Grow Your Own Culantro

Culantro is indigenous to continental tropical America and the West Indies. Although commonly used in dishes throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Far East, culantro is relatively unknown in the United States and Canada and is often mistaken and misnamed for its close relative cilantro or coriander. Culantro also has medicinal value as a treatment tea for flu, diabetes, constipation, and fevers. One of its most popular uses is in chutneys as an appetite stimulant. Eliab Lozada explains his special connection with this little understood herb and how he grows his own all year round in his indoor garden.