Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Herb guide to Long Coriander along with all the Long Coriander containing recipes presented on this site, with 35 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Cornish recipes added to this site.

These recipes, all contain Long Coriander as a major herb flavouring.

Long Coriander, Eryngium foetidum, (also known as Saw-leaf Herb, Saw Leaf Herb, Bhandhanya, Chandon benit, Culantro, Duck-tongue, Culantro Coyote, Fitweed, Mexican coriander, Wild coriander, Recao, Spiritweed, Ngò gai, Sawtooth, Saw-tooth Coriander, Puerto Rican coriander, Black Benny, Spiny Coriander, Saw Leaf Herb and Shado Beni) is an herbaceous plant and a member of the Apiaceae (carrot) family. It is a perennial and annual herb that's native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean Islands but which is now cultivated world-wide (especially in South-east Asia). It grows in low rosettes of serrated leaves of some 12cm in length. Flower clusters are produced at the termini of stalks that grow some 20cm above the main plant.



The leaves of the plant are the part that are used and in flavour and scent they are very similar to a strong coriander. In Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore it is commonly used together with or in place of coriander and topped over soups, noodle dishes and curries. It can also be used for Thai curry pastes, especially when coriander roots are not available.



This plant is an essential ingredients in many Caribbean cuisines where it is used as a seasoning and as a herb in marinades. The plant's essential oil (derived from the leaves) is rich in aliphatic aldehydes, most of which are α,β unsaturated. The main compound is E-2-dodecenal (over 50% of the oil), with 2,3,6-trimethyl­benz­aldehyde, dodecanal and E-2-tridecena present at lower concentrations.



The plant's species name, foetidum denoting 'foetid' in Latin and denotes a genetic trait that in some people makes this herb (as with coriander) taste very unpleasant. The English name 'saw-tooth herb' refers to the serrated margins of the leaves, which resemble old-fashioned saw blades. The other English name, 'long coniander' refers to the lengths of the leaves and their coriander-like flavour.