Plantain. An unripe, green banana. A starchy type of banana with firm flesh. If it is the variety used for desserts it is cooked when it is green, but it is left to ripen if it is the less sweet type. It is a staple food in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world.
Clarified butter. Ghee can be made at home simply by keeping butter on a very low heat for a few hours until the water evaporates. The melted butter will keep indefinitely, will not change colour on use and can be re-used many times without changing its character.
Clarified butter. Ghee can be made at home simply by keeping butter on a very low heat for a few hours until the water evaporates. The melted butter will keep indefinitely, will not change colour on use and can be re-used many times without changing its character.
A low growing, many branched perennial plant used in ayurvedic medicine for coughs, pruritis, dysentery and other ailments.
