Tag: Flower
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Dried Aparjita flower
There is real hype around the blue butterfly pea flowers. They can be found in restaurants, bars, terrace gardens, and especially on social media. Like any crop, there is a time were the plant yields many flowers. A great way to store these flowers is to dry them. At solitude farm, we harvest and dry…
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Mushroom spinach and mushroom spinach flower
When guests come for a walt to the field, they are often surprised when I give them the Mushroom spinach to taste. They look at me in surprise and say yes, indeed this prolific weed tastes like mushrooms! The flowers have a milder taste and can also be eaten. If we take a little time…
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Grilled Stuffed Pumpkin Flowers
Culinarily speaking, one of the most beautiful characteristics of a pumpkin plant is that there is no waste and the entire plant can be consumed. The leaves are a substitute for spinach, its tendrils and tender shoots can be used in stir fries, the immature fruit can be cooked as a vegetable, the seeds can…
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Banana Flower
The Banana is actually a kind of grass! And it exemplifies one of the very interesting characteristics of local food, which is that diverse parts of the plant can be used. Apart from the Banana fruit, the Banana stem and the Banana leaves, there is also the Banana flower which is used in various cuisines…