Grow It Yourself - Dill | Farm To Table
Aired (July 28, 2024): Looking to add more foreign flavors to your Filipino dishes? Try cooking and learning how to grow your own dill!
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00:00Our food adventure continues at Esmeres Farm here in Lilim, Laguna.
00:07And aside from coconut and other vegetables that can be found here,
00:11one of the herbs that they grow here is the herb called Dill.
00:16This is a herb that is a distant relative of celery.
00:19But unlike other herbs like basil and oregano that are often used in Filipino food,
00:25Dill is more commonly used in European, Middle Eastern, and other Southeast Asian dishes.
00:32You will recognize this because of its short stem and thin leaves.
00:39We use dill in salads.
00:43When we plant it, we make it look like bakud.
00:47The smell of dill is effective against pests that can damage other plants.
00:53But despite its intimidating appearance,
00:57did you know that it is very easy to grow and water dill?
01:01Step one, you trim the leaves.
01:04You put it in a bag.
01:07After a while, it will root.
01:09What we practiced is the direct method.
01:13Where we want you to cut, just extend.
01:18Just continue planting.
01:20It will grow.
01:21In Paso, dill is not very fat.
01:24But here on land, it grows better.
01:29I will remove the plastic so that it won't get in the way when it grows.
01:43It will look like this.
01:45Dill is low-maintenance, even if it is not watered.
01:49Just leave it on the ground.
01:51It will be fine.
01:54Here at Esmeres Farm, they use fresh dill to level up one of their primary products.
02:03Lambanog.
02:06Actually, when we tried it, we tried it on our barbecue.
02:11We made a dill pickle.
02:16Our lambanog or our coconut wine,
02:21you just soak it.
02:23It smells good.
02:24The smell that we make means that the meat smells good.
02:33At the same time, it is a tenderizer.
02:36Using fresh dill, we put it in a stupor.
02:40Next, we put the lambanog that we made here at Esmeres Farm.
02:46We mix the dill with the lambanog so that the dill juice will be absorbed by the lambanog.
02:59So that our lambanog will taste better.
03:03We need to leave it for a minimum of 6 months or 6 months
03:10so that our dill will be marinated with the lambanog.
03:19After that, we can filter it and it will turn green.
03:27And if you have a trip, try using dill in your cooking.
03:31I highly recommend you to try this fish and creamy dill sauce that I shared before.
03:38So food explorers, try the dill and grow it yourself.
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