Baby corn

Cashew nuts are not nuts but seeds and comes from the cashew apple. The shell of the cashew nuts or seeds is toxic, that is why they are never sold with the shell on but always peeled, you can say they are always unpacked. Roasting the nuts will destroy the toxin. The roasting process must be…

Thai basil is a type of sweet basil. Basil is grown all over the world and therefore have many different species or you can say different varieties. It is estimated that between 50 and 150 different species of basil, not all are being used for cooking. Thai basil is a hybrid of two of these…

Red leaf lettuce is the red variant of one of the 6 subspecies of lettuce. The cultivation of lettuce dates back to the Egyptians 4500 years ago. Lettuce is properly derived from wild weed and through careful breeding, we have the hundreds of lettuce we know today. The farmers have though selection, being able to…

Kaffir lime leaf