The Strawberry Tree is a large evergreen shrub with dark green leaves and white urn shaped flowers. It’s found in Western Europe, all across the Mediterranean, parts of North Africa and even in certain parts of Ireland, giving rise to it sometimes…
Melothria scabra, also known as Mouse Melon, Mexican Sour Gherkin or the delightful Cucamelon, a portmanteau of Cucumber and Watermelon. The size of grapes and olives, cucamelons are native to Mexico and Central America, where they’re called sandita and have…
Also known as White Bhut Jolokia, measuring a whopping 800 000 – 1 million on the Scoville Scale, the White Ghost Pepper is one hot baby! That’s over 100 times hotter than a jalapeño! This summer (2015) was the first…
Vietnamese Coriander or daun kesum, in Malay, is a lemony, spicy and tangy herb that captures so much that is South East Asian Cooking. Persicaria Odorata is also known as Vietnamese Mint, Rau Ram in Vietnamese, Phak Phai in Thai…
How to use lemongrass – find out here, whether you slice, pound or leave whole! What is Lemongrass Lemongrass is an edible grass, a herb used very widely in Asian cuisine and is also known as: It’s flavour? Citrusy, sweet…
Curry Leaves Here’s a quick YouTube video taken off my Udemy class where I talk about curry leaves and how to use them. Curry leaves, along with kaffir lime leaves and laksa leaves were one of the first plants I…