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Turmeric (/ ˈ t ɜːr m ər ɪ k, ˈ tj uː-/), [2] [3] (botanical name Curcuma longa (/ ˈ k ɜːr k j ʊ m ə ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə /), [4] [5]) is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae.It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and high annual rainfall to ...
List of food origins. Some foods have always been common in every continent, such as many seafood and plants. Examples of these are honey, ants, mussels, crabs and coconuts. Nikolai Vavilov initially identified the centers of origin for eight crop plants, subdividing them further into twelve groups in 1935. [ 1]
Callaloo ( / ˌkæləˈluː / KAL-ə-LOO, [ 1] Jamaican Patois: [kalalu]; many spelling variants, such as kallaloo, calaloo, calalloo, calaloux, or callalloo) [ 2][ 3] is a plant used in popular dishes in many Caribbean countries, while for other Caribbean countries, a stew made with the plant is called callaloo.
The oat is a tall stout grass, a member of the family Poaceae; it can grow to a height of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft). The leaves are long, narrow, and pointed, and grow upwards; they can be some 15 to 40 centimetres (5.9 to 15.7 in) in length, and around 5 to 15 millimetres (0.20 to 0.59 in) in width.
Botany. Sesame is a perennial plant growing 50 to 100 cm (1 ft 8 in to 3 ft 3 in) tall, with opposite leaves 4 to 14 cm (2 to 6 in) long with an entire margin; they are broad lanceolate, to 5 cm (2 in) broad, at the base of the plant, narrowing to just 1 cm ( 13⁄32 in) broad on the flowering stem.
Matcha[ a] (抹茶) / ˈmætʃə, ˈmɑːtʃə / [ 2][ 3] is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves that originated in China and spread to Japan. The production of compressed tea was banned in China in 1391, [ 4] matcha was abandoned in China but continued to develop in Japan thereafter.
Flavor. Various; creamy texture. Ingredients. Water and a grain, pseudocereal, legume, nut, seed, or coconut. Amazake, Japanese rice milk. Plant milk is a non- dairy beverage made from a water-based plant extract for flavoring and aroma. [ 1][ 2] Plant milks are consumed as alternatives to dairy milk, and may provide a creamy mouthfeel. [ 3]
The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, [ 2][ 3][ 4] all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Iran and ...