Lotus – Nelumbo nucifera is a perennial aquatic plant native to Tropical Asia and Australia. It has been long cultivated in China and Japan. The flowers are big and beautiful and has a religious significance to India and Vietnam. It is also their national flower. The roots when harvested are edible and very nutritious. […]
Arosep or grape seaweed is a type of seaweed that is known as Caulerpa Lentillifera. It belongs to the species of “bryopsidale green algae” mostly found in the coastal regions of Southeast Asia but more predominantly a popular seaweed in the Philippines. In fact these succulent seaweeds are now being cultivated in fish ponds in […]
Pomegranate – Punica Granatum is gaining popularity in the culinary world. It’s uses in garnishes and juices are almost an every day scene around the culinary world now. But I just have a recent encounter of the fruit while I was in California. The in-laws have a tree and gave us the pomegranates as you […]
Calendula (Calendula Officinalis) belongs to the daisy family often known as marigolds. It is also well known as Pot Marigold because during the old days calendula are utilized like herbs in a pot of stew hence the name “pot marigold”. The name marigold is also derived from name of the Virgin Mary, (Mary’s gold). The […]
Passion fruit – Passiflora Edulis – is also known as “lilikoi”, maracuya, or purple granadilla. The plant grows in a vine and is native to Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. The flower of the passion fruit is the national flower of Paraguay. Passion fruit is considered a “pepo”, a type of berry like coffee, goji berries, […]
Banana – (Musaceae) is by far the most widely known fruit in the world and the most cultivated. The varieties of banana is so wide it is divided into 10 groups from the cavendish type to cooking bananas called plantains but the Philippines also have the cooking banana variety we call “saba” or “popo’ulu” in […]
