Roselle & 1000th post!
I 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 RoselleΓΒ 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 RoselleΓΒ 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.
104 Comments
nurulbalqis
Roselle
nurulbalqis
Balqis masa darjah 6 ada pernah buat air ni π
nurulbalqis
Roselle tu kawan yang bagi π
Nenek diaa tanam dekat rumah!
nurulbalqis
Owh yaa, air tu memang betul betul menggoda laa Kak Emi!
nurulbalqis
LOL! π
nurulbalqis
Congrats for your 1000th post!
nurulbalqis
Banyak betul post Kak Emi! π
Millie
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 π
anny
ribenaaaaa
Rara
Nampak sedap je. Mesti cuba ni!
Khemy
hello
Khemy
aha..moderate comment..
Khemy
blog ko suruh aku slow down masa mengomen..
anny
my mom used to plant this in the garden when i was a kid.. we made this garden ribena too π the taste is a bit different.. but its supa delicious
anny
i called it the Made in Malaysia Ribena when i was a kid π
anny
great photos! and happy 1000th post π
denaihati
best nya lah minum air roselle ni
Khemy
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..
Janice
Emila, thanks for the description over at mine π
Aqilah | Swift
wah!
pandainya mak Kak Emila!
Segar dan berseri2 bunga tersebut ya!
Janice
Indeed coincident that we post abt the same plant π
denaihati
wah hebat lah dah 1000 posting…TAHNIAH saya ada projek nak buat dengan emila…insyallah soon akan email.
Khemy
komen jangan tak komen..
Aqilah | Swift
thanks because tell me how to make the juice!
Saya cuba buat nanti kalau berkesempatan!
Janice
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 π
Khemy
reramai komen..
Iz Aki
bestnya..terliur tgk roselle tu.kak emi,wanna ask,what type of camera do u use?
Nurul
Woot woot π
looks sedap je roselle tu
Nurul
Comment moderate. oh no
tak dpt tau siape the 10th
emila
CONGRATS!! You’re the winner of the pack of Roselle seeds!!! Please e-mail your address to me: emila@emilayusof.com
emila
i mean your home address ya!
emila
Big thank you to all who commented!! I’ve got the winner; updated in this post!!
Aqilah | Swift
wahaa~
delicious reallY!!!
Millie
Eeek baru nak try my luck again but I forgot how popular this site is π
Nurul
oh no – i was tooooo late.
congrats Rara :]
sobs sobs
Nurul
mmg kene cepat – seminit dua pun dah kire lambat :]
Aqilah | Swift
congrat RARA
Aqilah | Swift
waa bestnyieR!!
Aqilah | Swift
roSiE~
bain
dubdub!..dubdub!!..dubdub!..DUBDUBBBB!!!!!! π
Mariuca
Morning EMila! Baru bangun astaga!
Mariuca
Drop by to see my post for u at Mariuca later, and happy weekend! π
TH
me…
TH
how the taste? good?
TH
1000 no kidding π good job kak emi.
TH
congrats to rara π pass satu cup
Aqilah | Swift
sedap tak kak Balqis?
TH
I love eat the dried one π
fortuitous faery
i’ve never heard of roselle fruits or its juice before! amazing! congrats on your thousandth post!
yoon see
Wow! Very inspiring and it makes a healthy fruit too:)
TH
yeah yoon see healthy and delicious looking π hehe.. tasty.
Metz
Hi Emila,
congratulations on your 1000th post heheh π 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 π Have a great weekend π xoxo
blinkky
#1000 post? Wow, congratulation to you. I still don’t know when I will reach that. Maybe more few years =)
unlisted one
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!!
TH
betul la..
iYdaJuhar
menarik menarik
iYdaJuhar
oso cOngrats kak Emi π
ken
OMG nak kasi comment pun nak scroll jauh ke bawah..hehehe..
congrats and nampak sedap je air tu…hahhaha
Spiff, The Spaceman
1000 posts? Wow Emila, that’s a huge achievement π Congratulations! Sorry for the late wishes though, I was away on a short holiday π
Here’s looking forward to a thousand more postings from you π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Roselle friut, to be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of it … kuno nyer me … hehehe …
Spiff, The Spaceman
Hey Nurul π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Hey Annyboo π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Congrats Rara … π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Hahaha Khemy, that hgappened to me before, I was on a comment spree and suddenly kena warned to slow down … hahaha!
Spiff, The Spaceman
*waves at TH*
Gerald
That is an amazing red flower!!!
Spiff, The Spaceman
*waves at Janice*
Spiff, The Spaceman
Howdy Marzie π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Howdy Yoon See π
Spiff, The Spaceman
Hi Ken π yeah, I had to scroll all the way down here too … hehehe …
jia
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… π
jia
sedapnyer…rase cam terigin la plak… π anyway k.emi…congrats for ur 1000th post..dasat..what an achievement…:)
emila
Tulah Jia! Macam tak percaya dah 1000 posts! Air tu memang sedap! Kalau Jia naka nanti akak kirim sikit kat Jia!
emila
thanks gerald! Indeed amazing red flowers!
emila
Me also kunolah spiffy! I pun baru heard about this Roselle late last year! Anyy, Khemy dah lama kenal roselle ni masa kecik2!
emila
ken, memang sedap! taste a bit like ribena!
emila
thanks iyda!
emila
will do!!
emila
thanks blinkky! you’ll reach your 1000th post in no time!
emila
Thanks metz!! that would be awesome!
emila
yup!!! hope to be posting more! oh you pergi short holiday! best!
emila
yes yoon see! very sedap!
emila
thanks faery!
emila
thanks th! hehe no kidding!
Aqilah | Swift
akak,akak!
Kirim kat saya seekali!
HUHU
Ladynoe
Saya amalkan minum roselle sejak 3 bulan yang lepas. And consume roselle capsule jugak. Roselle ni bukan saja thirst quencher semata. tapi memberi kesan yang super duper bagus to our skin. Plus, menstabilkan suhu badan di musim panas. Orang semua bising kepanasan, but saya macam OK je.
Cuba amalkan hari hari. Mesti terasa bezanya.
=)
Khemy
sesetengah blogger baru terkedek kedek nak selebret post yg ke-100, ko ke-1000 emi.ha..ambek kau, kan? Bravo!
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emila
lol! thank you ida!
emila
thanks for the tip, ladynoe!
bain
alahaii…..
bain
tengok je gambar ni, tekak dah terliur dah…..
bain
ni nak kena carik kat kedai ni, jus Roselle…
bain
cordial punya pun jadilaaa…..
bain
asalkn dpt melegakn tekak yg dah kering ni….
bain
huhuu…..
bain
tapi kalau yg original cam kak Emi buat ni kan, lagi best nih! π
bain
sudah pasti rasanya yang menggemparkan!!!
bain
heheh…cam dlm iklan pulak daa…..
bain
orait! chow cin cauuu…..
Lina
Seronoknya tengok hasil dah dituai….saya ade juga tanam kat laman rumah.
Baka dari negara Arab. Boleh tau camne cara yang betul untuk petik bunga nih..petik ngan
tangan ke atau perlu guna gunting…terimakasih
emila
guna cutter π
Nana
bahaya guna tgn sb roselle ada duri2 smooth and halus kat calyx dia huhu..
emila
oooo, thanks for the info.