{"id":232,"date":"2017-07-12T14:28:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T14:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbs.widevalley.net\/?p=232"},"modified":"2017-07-12T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T14:36:34","slug":"lemongrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/12\/lemongrass\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lemongrass<\/span><\/h3>\n
Lemongrass belongs to grass family poaceae.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is a tall perennial grass that is grown in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/div>\n
Lemongrass also known as Citronella Grass or Fever Grass is a tall perennial grass belonging to the Africa and Old Eurasian countries.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is a widely used herb in Asian (particularly Thai, Lao, Khmer and Vietnamese and Caribbean) cooking.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The grass has a lemony flavor<\/span><\/p>\n

Lemongrass herb is the native of South East Asian countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Lemongrass is cultivated in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and on the Indonesian islands. The grass has fine lemony taste that is added in various curry pastes.<\/span><\/div>\n
The fine flavor of the grass is utilized to prepare dishes in these countries.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In recent years there demand has been growing in USA and European countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Botanical Name: Cymbopogon<\/span>
\nFamily Name: Poaceae<\/span>
\nParts Used: Leaves<\/span>
\nHabitat: Africs-Eurasia<\/span><\/p>\n

Lemongrass harb and its derivatives including essential oil are used in a wide range of low grade, inferior quality perfume and household products. The natural lemongrass spice market is growing, but at the same time facing tough competition from the synthetic market. For example the natural essential oil sales have dipped beacuse of comeptition from synthetic oil. India is one of the prime producers of Citronella Grass derivatives, but most of it is used for domestic consumption. Guatemala is a another major exporter of natural oil, followed by China. USA, UK, Japan are the major importing countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lemongrass is a thick grass having solid portion at the end of the root and the leaves at the top. It is the lower portion that is utilized in cooking. Lower solid part is utilized by either slicing it or by pounding it. Spice is normally sold in dried form . The dried spice is sold in different forms like chopped, cut and sifted, powdered, or as an oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

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