We use so many fruit, leaves, tuber or lumber.
For savory foods we usually use beet root, chilli or tomato juice.
To make sweet dishes we use strawberry, roselle and kayu secang (Caesalpinia sappan).
We use roselle and kayu secang in so many herbal drinks.
It gives bright red color.
Fresh roselle calyces will give red color and a little bit sour taste.
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| Secang (Caesalpinia sappans). |
It's look like a little tree or shrub.
The skin is thorny.
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| Kayu secang |
We use kayu secang to treat cough, diarhoea, wound, and also as anti bacteria.
There are wedang secang, wedang uwuh and bir plethok that made from kayu secang.
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| Wedang secang |
The color is really beautiful.
And the taste is so spicy.
If we reduce kayu secang in the ingredient, we will get the bright pinky red color.
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| Manisan kolang kaling |
ORANGE
Orange color is come from carrot juice.
Carrot contains Beta-carotene that produce red-orange pigment.
We use carrot juice to make cake and pudding.
Do you cook red-orange dishes too?
Interesting perspective. Yes, we use red-orange fruits and vegetables in our cooking, too. Some of my favorites are fruited crisps, with berries of all sorts, and rhubarb and apples. Caesalpinia sappan is a fascinating plant--I had never heard of it before. Great post!
ReplyDeleteThank you. We have limited berries varieties. We have never cooked rhubarb. We only use rhubarb for medicinal purposes
DeleteI cooked carrots, we like to eat red tomatoes...Our favorite fruit is red strawberries and watermelon. Beautiful photo's....
ReplyDeleteThanks Teresa. We love strawberry juice and fresh watermelon too.
DeleteBeetroot makes a really strong dye - I often have bright red fingers.
ReplyDeleteDo you use natural dyes on fabric too?
Here, we usually make red noodle from beetroot. But beetroot is so expensive and rare.
DeleteKayu secang is new to me! That's beautiful red colour!
ReplyDeleteWe can find it sold in traditional market here. We also use it as fabric dye.
DeleteKayu secang is new to me too. Thanks for an interesting post.
ReplyDeleteThanks to stopping by
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