Mm… Mm… Amla
Mm… Mm… Amla: It’s a fruit. It’s a medicine.
When I’m shopping for produce here in Kerala and point to this round green fruit, if the shopkeeper speaks English, he will say, “Gooseberry?”
The amla fruit –also known as amalaki, or “nellikka” here in Kerala’s Malayalam– has many names and many uses. It’s used as a food, but also as an important Ayurvedic medicine.
Continue Reading »
Niika Quistgard :: Jan.17.2008 :: Cuisine, Medicinal Plants :: 2 Comments »
