Freshest dry moringa

in #home6 years ago (edited)

Freshest dried moringa part 1

Moringa has been labeled the “ new superfood of 2018 “by some media outlets .
We are lucky that here in the metropolis of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand it still grows in many small streets and locals still do pick it to put in a curry dish .
I have enclosed 1 picture of a very mature Moringa tree that grew in my street .

876DCFCA-49F8-4DC2-8A80-D42724E333F5.jpeg
Unfortunately this tree has been cut down )

I used to go and get the seeds for planting and eating .
I didn’t eat the leaves or sell the powder from that tree because of the car and air

My own personal and the sold moringa came 3 hours north of Chiang Mai .

FDA4519F-F36E-43E5-BDD8-73FA9CD8C7F1.jpeg

Note these are not moringa trees ,,,my battery was down by the time I harvested the moringa ,but it gives you an idea of the area and the freshness .

As you can see moringa can grow as tall as oak trees but also you can cut it back at around 2 meters and use it as a hedge or just if you are scared of the roots taking down your building hahha

Moringa is very fast growing and you can usually eat fresh leaves 4-8 weeks after planting the seeds .
As written before Thai people usually use it in a curry dish .
I have asked numerous Thais if they know about it or use it for anything else
Yes they do know about it ,but seldom take it as a medicine or as a nutrient supplement
The seeds and flowers are sold in the local market and if you look hard enough you can find the powdered version ,though I’m not sure how fresh it is .
You are more easily to find it in capsule form the most expensive form .

My Thai family grows it in the mountains an hour north of Chiang Mai
There are no chemicals used at any stage .
Unfortunately that tree has been cut down .

My own personal and the sold moringa came 3 hours north of Chiang Mai .

How to dry moringa
1:pick only the greenest of the leaves
2:Hang to dry as this let’s air circulate better( pic1) ,if you can’t hang you spread out on the floor but turn every few hours for a more even balanced drying (pic 2)

66CB311A-D280-4C19-9F72-182A8233F295.jpeg

Pic 2

51F0A58C-B961-42E0-BB56-7345EF4B1299.jpeg

After 1 day ...the weight of the starting harvest and finished powder is 7kg picked wet produced around 1 kg dry and cleaned .

++++Shade dry not sun dry for maximum nutrient retention .+++

3:after 3-4 days you can test if dry by taking a sample in your hand and crushing it ,if it goes into a powder easily then it’s dry ,if not leave and test till so .if dry hand crush
4:hand strip as much stalk as you can ,this should be quite easy but there are numerous smaller stalks later .
They can be put in the stalk pile to be used as a food for the soil and plants ,,nothing goes to waste

C51B24D1-82B7-443E-99AC-2C99BE4F2E96.jpeg

Stalk beaded with water to be used on the soil ,see how green it is )

5: have 2-3 sieve ,start with the largest sieve ,hand crush sieve into a bowl below ,

D0255F43-541E-43E4-8468-8770BF1911F4.jpeg

Hand crush large sieve )

Separating any stalks

Sieve the fallen powder from the first bowl with a finer sieve into a bowl
Repeat the process till you have the finest powder

6:you can then tumtum with a pestle to make it even finer or you can use a coffee blender if you want capsule fineness .
Sorry no pic uploaded it was an actual video of greenest gold haha.

Capsule fineness...see how green it is , this was four days from picking to completion .a lucky customer had it in their house that day
The freshest dried moringa

7:put in a glass jar and keep in a dark place ,lid tightly closed ,so no air gets in to,maximize the nutrient content for longer periods of time .
8 total time from harvest to finished product ready to consume or sell 3-5 days depending on humidity .

43582FFE-117A-4832-8987-822EB1713B0F.jpeg

Benefits of moringa .
My own personal benefits increased amounts of energy ,alertness ,clarity .
Deeper sleeps ,more quick to wake up and get on the move .
When I was exercising I could exercise longer and not feel fatigued as much as before I started taken moringa .
The websites will give you lots of information of course regarding nutrients and the amino acids and what exactly they do for your body .
Here are a few
https://www.facebook.com/jamie.watt.357/posts/10155650966479811
https://www.facebook.com/jamie.watt.357/posts/10155651821144811

C70B94DC-AFC3-4AB9-911E-37A026B3791C.jpeg

![F0B55F08-7044-440A-A1E5-EAF5279895F1.jpeg]
()

Thank you .
Sawadee krap .

Sort:  

Hi Jamie and WELCOME! So happy to see your post and I love healthy plants and products so this was right up my alley. I look forward to investigating the wonderful benefits of Moringa. Upvoted & following you now 🙏

Hi Jeff .
Yes we are certainly lucky that moringa grows freely here and you can investigate it in different forms .
The fresh leaves ,dry leaves ,seeds ,flowers all have different tastes and I would encourage you to try it over at least a month period to see if Amy changes you have in your body and mind .
There are lots of plants here in the Chiang Mai area that are worthy of attention and I will be posting more in the future ,,,marike is off course a good source of information on the subject of plants ,herbs etcetc

It's great to see the way you continually support the extended Thai family and the villages around them. It matters. We're getting ready for our big schlep-house-biz-move to our new Mae Rim place so I'm a looking forward to some better focused time when it's done. And a breather over the Songkran days. Nice post and great to see you getting the hang of Steemit.

Its a pity I lost the land at mae rim as that would have cut the traveling time back and forward to fang as well as the taken care ,still hunting around for some local plots .
I might need to go back to,fang to refocus Haha good luck with your new move

The right place will find you when you're clear about what you really want. :)

Excellent post Jamie! Pictures really helped explain how the whole process goes down. I'm going to resteem and share this in my next post. Would love for more people to learn about this and benefit from your wisdom! :)

Thanks keni ,I’m always happy to share .theres enough space in the world for everyone to share and not get tight !!! Moringa is a fantastic food stuff here in Chiang Mai and other areas .
I would hope that people would try and learn and share what is happening in their area and st least try and take back a little bit of food security for themselves and not be tricked into the mass marketing machine .
Trail and error if you like for some .
We have interacted with fellow humans since the dawn of time
We can still do that without internet
Peace and love

I agree with you brother, this is why I feel decentralized systems will ultimately bring more people together in real life than those other centralized unsocial-media networks sucking the life out of society.

Steemit is already sparking many meet ups with like minds all over the world and the fact is the internet, a tangible planetary nervous system has and is empowering us to reach much further and faster. It is enabling information and education to be shared to every corner of the world that can access the internet.

I agree with you about food security and self sustainability, however that is a distant dream for many who are born and locked into the monetary debt systems, those who are surrounded by concrete, tend no land and own nothing but their citizen-ship slave papers.

For those who are successfully making it outside of the governed paradigm, this technology will be a life line for many who are desperately looking to follow. What if all our earth-ship builders and food-forest farmers stopped sharing their path out of the system?

That's why I value your voice and insights so much. Whether you know it or not, you are a inspiration to many many others and thank you for making the effort to share here, it's huge! The blockchain will preserve your wisdom.

Wholeness.

Nice words keni
Yes I u derstand that the internet whatever platform can be beneficial to oneself and human race in general .
It’s a balance of rediscovering thevthings deep inside that we already know but haven’t found yet ,so internet can speed up that process no doubt
The secret is not to get too attached and caught up on turning on the whole world no matter how good the intentions ,
Food security and shelter security along with water security as three fundamental human needs and everyone of us has that memory inside us .
If one is luckyor has made some hard choices and can build their own house ,own their own land and water systems then possibly they have the desire to utilize that memory today and in the now .
Many of us don’t have the chance or even the choice and we have to play around with what we have or possibly can have .
I’m not so focused on the governed paradigms even though I do get involved way too much in political arguments and awareness to others .
We are after all just pawns in the human aspect of existence
The spiritual has the more freedom ,but again we are attatched to bodily functions and by trying to put the best food stuff we can withstand higher essence in the plant form inside then it’s a good start
Everything can be lost in the words and it’s in the everyday actions that the value does stick or change even
Hsha
Some people will find me of value and an inspiration ,others won’t
It’s not so important to me and I don’t mean that I also don’t treasure the people who do value it ,I just need to offer to others what I can and also soak in other peoples experiences with any expectation..just chewing the cud

Very interesting friends, you have a good talent in steem

Thanks, everyone has a talent of sorts in sure you also have .
Mine is more focused to the basic talent of understanding some of the huge diversity of the foods around us and how we can start to,take back and learn about ones that are not marketed as heavy and more important are easily available and free for local people in most cases.
Thanks for your comment

Well, I'm doing pretty well, but sure, why not. :)

Hi, I just followed you :-)
Follow back and we can help each other succeed!

I just hit the follow button n your page and yes all the success to you also

You are very kind, happy to be friends with you

You are very kind, happy to be friends with you

They are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and an endless variety of trace nutrients that science has just begun to uncover. They are healthy, fulfilling and add variety to the diet.

I take this every day and I encourage anyone of any age also .
Here in Thailand you can find it fairly easily if you know what you are looking for somcan pick it for free
But even in the West it’s not too expensive as the question is how much is your health worth !!

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.16
TRX 0.16
JST 0.030
BTC 59201.08
ETH 2515.32
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.50