How do you harvest and eat purslane?
Transfer harvested purslane to a colander. Rinse the plant under a stream of clean, cold water. Shake excess moisture from the cleaned purslane, pat it dry with paper towel or a clean dishcloth, and it’s ready to eat. While rinsing, use your clean hands to spread the leaves to ensure bugs and dirt have been…
Transfer harvested purslane to a colander. Rinse the plant under a stream of clean, cold water. Shake excess moisture from the cleaned purslane, pat it dry with paper towel or a clean dishcloth, and it’s ready to eat. While rinsing, use your clean hands to spread the leaves to ensure bugs and dirt have been removed.Click to see full answer. Then, how do you harvest purslane? You can start to harvest purslane more or less 2 months after sowing, or a bit later depending on the growing conditions and the climate. Harvest the purslane stems by collecting the stem, but don’t cut too short to enable regrowth. Better to harvest young purslane stems, since the leaves are more delicious. Also, what part of Purslane is edible? The leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds of the purslane plant are all edible, but I’ve only eaten the stems and leaves myself. They have a slightly sour edge (not as strong as wood sorrel) and a hint of a mucilaginous quality (not as strong as mallows). Purslane is terrific as part of a salad. Furthermore, can you eat purslane stems? Although the stems are edible when still young (and can be pickled), cooks usually keep only the leaves and thin, spindly stems at the top, which are simply plucked from the central stem. Purslane is mostly eaten raw, but can also be cooked for a change of pace.Can you cut back purslane?Or, if you’re concerned about purslane taking over your garden, you may choose to grow purslane in a container or indoors as a micro-green. Harvest purslane when it is young—before it goes to seed and when the leaves and stems are tender. Always remove flowers; cutting back mature plants allows regrowth.
