http://feastasia.net Asian food, Asian lifestyle Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://feastasia.net/food/lemongrass-cymbopogon/ http://feastasia.net/food/lemongrass-cymbopogon/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:42:41 +0000 Connie http://feastasia.net/?p=482 Native to India and used as an herb in Asian cooking, its common names include lemon grass, lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, fever grass or Hierba Luisa. In the Philippines, it is known as tanglad. It is added to soups and stews, boiled to make tea and one of its species is the source of citronella oil used as insect repellent. During the last few years, lemongrass received a lot of attention from the media when an agriculturist in Israel was swamped with cancer patients asking for lemongrass. ]]> http://feastasia.net/food/lemongrass-cymbopogon/feed/ 5