Friday, May 18, 2012

Ashitaba 明日葉 Wild edible plant 4

In Kansai district ,we don't have this plant so I have not seen it  before we moved  to Kanto district  in 2009, I only knew the unique  name of Ashitaba.
Originally they grow at the seaside of Izu, in Shizuoka Prefecture. Ashita means tomorrow in Japanese and ba(ha) means leaf.
The growth of this plant is very fast so  after picking  them up, new leaves come out the very next day.Actually they look like Tapioca leaves in the Southeast Asia ! Normally we deep -fry after we dip them into  the batter. We believe that  this plant has strong energy.

                                      

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