Spinach is a very healthy vegetable, rich in iron and vitamin A.
Ingredients
1kg spinach
20gm butter
1 shallot chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
3/4 cup cream
a pinch of nutmeg
ground white pepper
Method
1. Wash and remove thick stalks from spinach leaves.
2. Blanch the spinach in boiling water. Remove and dip in iced water to refresh.
3. Press water out from spinach. Chop finely.
4. Saute the shallot and garlic in butter. Add the cream and reduce until it thickens.
4. Add the chopped spinach. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Pepper Vine
The plant is unisexual, with separate plants bearing male and female flowers. The berries are rounded and peppery and they turn from green to red.
Pepper Berries
Pepper is used in many Asian countries both as spice and a stimulant; to treat colic, rheumatism, headache, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and menstual pains; to remove excessive gas in the system; and to increase the flow of urine.
Pepper Farm
A typical pepper farm. Harvesting starts in April, reaches a peak in May and continues through to September.
Wild Pepper
This is an erect herb with long runners which develop into plantlets. Leaves are simple and heart shaped.The roots are used in chinese medicine to treat toothache. The leaves are used in Malaysia to treat headache and pains in the bones. In Indonesia, the rootlets are chewed with betel nut and the juice swallowed as a remedy for coughs and asthma.
