This is the favorite color of my daughter.
So cheerful...
We use red amaranth, beet root or ubi ungu (purple sweet potato)
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| Ubi ungu (okezonet.com) |
Ubi ungu have deep purple color, so when we boil or steam it, the water will turned purple.
They have high antioxidant.
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| Keripik ubi ungu/purple sweet potato chips (wikipedia) |
Sometime we use the basic material as an ingredient on the recipe, so we get the color the ingredients.
We also use red amaranth to get pinky color.
We boiled the red amaranth or just pouring hot boiled water on it.
Look... the leaves loose their pinky color, and now have a green leaves.
The pigment is moved to the water.
Look the pinky water...
So cute and have so many health benefits.
BLUE
This color is so popular in South East Asia.
We use kembang telang or butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) to get the blue color agent.
We can use both of fresh and dried flower.
You can check my old series 'FEEL BLUE'.
This is my blue dishes.
Put some lemon juice, the blue water will turns purplish.
How about your pinky and blue food?
Have a colorful weekend.
Blue isn't considered to be an appetising colour here. Always amusing that we and the Americans use words differently. We call their chips - crisps and their fries to us are chips.
ReplyDeleteAlways there are so many differences. But I think no problem.
DeleteThose sweet potatoes are really pretty, I have not seen any before.
ReplyDeleteHere, we have so various sweet potatoes, with so many color range and taste. This is my favorite
DeleteThe first time I see such potatoes.
ReplyDeleteWith you grow very interesting plants.
Greetings.
We make various dishes from this sweet potato. Pudding, ice cream, chips, cake and many more. Have a nice weekend.
DeleteYour ubi ungus look so pretty, I suppose they taste delicious too. Love all these colourful pictures and most interesting and surprising is that all the colourful ingredients are edible and healthy.
ReplyDeleteYes, you all right. They taste delicious and sweet, also have so beautiful color.
DeleteI did not know that the butterfly pea flower was edible. It it is used in Ayurvedic medicine to enhance memory.
ReplyDeleteThe flower have plain taste. It can be a great dish.
DeleteI do like the look of the purple colour in the bottom photo, it is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteAnd taste good too.
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