5 spices you can easily grow at home
(My gardening newsletters@substack)
Hello friend 👋
Happy Monday
Here is this week’s gardening newsletter :
Today I am starting a new series about spices that you can easily grow at home as well as their benefits.
Spices are the superheroes of the kitchen. Even a pinch of it might add the whole cooking to the next level. If you have an ample collection or maybe you rely on the basics you can enjoy the whole cooking to different grades. But did you know some spices are easy to grow at home?
Jeera seeds or cumin seeds are one of the most common spices in our kitchen. Most generally it is used in boiling water to drink and Asian cousins daily. You can also grind the seeds if you prefer cumin powder.
How to Grow:
It is better to sow in spring (but all seasons are good if it is in a pot), in fertile soil. Take a spoonful of seed and sow according to the availability of soil. Cumin seeds have plenty of heat and sunlight and thrive during the summer months. After blooming the pink or white flowers, the seeds can harvest. Cumin seeds are picked when they are brown and then dried.
Jeera Water:
Jeera water is a water solution that you get when you soak jeera seeds in water for a few hours. Water enters the seeds through the process of osmosis making the seeds swell. This releases essential nutrients in the water, turning the water into light yellowish color. You can make it by putting jeera in boiling water. But the volatile content was saved in the soaking method.
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Do you know Jeera water is
🥛Low in calories
(One teaspoon of jeera has only seven calories. )
🥛Aids digestion
🥛Accelerates the fat but-burnings
🥛Controls sugar:
🥛Detoxifies your body
So that’s all for today
Next week we can take the next one
Till then
Bye
AnnaNathasha
Originally published at https://annanathasha.substack.com on November 14, 2022.
