we bought four cilantro plants at the nursery this spring because hubbymayhem wanted to try making his own salsa. They immediately got leggy, the leaves started wilting and it went to seed. now i have new plants coming up but i also have seed that i have no idea how to handle. do i dry them, crush them, use them fresh... what the heck does one do with fresh coriander to make it usable?
Ihave not idea. I think if you want to keep the dried leaves, just dry them in the oven or a dehyrator. I’m not a fan of cilantro, so don’t plant it. If hubby wants a salsa or whatever, he picks it up at the restaurant. I love the seeds, as I use the crushed, sived seeds in a sweet dough. I’d just gather the seeds, dry them and find a fantastic recipe to use them. If hubby loves the salsa with the cilantro in it, go ahead and use it, carefully pull out the new sprouts and put them in the compost heap, don’t let the rest go to seed, unless you want to use the seeds,crushed, sieved and put in a sweet doubh.