I have not drunk soup of Lichen, nor heard too. Could not get sarate????? Masala if traditionaly prepared yes all ingredients are used. There are some ladies who do this as buissiness, selling the day to day requirements like pickels, masalas, different flours, papad etc. If they are making traditional ype we get all the ingradients. else fast masalas Oldtimers like me know that we can prepare it at home else the art is vanishing. Madhuri
--- On Mon, 17/1/11, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Na Bha <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60506] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss > To: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]>, "Pankaj Kumar" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 17 January, 2011, 1:52 AM > Yes Madhuri ji, > It is used in Masala. I don't know if one makes dessert or > soup from > Dagadful. I think another ingrediant of masala is sarate, > write? > Are these things used nowadays in masala or has masala also > become > fast-masala? > Regards > Nalini > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]> > To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]>; > "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 4:00 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60157] Fruits & Vegetable > week: Iceland Moss > > > one liken used in spices in Marathi called as "Dagadful" > Madhuri > > --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60157] Fruits & > Vegetable week: Iceland Moss > > To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, 12 January, 2011, 10:07 PM > > Thats a nice information mam. I > > assume we should keep lichens among spices. > > > > I have seen people selling Lichens at very high rates > in > > Delhi market > > as spices, and these plants are being extracted on a > very > > large scale > > from temperate regions in Himalaya (I am just talking > about > > Indian > > Lichen market). > > > > Just to add, lichens are one of the preferred food of > Musk > > Deer in Himalayas. > > > > Pankaj > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Iceland Moss Cetraria islandica is not a moss, > but > > lichen, a symbiotic > > > association between algae and fungus. > > > is a circumpolar plant abundant throughout the > arctic > > and mountains regions > > > of the northern countries. It is found on the > > mountains of north Wales, > > > north England, Scotland and south-west Ireland. > In > > North America its range > > > extends through Arctic regions, from Alaska to > > Newfoundland, and south in > > > the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to the > > Appalachian Mountains of New > > > England. > > > > > > lant Parts Used: The whole plant. The lichen may > be > > gathered throughout the > > > year; during the dry weather between May and > September > > is best. It can be > > > dried for later use by removing loose debris and > > drying it in direct sun or > > > shade. Cetraria islandica is available as a > dried > > whole plant, and as > > > powdered herb extract. > > > > > > I don't have my own fotos, because when I > visited > > Iceland digital cameras > > > were not yet there. I have some slides, but it > take > > quite some time till I > > > have digitalized all slides. > > > But dishes of Icelan moss (soup, dessert etc. ) > are > > very tasty, and the moss > > > has a flavour like cardamom. > > > Here http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/iceland-moss.html > > you can > > > find more Information and one Pic. > > > Regards > > > Nalini > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA > DEFICIENT > > !!" > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > Research Associate > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > Post Box # 18 > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > >
