I bought around 300gms of roselle (scientific name, Hibiscus Sabdariffa) from the Kepong baru wet market. Roselle has properties to reduce blood pressure, high in Vitamin C, diuretic and mildly laxative. It has also been used to treat cancer but the effectiveness of it against cancer cells was not scientifically proven. Maybe the high content of anthocyanin (water soluble pigments that gave roselle its’ colour) in roselle is the active agents that can help to cure cancer.
The vendor told me to remove the seeds and boil the calyces for 3 hours. Then I added a few blocks of rock sugars in to the bright red rosella juice. I let the roselle syrup cool down before I sieve it. The juice tastes a little sour and it has no distinct aroma. My family enjoyed a cool nice homemade roselle drink over the weekend!
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2) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2010/07/harvesting-my-first-batch-of-homegrown.html
Ya...lots of health benefits! And making one's own is always better than buying manufactured ones!!! Should make regularly...
ReplyDeleteSTP : Agree, no preservatives...
ReplyDeleteThat's the natural red colour? It's good to eat some natural red colour. I've learnt that recently, not to just eat greens.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I have not tasted roselle before. But I've seen it before in Malaysia but not in Australia.
Ai Shiang : Agree, some red plants or vegetable produce is good especially in cancer prevention.
ReplyDeleteI think it is not a native plant of Australia....and not easy to bring in new plants to the country.
Hmmmm..it can cure cancer? you mentioned it got no taste..then ma like drinking plain water? =_="
ReplyDeleteElaine : Good to eat vegetable produce that are bright in colour...beta carotene.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, not like plain water lah....a little sourish but no smell. LOL!
I have tasted this drink before. A friend made it for me. Tasted like ribena. I liked it.
ReplyDeleteMei Teng : It looks like ribena, sounds like ribena, but not ribena...ha ha ha!
ReplyDeletedefinitely refreshing..
ReplyDeleteDin know this 'plant' contain so much of nutrients. A healthy drink indeed.
ReplyDeletewenn : Nice to drink it iced!
ReplyDeleteMNhL : I guess it would be so much better than taking Vitamin pill which is full of chemicals....
oh... the ribena flowers yah... need to boil for 3 hrs so long, a bit ma fan ler..
ReplyDeleteMy mum used to make this drink for us when we were young as we had this plants at our backyard.
ReplyDeleteMommy : Actually I think boil for 45 minutes good enough...vendor asked me to boil 3hrs, I think too long also.
ReplyDeleteTching: It was a quite popular garden plant when it was first introduced in Malaysia! I tried to plant it too but not very successful!
I like this... always love healthy drink. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteShelyn : Better take more healthy food these days, dunno what they add into processed food!
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