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Basil is commonly used fresh in cooked recipes. It is generally added at the last moment, as cooking quickly destroys the flavor. The fresh herb can be kept for a short time in plastic bags in the refrigerator, or for a longer period in the freezer, after being blanched quickly in boiling water. The dried herb also loses most of its flavor, and what little flavor remains tastes very different, with a weak coumarin flavor, like hay.
Basil is one of the main ingredients in pesto—a green Italian oil-and-herb sauce. Its other main ingredients are olive oil, garlic and pine nuts.
The most commonly used Mediterranean basil cultivars are "Genovese", "Purple Ruffles", "Mammoth", "Cinnamon", "Lemon", "Globe", and "African Blue". The Chinese also use fresh or dried basils in soups and other foods. In Taiwan, people add fresh basil leaves to thick soups (traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: gengtang). They also eat fried chicken with deep-fried basil leaves. Basil (most commonly Thai basil) is commonly steeped in cream or milk to create an interesting flavor in ice cream or chocolates (such as truffles). The leaves are not the only part of basil used in culinary applications, the flower buds have a more subtle flavor and they are edible.[3]
Thai basil is also a condiment in the Vietnamese noodle soup, ph?.

Phewww, that was one heck of a day. I was seriously not in the mood to make dinner and I tried my best to slack off. But when I saw the Lotus roots sitting cozy inside the refrigerator, I was tempted to take that out and to make something with that. After searching Google about lotus root cooking methods, I kinda got some ideas about how to deal with it. I first tried deep frying it after seasoning it with a few spices. I was so anxious to taste it, one bite of it and I fell head over heels for it. Loved the crispy fried lotus roots and finished it as soon as it came out of the oil. I had some more roots and hence made a stir fry with it. Pomfret fish fry was the other dish. That was one simple yet delicious dinner I had.

Woohooo, I nailed it! I've successfully uploaded this month's 31 dinner. I got a long way to go to make it Dinner 365!