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Moringa Leaf Powder.

Hand-stripped moringa leaves from smallholder farms in Tamil Nadu, shade-dried and ground to a fine khaki powder: green, slightly bitter, with a peppery bite like watercress. For soups and dal.

$16.50

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Beside wells and kitchen gardens across South Asia and East Africa grows a slender tree, valued as much for its shade as for its leaves. For generations, household cooks have stirred those leaves into stews, dals and porridges as a matter of course.

Ours comes from smallholder farms in Tamil Nadu, where the leaves are hand-stripped from the branch, never with the stem, which is fibrous and bitter, and shade-dried within a day of harvest to keep their color. Sun-drying is faster but bleaches the leaf; shade-drying takes more time and gives a darker powder. It settles to a fine khaki dust, dry against the fingers, with a faint peppery bite reminiscent of watercress or radish top.

Details

  • Ingredient: Dried moringa leaf, ground
  • Origin: Smallholder farms in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Drying: Shade-dried within a day of harvest
  • Flavor: Grassy, green, slightly bitter and peppery

How to use

Stir a teaspoon into soup, dal or a glass of water at midday. The flavor is green and slightly bitter, so it is better folded into something savory than sipped alone.

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$16.50