Roselle & 1000th post!
In: gardening
3 Jul 2009I am keeping this post moderated for a special surprise. But to know what it is, keep on reading.
My mom planted this Roselle end of last year. It has been producing fruits after 6 weeks and been continuing doing so until now. Yesterday we harvested the fruits for the second time and made two bottles of juice!
Have you ever heard about Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) fruits before? Roselle is a common home garden crop and is native from India to Malaysia. Roselle has high contents of vitamin C and anthocyanins. You can eat the raw young leaves as salad and made juice out of its calyces; you can make food coloring as well if you want. The seeds are great to feed the chicken but for me I planted the seeds all around my house! Wait for a month or so and I have a house full of Roselle plants! Will try to make fruit jam next time!
Roselle has often been mistaken with Ribena as they taste similar. Ribena came from blackcurrant juice; of which the name Ribena came from the scientific name Ribes Negrum.
Ok here is how to make the juice:
Separate the calyces from the seeds. Wash and put the calyces in a pot of water. I’m not to sure what to do with the young seeds but I had to throw it away. I’m still researching on how to harvest this fruit and I have the feeling that I should wait till the seeds are good to be planted again.
Ok, I’m not too sure about the measurement as I forgot to count the fruits! Lol! But give and take I say, we picked around 70-80 fruits so I’m giving you a measurement for this amount, ok. Add 2 liters of water in a pot and boil for 10 minutes or until the water turns red. Add 500gm of sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved (this way we don’t need to mix with sugar again. Just pour and add ice!) Filter out the dross and set aside until the juice is cold. If you have old juice bottles, don’t throw it away, you can recycle and keep your own Roselle juice in the bottles instead.
I will try to be more specific and give proper exact measurement next time but until then, let’s quench our thirst!
With this post, I marked my 100oth POST!! For that, I am giving away a pack of Roselle for the commenter of the 10th comment!
I’ll keep the comment box moderated until I get the lucky one!
UPDATE: I have the winner already: RARA!!! Rara please e-mail me your home address to emila@emilayusof.com.
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Roselle
Balqis masa darjah 6 ada pernah buat air ni
Roselle tu kawan yang bagi
Nenek diaa tanam dekat rumah!
sedap tak kak Balqis?
Hey Nurul
alahaii…..
tengok je gambar ni, tekak dah terliur dah…..
ni nak kena carik kat kedai ni, jus Roselle…
cordial punya pun jadilaaa…..
asalkn dpt melegakn tekak yg dah kering ni….
huhuu…..
tapi kalau yg original cam kak Emi buat ni kan, lagi best nih!
sudah pasti rasanya yang menggemparkan!!!
heheh…cam dlm iklan pulak daa…..
orait! chow cin cauuu…..
Owh yaa, air tu memang betul betul menggoda laa Kak Emi!
LOL!
Congrats for your 1000th post!
Banyak betul post Kak Emi!
I’ve finally put aside some time to pick up gardening again recently…I didnt know it was that easy to bear fruit..it’ll be a great project for my kids too if we get hold of these seeds
ribenaaaaa
Hey Annyboo
Nampak sedap je. Mesti cuba ni!
CONGRATS!! You’re the winner of the pack of Roselle seeds!!! Please e-mail your address to me: emila@emilayusof.com
i mean your home address ya!
congrats to rara
pass satu cup
Congrats Rara …
hello
aha..moderate comment..
blog ko suruh aku slow down masa mengomen..
Hahaha Khemy, that hgappened to me before, I was on a comment spree and suddenly kena warned to slow down … hahaha!
my mom used to plant this in the garden when i was a kid.. we made this garden ribena too
the taste is a bit different.. but its supa delicious
i called it the Made in Malaysia Ribena when i was a kid
great photos! and happy 1000th post
best nya lah minum air roselle ni
emila, pokok roselle ni banyak giler tumbuh meliar depan rumah aku kat kampung..tak sure sekarang ada lagi ker takder..
kalau aku tau boleh buat air, aku dah komersial kan dari dulu lagi..mungkin aku dah jadi CEO produk roselle dah ni..cheh..
betul la..
*waves at TH*
ihiks…tu la khemy…kalau x mesti kitaorg beli kordial roselle kt ko jer…balik nnt tgok la balik..mesti ade saki-baki lagi kot pokok roselle tuh…
Emila, thanks for the description over at mine
*waves at Janice*
wah!
pandainya mak Kak Emila!
Segar dan berseri2 bunga tersebut ya!
Indeed coincident that we post abt the same plant
wah hebat lah dah 1000 posting…TAHNIAH saya ada projek nak buat dengan emila…insyallah soon akan email.
komen jangan tak komen..
thanks because tell me how to make the juice!
Saya cuba buat nanti kalau berkesempatan!
I see that we’ll need abt 70 seeds to make the drink. My MIL’s just a small pot of plant, don’t there there are even 20 in a pot. LOL
reramai komen..
bestnya..terliur tgk roselle tu.kak emi,wanna ask,what type of camera do u use?
Woot woot
looks sedap je roselle tu
Comment moderate. oh no
tak dpt tau siape the 10th
Big thank you to all who commented!! I’ve got the winner; updated in this post!!
wahaa~
delicious reallY!!!
Eeek baru nak try my luck again but I forgot how popular this site is
mmg kene cepat – seminit dua pun dah kire lambat :]
oh no – i was tooooo late.
congrats Rara :]
sobs sobs
congrat RARA
waa bestnyieR!!
roSiE~
dubdub!..dubdub!!..dubdub!..DUBDUBBBB!!!!!!
Morning EMila! Baru bangun astaga!
Howdy Marzie
Drop by to see my post for u at Mariuca later, and happy weekend!
me…
how the taste? good?
1000 no kidding
good job kak emi.
thanks th! hehe no kidding!
I love eat the dried one
i’ve never heard of roselle fruits or its juice before! amazing! congrats on your thousandth post!
thanks faery!
Wow! Very inspiring and it makes a healthy fruit too:)
yeah yoon see healthy and delicious looking
hehe.. tasty.
Howdy Yoon See
yes yoon see! very sedap!
Hi Emila,
congratulations on your 1000th post heheh
Can you imagine how that would feel like if that were like your 1000th copy of your book sold heheh that is something to look forward too 
Have a great weekend 
xoxo
Thanks metz!! that would be awesome!
#1000 post? Wow, congratulation to you. I still don’t know when I will reach that. Maybe more few years =)
thanks blinkky! you’ll reach your 1000th post in no time!
Kak Emi,..congrats on your 1000 post…and congrats to Rara for being the lucky commentor.
Btw, bila kak emi tak berapa bz nanti inform ye, (you are very bz caccording to your previous post)..i got dollies to order from you…:-) Take care!!
will do!!
menarik menarik
oso cOngrats kak Emi
thanks iyda!
OMG nak kasi comment pun nak scroll jauh ke bawah..hehehe..
congrats and nampak sedap je air tu…hahhaha
Hi Ken
yeah, I had to scroll all the way down here too … hehehe …
ken, memang sedap! taste a bit like ribena!
1000 posts? Wow Emila, that’s a huge achievement
Congratulations! Sorry for the late wishes though, I was away on a short holiday 
Here’s looking forward to a thousand more postings from you
yup!!! hope to be posting more! oh you pergi short holiday! best!
Roselle friut, to be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of it … kuno nyer me … hehehe …
Me also kunolah spiffy! I pun baru heard about this Roselle late last year! Anyy, Khemy dah lama kenal roselle ni masa kecik2!
That is an amazing red flower!!!
thanks gerald! Indeed amazing red flowers!