall or fence. Internationally, this leaf called Heartleaf maderavine madevine because its shape looks like heart sign. We can […]
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is also known as great basil or Saint-Joseph’s-wort. Others, on the other hand, know it as the king of herbs, as it comes from Greek words with literal meaning of “royal plant”. Basil has been cultivated in India for more than 5,000 years. It does have several varieties, such as sweet basil or Genovese basil […]
Black cardamom, according to international market survey belongs to top three the most expensive spices in the world after saffron and vanillin. This original spice comes from Indonesia, of which widely used and extracted in many dishes and food worldwide. Black cardamom has various forms of package; fresh, powder, extract, and oil. Essential cardamom oil […]
Kaffir lime leaves has been good known by their typical smell, often are used as additional ingredients or natural preservative in most of Asian food. Kaffir lime leaves come from kaffir lime tree, which has average tall with thin branches. The leaves are light green with oval round. You may plant kaffir lime everywhere in […]
White pepper is one of the most popular culinary spices in the world. Commonly used in Asian countries as seasoning for soups, it has a distinct flavor as well as scent which provide the mild but spicy tastes in dishes such as Japanese or Chinese cuisines. White pepper which is used as a spice is […]
Still in the theme of health and benefits, now we will talk about health benefits of red ginger korea. Do you know something about fermented korean red ginseng? Before we talk more about red ginseng korea, what is ginseng? Ginseng is one of the traditional  medicinal herb to cure any all illness because ginseng contains many […]
Still in the theme of health benefits, now we will discuss about gynura leaves. Do you know something about this gynura leaves? In Indonesia, this leaves called as “Daun Dewa” or in latin gynura divaricata. Gynura leaves is a kind of herbal plant that can grow in the high 200 until 800 mdpl. This plant […]
Now we will discuss about candlenut. Somethings that familiar to us. Yup. The candlenut usually we met up in traditional market. Candlenut which always called ‘Aleurites moluccana‘ in science is have relationship with cassava. Usually candlenut is made to some food ingredients. But candlenut have a more usability, not only in food ingredients but candlenut […]
Lotus is one of plant that lived at muddy area such as pond and swamp. This flower comes from India and Vietnam and become the icon of those 2 countries. It has some Latin name such as Nelumbo nucifera, Nelumbium nelumbo, Nelumbo speciosa, and Nelumbium speciosum. Many of us considered lotus as water lily, but […]