My sister brought me these Perilla leaves and Korean chili peppers from her friend's garden. She is house sitting while they are on vacation and was asked to pick produce from her garden. I have never had these leaves before. They are in the mint family and used in Korean cuisine. My sister's friend loves them, not my sister.
My sister said I could use them in salads or even wrap them around some meat which is what I did as pictured above. I put some mayonnaise in between the leaves as well. The leaves had a very mild taste. The peppers are slightly hot, but were very fresh having been picked the same day. The red ones were hotter as I would have expected. I was happy try something new and now I can say I have had perilla leaves.
I gave some to my friend S who said she would put them in her salads. Husband M tasted everything but decided to eat his regular food after that.
And welcome to October!



18 comments:
You could give it a try, it's a good idea to prepare it that way.
Not interested in Korean food, but would love to try those leaves though.
Those sound very interesting and I have never heard of these leaves before. Looks like you made excellent use of them.
I like how you wrapped them around meat, that’s a fun idea. The peppers look so fresh too. Always nice to try garden produce straight from the source.
Interesting - never heard of them - so kind of those people to share!
I've never heard of these either, Christine. Glad you enjoyed them!
Have a nice day!
I haven't heard of these either. I think I'd put them in salad myself, but it's fun to see how else you could use them. Happy October.
I had to look up Perilla leaves, thanks for cluing me in.
I don't recognize those leaves either. Your dish using them looks very good.
Not something I've tried ...
Happy October wishes.
All the best Jan
It's always fun to try something new.
Never heard of these leaves
Genial . . Te mando un beso
I wouldn’t mind tasting them.😊
They're very pretty!
I've never heard of these. The presentation is lovely.
I've never heard of this type of leaf; very cool!
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