Madhuri ji,
not every lichen is edible. But island moss yes. Experts perhaps can tell
which lichens are edible?
a recipe in german with iceland moss.
http://www.arte.tv/de/europa/zu-tisch-in/Island/1393686,CmC=1393680.html
The following translation is from google-translate.
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This unusual dessert gets its flavor through Fjallagras, the weak bitter
sweetness of caramelized sugar.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
50 g of dried Fjallagras (Iceland moss)
1 L milk
125 g sugar
1 pinch salt
Soak the dried Fjallagras several hours in water. Then press and cut into
small pieces. Heat the milk to just below the boiling point. caramelize the
sugar in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir constantly so the
sugar melts and caramelizes evenly . Also make sure that the sugar does not
burn. If the sugar is caramelized, you give the grass and the hot milk and
with a pinch of salt. Mix well, let cool and refrigerate.
Created: 23-11-06
Last updated: 23-11-06
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Enjoy.
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]>
To: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>; "Na Bha" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60506] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss
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
> >
>
>
>
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>
>
> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> Research Associate
> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
> Department of Habitat Ecology
> Wildlife Institute of India
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