Himalayan Herb called JIMBU?

[omar shafey]

In article <5gkn0n$3gl$1...@post.servtech.com>, abi...@servtech.com (Jyoti
Pathak) wrote:

> Jimbu Herb from Nepal (Jhikuchha in Newari language)
>
> Jimbu is Nepal’s one of the favorite herb and essential for Nepali
> cooking which is a
> dried, aromatic, flavorful and fragrant grass sold in Kathmandu
> markets by Sherpas and it has a distinctive smell of garlic and often
> used to flavor black dahl, chutney and Achar or vegetables.
>
> Can any one tell me the botanic name of this herb, how is it grown and
> how is it cultivated and harvested, where is it found in Nepal?

I believe jimbu is Himalayan rosemary.
_Rosemarinus officinalis_ is the botanic name for rosemary. The Himalayan
variety gives food a distinctly different (better?) flavor than the common
rosemary herb found in US food stores. It may be available in Indian
groceries but I doubt it. One Nepali friend has it carried by hand from
Nepal! It is definitely grown in the wetter middle hill regions across
Nepal but not in the tarai or high Himal.

For more general info on growing rosemary you might try to point your web
browser to the following address:

http://pathfinder.com/@@cgRgDQYAAJcWH4DF/vg/TimeLife/CG/Books/E10/Html/E10073X.html

Hope this answers some of your questions regarding jimbu.

Omar

[Jyoti Pathak]

[Chris Plummer]

This is test.

[jobst]

I don't know its botanical name. What I know about is Mahakavi Devkota
comment on Jimbu " It smells like the sweat under the lap of God Shiva"!
in his essay " Bengali Babu" in Laxmi Nibandha Sangraha, I think.