Food dye using flowers
@allknowing (136541)
India
July 30, 2021 12:29am CST
There are many flowers that can used to make dyes for use in food Butterfly Pea Flower )Clitoria tarnetea)is one such flower which is used for making a beautiful blue dye which colour is very rare.
Creating a dye from flowers is simple. Just boil water and dip the flowers and cook till the petals leave the colour. If you want to obtain a purple hue just add a bit of lemon juice.
Butterfly pea flowers can also be used to make tea which has several health propertie.s
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Jul 21
Our butterfly pea flower didn't grow well. Told my brother to transfer the plant. I mixed that one in lemon drink or cucumber and very refreshing.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
30 Jul 21
Wow! You already know about it. We had 3 colours but they disappeared. I now thought I had two but only the white are blooming.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Jul 21
@allknowing I didn't know there are other colors.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
30 Jul 21
@florelway We had light purple, indigo and white
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Jul 21
I have always wanted to taste lavendar
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@Fleura (30404)
• United Kingdom
30 Jul 21
That's interesting, I don't think we have many such flowers here, mostly vegetable juices are used, or fruit.
The other day I used blackcurrant juice to demonstrate the effect of pH (acid/alkali) for the girls. It starts purple, if you add tap water (slightly alkali) it turns blue, if you add lemon juice (weak acid) it turns pink. This sounds similar.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
30 Jul 21
I suppose it is the same for fruits - changing colour by using additives.
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