Planting Roselle 🌿: A Leaf That’s More Than Food 🍽️ and Medicine 💊
Have you ever tasted a soup made using roselle leaf aka sour leaf? If you haven't, you are missing out on a lot.
This leaf doesn't actually look like the real deal from afar, but the moment you taste soup made with it, particularly if the cook involved is good at preparing it, you will definitely enjoy it. Promise.
It is not just called a sour leaf for no reason; it slaps a lot when you eat this leaf, but that's the joy of it. It doesn't have to be too much, but to a certain extent.
I hardly knew the health benefits of this leaf before, other than the fact that my mom says it was good, and she prepared it just to make everyone comfortable eating it, but after I did my own research, that's when I decided to add it to my garden portfolio.
You will love the food aspect of it, but the medical aspect might need a little convincing, like I did. Most freshly eaten vegetables are rich in minerals and vitamins, and this one is no exception.
Vitamin C is actively present, likewise the mineral iron, so that's a lot from one leaf,. Then we have other benefits like blood pressure control, which I need, and heart health, which everyone needs.
It also serves as blood sugar control and acts as an anti-inflammatory, traditionally when drugs cannot be accessed.
Look at these benefits and tell me why you wouldn't want to have this in your garden.
If I have convinced you enough, that's good, and if I didn't, you can also ask questions.