Medicinal Plant Series 2

Basil - My friend 's mother sweared that eating basil leave cured her cataract. We do love to eat them raw especially with ketchup mee. It is easily grown by cutting and placing the stalks in pot of good aerated soil. It grows well with morning sun and to shade it from the afternoon sun.

You can get a good size bundle at Pasar Rakyat or Pudu market for a ringgit or two. We will use the stalks for replanting. It can also easily propogated by seeds.


It floral pungent odour is somewhat blends with my chilli sauce concortion of Lingam & Kimball tomato sauces with fresh onions and chopped basil leaves and not forgetting some virgin olive oil. The dipping sauce goes with fried shui kow, keropok udang or fritters.

3rd aunties also make a healthy salad from the basil leave using seaweed big onions and spring onions and purple cabbage marinated with lemon juice and sugar