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Dried Organic Green Shiso (Perilla frutescens) hand harvested and grown by Purple Sage Farms
This herb is called Shiso or Perilla and is used in Japanese and Korean food. It is a relative of basil and looks and grows like it too. It has a spicy aromatic flavor like cinnamon mixed with basil and sage.
Shiso leaves are either red or green. The red shiso is often described as having an anise flavor, whereas the green variety is said to be spicier and more like cinnamon. (I’ve only had green.) The leaves are rich in calcium and iron, and are used in Chinese medicine to treat asthma, colds, flu and other respiratory ailments.
The Japanese, in particular, use the red variety to color umeboshi and pickled ginger. Perilla seeds form an essential part of the famous seven spices of Japan, which originated more than 300 years ago in Kyoto.
Green perilla leaves are often wrapped around sushi or served with “sashimi” as a garnish. They also are added to soups, tempura or dried and sprinkled over rice. Japanese chefs add red perilla to tofu or bean curd dishes or use it wrapped around pieces of meat.
Shiso has a unique flavor: pungent and grassy, it contains strong flavors of spearmint, basil, anise and cinnamon. Slicing it into long skinny strips really brings out these flavors.
Most sushi fans are probably familiar with the leaf, but chopped shiso buds are especially delicious. Shiso seeds are packed with aromatic flavor, and they’re especially good toasted and crushed on top of fish.
Agenas Co. Ltd is established in Oct 2017.
The main business is exporting the Vietnamese agricultural products, food and food additives, and animal feed and sourcing for the customers from many countries.
Our mission is bringing to the customers the high quality products without the harmful additives and safe for human and environment and promoting Vietnamese brands to over the world and supporting the farmers to have the better life conditions.
Based on strong knowledge of bio-technology and cooperated relationship with the farmers, agricultural cooperatives at the cultivation specializing areas, and OEM manufacturers, Agenas Co. Ltd has possibility to approach directly material sources and be able to control the quality of products from raw material to finished products.
Starting up for a year Agenas Co. Ltd has gotten some achievements in the exporting, conquered the difficult markets with very strictly quality requirements like Japan, Poland, France, Russia. Currently Japanese market is the main market with over 60% revenue of Agenas Co. Ltd.
With the motto of prestige and responsibility, Agenas Co. Ltd is creating a solid foundation for the development and helps the international customers approaching and being acutely aware of Vietnamese products.
We hope in the next 5 or 10 years the world can recognize and trust the quality of Vietnamese products as developed countries’ products.