I love Mexican food, the eating and the cooking of it and I thought it was about time I started to grow my own ingredients. As we don't have a greenhouse, putting chillies out of the question, I settled on growing a South American herb called quillquiña. It has a sharp, earthy citrus taste and used a bit like coriander in salsas although two or three leaves seem to be enough. I started them off indoors in the spring
and finally decided now summer is here it is about time I placed them into the herb patch. They should grow to be around 3 feet tall.
And my herbs really need a good long drink. Time to see if there is any easy Inca or Aztec rain dances in honour of my new Latino import.
