Sunday, May 03, 2009

Update on Daun Kesum

About two weeks ago, I root some daun kesum in water. You can refer to the old picture of daun kesum here when I first started. Daun Kesum or "Kesum" leaf is very popular in asian cooking. It has a strong lemon flavor and taste. You can add this leaves in the hot and spicy fish soup or as garnish in your meal.
Today, I decided to check on the roots of this daun kesum that have sitting in water all these while.
I must say that I am happy with the progress. As you can see from the picture below, the roots are healthy and white color. I removed all of the dead leaves and put this plant back into the small china bowl with warm water.
I will probably wait for couple more weeks before I plant them outside in a big pot. For right now, I could snip some of the leaves into my cooking already. Cutting it regularly will promote it's bushiness.

7 comments:

  1. zue...cunnyer tanam pokok daun kesum...can put on dinner table jugak tu..hehe...so green!

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  2. k.zu,
    my daun kesum pun sihat walafiat. Suka sangat.. tadi pulak mak kirim lagi pokok kunyit. hopefully this time menjadi le bila tanam..

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  3. Jun, good idea.

    Dhill, I am waiting for the kunyit hidup to grow. So far at my place all kunyit mostly frozen.

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  4. k.zu,
    saya cuba jugak tanam pokok kunyit dari ubi kunyit beli kat kedai, tp tak tumbuh2 pun..

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  5. Dhill, I have never grow kunyit meself but I heard people said it takes a while to grow. Have you check the root to see if it is still in the soil?
    Kunyit will be my next pokok to grow. If I get my hand on the fresh root, I will grow it.

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  6. Hi Zue,

    I am in New Jersey, I am a Malaysian too, I have been trying to search for Daun Kesom, am not able to get hold of any, can you tell me where did you get the raw one?

    I do have a few sprouted Kunyit, and planted one already , i can send you, as I work in PA sometime..

    Regards,

    Echo

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  7. Echo's Kitchen, I bought the "daun kesum" from the Asian store near my house. If you don't mind, send me your home address to my email.

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