I have been trying to grow perilla, for its unique flavour, but germination proved difficult. This year I sowed 3 times, from germinating inside bathroom in March, to greenhouse in April and again in May. Finally one purple and a few green ones germinated, guess the plant, especially the purple variety, like to germinate and grow in warm day and night temperatures.
To celebrate the first harvest of purple perilla, I grilled hanger steak, seasoned with rice wine lees, miso, soy sauce and black pepper, to be eaten with perilla or basil Neapolitan leaves.
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