Daun Saderi, Ketumbar, Sup, Chevil dan Conium...

Ok! Betul, akupun keliru dengan daun2 ni... daun sup / parsley, daun ketumbar / coriander or cilantro dan daun saderi / celery. Kalau sesekali aku nak beli daun sup, aku akan petik sedikit daunnya dan cium. Hanya itu saja aroma daun yang aku kenal kalau nak buat sup...

Tapi sejak tengok rancangan masakan yang chefnya orang putih, mereka ni tak lepas2 gunakan daun ketumbar dalam masakan mereka. Boleh dikatakan semua masakan mereka gunakan daun ni. Terdetik di hati nak carik daun ni dan bau sendiri...

Daun saderi...hmmmm...sama jugak. Ketiga2 daun ni punyai rupa yang sama dengan aroma yang berbeza. Kebanyakan saderi dijual dengan batangnya sekali. Jadi tak susah aku nak kenal. Tapi aku nak tahu lebih! Jadi aku google sana sini...

 DAUN SADERI / CELERY
  

aromatic vegetables soup

Ni pokok saderi / celery. Aku kenal pokok ni sejak rajin tonton rancangan masakan di AFC dan Food Network. Kat Tesco sayur ni dijual dengan harga yang murah sedikit berbanding pasar basah. 

Celery (Apium graveolens var. dulce) is a plant variety in the family Apiaceae, commonly used as a vegetable. The plant grows to 1 m tall. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad. The flowers are creamy-white, 2–3 mm in diameter, and are produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, 1.5–2 mm long and wide.- wikipedia.

Setakat aku tahu, celery ni dikenali sebagai 'aromatic vegetables'. Selalu digunakan sebagai asas masakan sup, stew dan lain-lain dengan bawang besar dan lobak merah. Aku cuba buat dan aku amat sukakan rasanya. Aku jadikan ia sebagai sayur untuk dimakan dengan nasi. Selalunya hanya batangnya sahaja yang dijual dan diselitkan sedikit daunnya.

DAUN KETUMBAR / CORIANDER / CILANTRO

 

 

 Ini daun ketumbar atau coriander atau cilantro. Baru beberapa hari lepas aku beli pokok ketumbar ni sebab nak cuba resepi baru. Sebelum ni aku tak tahu langsung tentang daun ketumbar ni. Aku siap tanya ngan cina yang jual daun ni. Pokoknya kecil je. Pendek dan baunya kuat. 

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), also known as cilantro, Chinese parsley or dhania,[1] is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems. The flowers are borne in small umbels, white or very pale pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the centre of the umbel longer (5–6 mm or 0.20–0.24 in) than those pointing toward it (only 1–3 mm or 0.039–0.118 in long). The fruit is a globular, dry schizocarp 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter. Although sometimes eaten alone, the seeds often are used as a spice or an added ingredient in other foods.- wikipedia.

Fakta menarik daun ni...

 

 DAUN SUP / PARSLEY

Ada dua jenis yang aku tahu. Satu curly dan satu flat leaves... 

Parsley or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of Petroselinum in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Algeria, and Tunisia), naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as an herb, a spice, and a vegetable. Where it grows as a biennial, in the first year, it forms a rosette of tripinnate leaves 10–25 cm long with numerous 1–3 cm leaflets, and a taproot used as a food store over the winter. Parsley is widely used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. Curly leaf parsley is often used as a garnish. In central and eastern Europe and in western Asia, many dishes are served with fresh green chopped parsley sprinkled on top. Root parsley is very common in central and eastern European cuisines, where it is used as a snack or a vegetable in many soups, stews, and casseroles.- wikipedia.

For more infos, boleh je refer kat wikipedia....;)

Tapi aku jumpa site yang sangat2 menarik untuk dibaca, menerangkan perbezaan daun2 yang aku mentioned tadi...

http://www.cookthink.com/reference/350/Flat-leaf_parsley_vs_curly-leaf_parsley
http://apeaceofcake.net/difference-parsley-coriandercilantro-chervil/
http://www.betterrecipes.com/blogs/daily-dish/2013/04/16/what-is-cilantro-what-is-parsley/

Ketiga-tiga artikel ini menerangkan dengan terperinci perbezaan antara ketiga2 daun ni...
Parsley... P for pointy...
Coriander... C for curved...
Celery...refer to the jagged stem


Ok, aku ingatkan 3...rupanya 4. Satu lagi jenis pokok yang sama adalah CHERVIL...

Chervil (left) has three to four “branches” before a leaf grows, while parsley (right) and celery usually only have one or two...


 CONIUM...popularly known as HEMLOCK...

Pokok ni bukan pokok herba walaupun ianya mempunyai bentuk yang sama dengan keempat2 jenis daun yang aku nyatakan tadi. Yang ni racun! Mengikut maklumat wikipedia, pokok ni la yang membunuh Socrates...hmmmmm...


Conium (/koʊˈnaɪ.əm/ or /ˈkoʊniəm/) is a genus of one[1] or two species of highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region as Conium maculatum (known popularly as Hemlock), and to southern Africa as Conium chaerophylloides.

conium