Herbs, Flowers and Fruits

Story to Tell.

HERBS

Potted Standard Bay Leaf and rosemary growing underneath.  They share the space beautifully.

Bay Leaf and Rosemary,

Milo Cake with Bay Leaves Recipe: look on the older post, type: milo cake to search.  Posted on 12-06-2012 with the heading: Moist Milo Cake.

Rosemary, this herb is very useful in cooking, baked potato with rosemary is delicious, and lamb meat flavoured with rosemary is a match in heaven.  Roast lamb with Rosemary is the best.

Lemon and Rosemary
goes very well

Roast Spring Leg Lamb

Leg of Lamb with sprigs of Rosemary

Cooked Roasted Lamb with Rosemary

Rosemary Plant is in Flower

Lemongrass.

Lemongrass, a beautifully fragrant herb for Asian cooking.  Lemongrass tea is very refreshing, but cooking chicken with coconut and lemongrass is so creamy and aromatic.

Chicken with lemongrass
Ayam Nyemek Bumbu Sereh.
(Lemongrass Chicken Coasted in Coconut Sauce)

The recipe of chicken with lemongrass, please look on the older post: Lemongrass (continued)

Potted Lemongrass

Recipes using lemongrass, look on the older post.  Type Lemongrass to search.  It was posted on 18-05-2012.  Lemongrass (continued) posted on 19-05-2012).  Enjoy!


Lemon Basil.
Basil, potted lemon basil for Javanese salad, but it is excellent also simply mixed with fresh tomato cucumber and lime juice.  I served as a garnish for spicy food, such as curry dishes.

Potted Lemon Basil

Javanese salad with lemon basil is so refreshing.  Gather some lettuces, other leafy green, tomato and beansprout for the salad, dress with coconut dressing.

Recipe for the coconut dressing
Savoury Coconut Dressing

Ingredients: 1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup of water
2 tablespoons grated palm sugar/coconut sugar
1 shallot and 1 garlic clove, peeled
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 small sliced galangal
1 kaffir lime leaf
salt to taste (1/2 teaspoon)
1 cup water,  extra
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Method
Place the peeled shallot, garlic, and coriander seeds, grind them to make a rough paste
In a saucepan, place the coconut, water, sugar, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, cook to soften.
Add in the rough paste, extra water and lemon juice, keep on cooking until all liquid is absorbed
Transfer to a bowl, add the oil, mix together.  It keeps well refrigerated.

FLOWER AND FRUIT

Hydrangea Plant.

Potted Hydrangea, the second flowering season change from Pink to Blue.  A big question.?

A plant produces two colours of flowers.  Amazing!?

Apple Tree

The first harvest apple Fuji is going to be from this potted espalier Fuji apple tree.

Looking forward to eating the fresh apple from my potted garden.

Potted Espalier Apple Fuji

These plants have the story of their own, I listen and listening very well.  Yes, I got it most of the time.

Until Next Post
Susy