Know and Grow Plant

Tusli or Holy basil is a sacared   plant. Most of hindu family have this plant in their home. In hindu mythology   It is regarded as manifestation of goddess Tulsi . She is regarded as avatar of laxmi . There are two types of tulsi .    Rama Tulsi   (which has green leaves)    Shyama Tulsi ( Which has dark green or black color)   If we eat Tulsi leaves raw it has taste similar to clove spice, another kind of basil is sweet basil or italian basil . It is used in mediterranean region. Italian people use this sweet basil leaves in their dishes to give flavour and aroma. Sabja seed (sweet basil seed) which is use by people in weight loss is also obtained from cultivation of ocimum basillcum . These leaves have taste and flavour close to betel leaves.we indian use this leaf in preparation of italian dishes. We can found sweet basil leaves in departmental store or local vegetable store where they have foreign leaf. Cultural   significanc...