Chef at 09:04, 6 February 2013

2013-02-06T09:04:55Z

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[[Image:Lemon grass.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Lemon grass stalks]]
[[Image:Lemon grass chopped.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Lemon grass, chopped (it needs to be fresh and moist, don't bother if it's dried out)]]
Lemon grass is widely used as an herb in Asian (particularly Vietnamese, Hmong, Khmer, Thai, Lao, Malaysian, Indonesian, Philippine, Sri Lankan) and Caribbean cooking. It has a [[citrus]] flavour and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh. The stalk itself is too hard to be eaten except for the soft inner part. However, it can be finely sliced and added to recipes. It may also be bruised and added whole as this releases the aromatic oils from the juice sacs in the stalk. The main constituent of lemongrass oil is citral (citronella oil), which makes up around 80% of the total.

Lemon grass is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries. It is also suitable for [[poultry]], [[fish and seafood]]. It is often used as a tea in African and Latino-American countries.

The oil extracted from lemon grass, citronella, is used as a mosquito repellent in insect sprays and candles, and also in aromatherapy.

If you don't use them very often, freeze lemongrass stalks to prevent them drying out completely.
==Great with: ==
* [[Beef]]
* [[Chicken]]
* [[Fish and seafood]]
* [[Noodles]]
* [[Offal]]
* [[Pork]]
* [[Vegetables]]
==See also==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citronella_oil
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Chef at 09:04, 6 February 2013