FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SELASIH (Indonesia)
Excerpts from Passmore, Jacki. 1991. The Encyclopedia of Asian Food and Cooking. Hearst Books, New York.
grows wild and is used frequently in curries. Its flavor is less agreeable than the other Indonesian basil, kermangi.
A variety of basil that grows wild in Indonesia. It has a very mild flavor and is considered inferior to the commonly used basil known as daun kemangi.
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