growing garlic...try it

lazy_daisy · Oct 14th, 2005, 11:47 AM

Its time for planting garlic...

yes its easy to get from the shops but if you plant your own you can get organic garlic fresh straight from the garden AND the reason I grow it is because I use the garlic leaves which cannot get in shops

they are long thin leaves which have taste garlicky, but dont have a harsh pungency that raw garlic has.
can be used like Wild garlic...which is difficult to find

great for chopping up and mixing mayonaise

or added to salsas
or to coriander, mint and spring onion and whizz up in a blender with yoghurt as a sauce or as marianade for meat

or added at the end or cooking to curries

you can buy seed garlic from gardening places if you want to grow large bulbs
if you want smaller bulbs but want to use mainly the leaves ...planyt cloves of ordinary garlic(from supermarket ) in a row couple of inches deep...about ten cm apart

Asif2000 · Oct 14th, 2005, 12:12 PM

When I used to live with my bro several years ago, my bhabhi grew it at home every year in winter. She used it to make a "memon" dish called "Lehsan Bhurta" or something. This is a dish you eat for Nashta served along with eggplant bhurta, dahi and papar. I loved it. yummy.

Femme Fatale · Oct 14th, 2005, 01:49 PM

eggplant, papar and lehsan bhurta for brekky?

Asif2000 · Oct 14th, 2005, 02:20 PM

actually lehsan bhurta is a mixture of Bajra Rotee and green lehsan and its the best nashta dish. I don't even know if its actually called lehsan bhurta - I came up with the name. I think that in memon, they call it just "lasan" or something

belle · Oct 14th, 2005, 02:54 PM

We always grow our own garlic and sometimes even onions. Great idea about using the leaves they do taste great in salsas and marinade.

Shahreen · Oct 15th, 2005, 05:30 PM

Can you not get garlic plants from planting cloves or bulbs of garlic directly into soil rather than buying seeds?

belle · Oct 15th, 2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Shahreen

Can you not get garlic plants from planting cloves or bulbs of garlic directly into soil rather than buying seeds?

Mmhmm you can.

Shahreen · Oct 16th, 2005, 05:15 AM

Do you have to wait for the green shoots to sprout from the bulbs before you plant them into the soil first? If so, then I can plant a whole load of garlic today instead of throwing it away.

lazy_daisy · Oct 16th, 2005, 08:22 AM

yes you can do that...

Asif2000 · Oct 17th, 2005, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Shahreen

Do you have to wait for the green shoots to sprout from the bulbs before you plant them into the soil first? If so, then I can plant a whole load of garlic today instead of throwing it away.

you don't have to wait for this to happen.