Celery or Parsley?

I'm not sure which is the right name for this plant, but we call it Daun Selom in Malay. Daun selom is normally used raw, eaten with sambal belacan (Malay style sambal - made with fresh chilis that are pounded together with toasted shrimp paste (belacan) in a stone mortar to which sugar and lime juice are added. Originally, limau kasturi or calamansi is used but since this is scarce outside of Southeast Asia, normal lime is used as a replacement.). Daun selom can also be used as garnish for laksa dish  or as kerabu (salad) in Malay cooking.

Yesterday, with help from Google, I managed to find out that it is also called Water Celery or Water Parsley in English. In my opinion, I think both names are suitable because it taste a bit like parsley with leaves that resemble celery leaves...You can refer to this blog, Gardening with Wilson for more information on this beautiful plant.

 Managed to grow 4 pots of this from one cut of leftover plant that my mom bought at the local market.

1. cut the stem and soak them in water
2. now u can see some roots developed in the water
3. transfer to normal pots ; some people suggest pots with no holes underneath, but if you dont have one, just make sure you provide them with lotsa water :)

 "A good garden may have some weeds. " - Thomas Fuller

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Just wanna share a few shots taken at my uncle's place...:) Taken on the second day of Eid Mubarak celebration this year....we have to go and help him to harvest those chillies and cucumbers to prevent them from being too ripe and rotten...it was quite an experience, especially for my 7 yr old nephew who was all excited about this new experience...:)

Free labour... picking up chilies...done with love :)

Cool cucumbers...look at that lil guy :)

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Gosh....it's been a while since i last post anything here....:)

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Nuthing much going on in the garden actually...only some herbs survived  being tortured abandoned neglected by the owner of this small garden....:P

But guess what? I've started to sow some seeds today...hopefully those lil darlings will get the attention they deserved from me! :P

In the meantime, enjoy these photos taken from my recent London and Paris trip...Well, not that recent actually....this is one of my dream vacations which came true early May this year...:)

London sight seeing with London Big Bus Tour

Windsor Castle

Rapeseed Field

Lacock where they shoot Pride & Prejudice and Harry Potter movie..:)

Roman Bath

Breathtaking view at the city of Bath

Eiffel Tower

Photos of flowers captured nearby Eiffel Tower

I wish i could buy and bring these back home...:)

Gotta love this! :)

Sunday market near our hotel (Hotel Tourisme)