BUTTERFLY BLUE PEA FLOWER - Color Changing Tea & Blue Rice Recipe ("Blue Matcha") - Amazing Plants
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- We foraged an incredible flower that has a suggestive shape and makes a color changing tea!
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Plant Nerd PSA: It seems that this plant has been trending on Instagram under the name "Blue Matcha".
Just so this is clear, this plant has nothing to do with actual matcha. That's just deceptive marketing.
The real name for this is Butterfly Blue Pea Flower... Though honestly I still think "Magical Color-changing Vagina Flowers" has a nicer ring to it.
Lol its quite funny how you described blue rice as just rice lol
Lol omg, I want to grow them just as a conversation starter. Color changing, edible coochie flowers... What is life right now?
Maxx Nieves 😂
I just died! This comment!
I work for a tea company and we sell a color changing tea featuring this flower. My pitch is often: "It turns pink with lemon! It also turns green with baking soda but then you might not want to drink it!"
It will turn green with baking soda, and if you've got washing soda lying around it'll turn yellow. You can make a whole ph strip with pea flower tea.
The rice with butterfly pea is called "nasi kerabu" or "kerabu rice" . It's traditional food from kelantan, malaysia and south of thailand. The rice is cooked with coconut milk and some herbs. And it's served with several side dishes such as dried fish, fried chicken, vegetables, salad, crackers and sambal.. 😊😊
Just call it "Malay dish".
Culture is not about nations. It's about ethnicity or tribe.
Even in the ethnicity or even a tribe, some groups have their own tradition. Like.. Malays in Malay peninsula and Malays in Sumatra Island are different.
So sad that nowadays people make countries not based on their ethnicity region. South Thailand should be a part of Malaysia tho. And actually the whole Malays from south Thailand to Philippines should be one huge archipelago country. But now it is Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Timor Leste...
@@DBT1007 Filipino food and culture is pretty different from malay culture. Sure, we descend from Malay people, but we have our own culture, so you can’t just group us together like that, especially when it comes to food bruh
Mantap pak abuu
@@DBT1007ok racist
The color change is caused by a class of pigment molecules in the flower called anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are partially or entirely what give MOST red/blue/purple flowers or plant parts their color. You don't necessarily have to buy the Clitoria flowers to see the pH color-changing, you will see it in lots of different plants/flowers. The most famous example is probably red cabbage, because it has a pretty wide range of colors. However, I've tried a few different flowers and many of them do it to some degree or another. Most of them don't look like vulvas though...
David Enrique : These anthocyanin pigments are the basis of litmus dyes. You know how litmus paper turns pink if you dip it in an acid and blue if you dip it in a base? Same thing with red cabbage, red onions, these pea flowers, and a bunch of other colored plants.
As soon as I saw the colour of the flowers I was pretty sure that's what it was. I remember seeing some TV show where they solved a murder based on this principle. Blood from the victim changed the pH of the soil and changed the colour of the flowers.
great concept for a crime show haha
Cadwaladr : You’d need a lot of blood to change soil pH significantly (dried animal blood from slaughterhouses is a common fertilizer), but maybe it’s plausible, given just the right murder scenario. Hydrangeas are a famous pH indicator. If you grow them in acid soil, the flowers are blue. If you grow them in alkaline soil, the flowers are pink. If you grow them in neutral soil, the flowers are a greenish nondescript color.
@@censusgary Litmus has different chemicals from the anthocyanins. Litmus is produced by lichen rather than plants and the dye chemicals contain nitrogen. They can have the same colour change reaction but the pH range is likely to be different, depending on the plant source.
Botany is not for the easily embarrassed. If this blue pea flower makes you blush, wait until you hear about orchids. (And, by the way, pretty much all members of the pea family have flowers shaped something like this one.)
Mycology is fun, too!
Clitocybe and Phallus!
Orchids are often used in bridal bouquets. In earlier times, I believe in Victorian times, sweet peas were traditionally used in wedding bouquets and flower arrangements.
1:28 "has a nice, sweet smell to it"
(nods knowingly)
lol
1:55 "Steven. Stop. Stop that."
I love how the genus' name is "Clitoria"...There's just so many wondrous things in this world.
Pro tip: if you ever find yourself dating a Gynecologist, you should give her a boquet of these. She'd probably love them.
sound advice.
David Schargorodsky sadly she might get tunnel vision as a side effect.
Or, she might be tired of seeing things vagina-shaped...
@@leppavu I don't know about that--my gynecologist has a bunch of Diego Rivera's calla lily prints on the walls of her examination suite. A good chuckle puts patients at ease, which is a distinct benefit when you're asking women to get into the stirrups.
@@anne-droid7739 Sure, but a doctor's office isn't the same as her dining table at home. After a quick google, I don't think the art you mentioned is especially vagina reminiscent anyway.
"They are not old enough to watch what's happening over here by this bush."
_immature laughter heard in the background_
Never change guys.
Loser
@@filmcomradesproductioncorp4551 👀 thirsty and salty.. That's cute
Regular (black) tea also changes color when you add lemon juice (or any acid, but I’ve never put vinegar in my tea), although the effect is much less dramatic. The tea becomes much lighter in color when you add a squirt of lemon. You’ll notice the change more if you make really strong tea and put it in a clear glass.
Interesting! I had no idea! I don’t like lemon in stuff so that’s probably why I never noticed but I’ll have to try it sometime!
You can cook noodles, like mung bean (glass) noodles, in the liquid and then dress them with line juice for "unicorn noodles". Ykno, for that insta.
I have to try this. Thanks.
This flower is a nootropic and has anxiolytic effects , it's been used for over a millenium by Ayurveda. We call it Shankhushpi in Hindi and it's used in almost all brain tonics in India together with Brahmi (Bacopa Moneiri) .
very interesting!
Why is it used in brain tonics?
@@chalseywilder937 it's good for boosting memory power
@@jemimadaniel8364 thx
In bengal and jharkhand too, we call it by the same name..APARAJITA
As a Thai myself, I use that flower a lot as natural food colouring
Sticky rice dessert, in rice and more
It has such an amazing vibrant color
these flowers, the leaves and the roots of this plant have immense medicinal values. this entire plant helps brain and nervous system. tea made from the roots and leaves of this tree is a brain tonic. the tea from flowers also helps maintain the nervous system. it is highly recommended to drink this tea everyday. its grows very easily if you could plant a few seeds. but it may not grow so well in cold climates.
So hear me out: A trendy sushi place is going to start doing purple rice rolls using this stuff by the end of the year. making the sushi rice in pea flower tea and then adding the seasoned Rice Wine Vinegar causing the color shift.
it would 100% work!
Yes! That would be so cool! I’m surprised that chefs haven’t already jumped on incorporating this stuff in their dishes! A nearly tasteless, bright blue substance that changes color with acid!? The potential for doing incredibly cool stuff with it is endless!
@@AlbinoAxolotl I've seen it in cocktails but nothing beyond. I think it might be something to do with how less adventurous people than us tend to be put off by blue food.
Spicefreak Yeah that’s definitely true. Blue is not a color typically seen in many foods, especially savory stuff. Incorporating it into a fancy dessert would probably be the way to go!
@@AlbinoAxolotl Potatoes and carrots both used to be a purply-blue but they look like mould when mashed. Perhaps a lemon drizzle that you combine after serving for maximum impact?
This is my 2nd time hearing of this flower, yesterday was the first time I heard of it when i saw a ice cream/smoothie shop on facebook that makes colorful teas with these. It will probably become the new trend all over
Dude, I'm a botanist. We've been naming anything remotely phallic or yanic after what it looks like since before Linnaeus' Systema Sexuale. (See Amorphophallus titanum)
Been wanting to review the corpse flower for a while now.
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Damn this was such a cool episode! I’m so glad you’re doing this series on weird plants as well as weird fruit! It’s so great that you can take advantage of your travels and exploration to find other unusual stuff to share with us. This video was particularly good!
Thanks Jen! Lots of fun ones on this trip!
Brilliant. I once saw a mixologist use the flower in a cocktail. Very interesting. You deserve a tv show.
I cook rice the same way as you x
There is a gin called "Empress Gin" which uses this ingrediant. Makes for a spectacular gin and tonic, especially with a Squeeze of lime.
Here's the dry flowers I used, if anyone wants to try this themselves.
amzn.to/2L5hGti
Weird Explorer what site or forum do you use to ask people what a plant or fruit is? like if you dont know or need info about if its toxic or not
Omg...so many jokes...so little time---!!
Is this normally used with African dishes, or could it be good as lemony rice with Thai/Viet food?
Where can I get seeds for this?
Thank you Weird Explorer! 😘
All my life I've seen these growing up in Jamaica. They grow wild. I'm gonna have to try this!
another plant that use to grow in my yard when i was a child. never knew that it has all that magic going on with it. never tried to cook it, never tried to eat it. but me and my brother use to collect the beans and make pretend to cook, without fire that is, just kids play. an interesting fact that i noticed is that most plants from the pea and bean family has similar looking flowers, some even more perverted than this.
Georgia O'Keefe would be proud.
Your dead mom wouldn't. Keep making sexist jokes against women and you're one step ahead to being deported
Put your claws away
@@filmcomradesproductioncorp4551 LMAO
@@filmcomradesproductioncorp4551 ok
@@filmcomradesproductioncorp4551 um okay
Would be awesome to serve in a bubble reservoir glass. They're designed for absynthe and limit the rate at which two liquids mix together. So you might get streamers of colour. A tiny bit of tasteless thickeners might improve the effect.
Given how concentrated the colouring agent is, I imagine you could use fresh flowers and preserve the appearance. Could make some pretty spectacular drinks. Obviously, you need components that add actual flavour, like tea or roselle :)
I'm impressed; I've not heard of this flower before, yet it's quite remarkable!
BTW, for "dirty" plants, you can't forget the Amorphophallus genus! Right there in the name. Most people know it because of the Titan Arum, but their roots are edible.
Great idea with the bubble reservoir glass. really there is so much that can be done with this, I'm surprised it isn't more popular at bars.
Ooh.. I didn't know that amorphophallus plants had an edible root. I will have to try that.. even with out the dirty element the corpse flower is well worth talking about.
@@WeirdExplorer The main one that's eaten is Amorphophallus konjac, although there's many species that are eaten in various locales. I've not seen any specific reports of A. titanum being eaten, but I suspect it's just as edible as its siblings. But don't quote me on that! ;)
Amorphophallus root (okay, okay, corm!) is actually quite healthy - it has almost no calories but contains a type of soluble fibre (glucomannan) which creates a sensation of fullness - although it's still disputed as to whether it actually helps one lose weight (it's also used to help improve the feed conversion ratios of livestock by improving intestinal health, as it feeds intestinal microflora; it's also been shown to improve immune system function). It's also used as a thickener, and can form vegan gels - both for desserts, and it's also considered particularly appropriate for vegan seafood substitutes. There are some cautions though about it being eaten in gel or dry form when not consumed with enough water, especially for children, for whom it can pose a choking hazard; it doesn't melt in the mouth like some gelling agents.
vegan seafood too... so interesting!
Hello there. I was temporarily bedridden for about two minutes back in '96. Your videos helped immensely.
I wonder if it could make a good indicator for chemical reactions. This reminds me of how hydrangea flowers change colors depending on soil pH.
The hydrangea is sequestering a toxic substance like aluminum phosphate or iron sulphate in its flowers.
@@tanyawales5445 Yum!
the color changing also happens with hibiscus flower tea 🌺 when you add lemon juice 😊
Lol, we said “dayum” at the same time with the same intonation when you first poured the tea
(really digging your sense of humor btw, and it comes through really well in your editing)
He’s so cute without his glasses 🤓
He super hot 🥵
"Has a nice sweet smell to it" *smirks*
Clitoria ternatea, for those who want to search more technical info.
You missed out orchids which are named for the edible tubers that come in pairs in many European species. Orchis was the ancient Greek for testicles. Old English names for native orchids included "sweet ballocks" and "dog's stones". The demand for use as an aphrodisiac has driven many orchids into rarity or extinction.
It is called Shankapushpi flower in India as it also looks like Conch Shell, you get syrup made of it to enhance memory power for kids
This flower is used a lot in Thai traditional dessert, blue sticky rice cook with coconut milk pairing with mango is the best for me
As a chef with a degree in chemistry I say Thank You! So much potential to wow.
I have a bunch of this stuff growing on my fence. I thought the pea pods would be edible but the flower are also used. great can't wait to try some blue tea, I just hope there not a poisonous look-alike plant.
I just want to say that since my grandsons introduced me to UA-cam about seven years ago I have enjoyed this so much. This is magic.. maybe a bit different from my childhood expectations, but miraculous nonetheless. This channel I found by myself (without my grandson’s help) and for the last several years I have been ultra envious of this hero; for his lifestyle and vocational choices. I have taken my children and most importantly my grandsons on three trips that were basically constructed around this guy’s love of the unknown and four other trips that may have been roughly based on this man’s experiences. Now I actively search for exciting foods (that are safe and healthy [although i am not vegetarian but I’d prefer that for my boys]) and I will continue to watch and grow as a person. I wish you good health and all the best to you and yours!
Even more fun than rice is making clear (bean thread) noodles with it! I made a dip ramen last year where I made the noodles blue and dipped them in an acidic broth. Totally instagram worthy 😁
Thats a great idea! So many things can be made magic!
Huh, I've had this as tea before, I like to mix some in with Hibiscus flowers and drink it. This might be the first time I've had a less common thing before seeing it on your channel :P
I didn't know they were called clitoris flowers when I had them.
They're kinda tasty! Reminds me of snow peas
You can get the double petal version too! I have them growing in my driveway, they grow really easily and love the sun. Great ornamental creeper plant even if you don't consume them. Also, when I cooked it in large quantities I felt it smelled VERY much like soggy cabbage, it just had that very "green" plant smell and made me gag. But in small quantities and used to colour rice or fancy drinks, it doesnt have any taste. The Peranakans in Singapore use it to colour sticky rice to make rice cakes, or rice dumplings with various fillings inside. Sadly like most plant-based dyes, it apparently isn't lightfast - otherwise would have tried to use it to dye fabric as well!
I got the double flower and white variety. Very easy to grow them.
the blue is more beautiful ... you convinced me to grow it, thanks
I didn’t know that they came in double petal and white, too! In Singapore, we grew the purple and pink varieties and used them to make a blue-ish butterfly pea iced-tea. Very cooling on a hot day!
@@juliemcgugan1244 They are very hardy, i grew them to fix some "tired" dirt that need some nitrogen. I cut them back to the base and just keep coming back.
I know you don't drink, but I was introduced to this flower in a gin, and made magic color changing gin and tonics. Had no idea of it's other name ... So yeah, this episode is awesome, lol
This flower was a wild flower in Guyana. We called it bluebells. I've only seen it on my grandmother's fence, not anywhere else in Guyana. Wow, thanks for the memories.
It's a mild tea, but delicious blended with jasmine green tea. The color just adds more jasmine to the jasmine :*
Thats really neat. I've done and seen similar reactions with chemistry but never anything as simple using just flowers water and lemon juice.
You can do the same thing to hibiscus flower. Add the flower in hot water, the water will turn dark. Add lemon, or calamansi. The water will turn red.
The ternatea or butterfly pea flower is good for tea. Or you can put it in the freezer and add the cubes to lemonade in the future. Great effects. 👍
A nice steaming pot of Georgia O'Tea-ffe.
We have ternate plants in our country very common plants 🌱 we making tea 🍵 and for food coloring
Hey Jared, great video. Did you know there is another way to change the color of the butterfly pea flower tea. Add a pinch of saffron and be amazed!
😮
Do you know a good source?
I cold brew English Violets in the spring. They make a beautiful blue tea that changes to purple with just a few drops of lemon juice.
Also I dont know why but this was my favorite episode of yours, very curious.
I love your bold plating choice
I got a bunch of dried ones a few years ago when I was experimenting to make juice and smoothies of various colors. My struggle was trying to find alkaline fruits to keep the anthocyanin blue.
Hello, this is called as Shankha Pushpi in India ... Means a flower with a conch shell shape.. and it has amazing medicinal qualities and is used as brain tonic in Ayurveda since the Vedic times. It's syrups are given to children for better memory power, etc.
I was unsettled by the way that guy was stroking the flower.
I was brought here after watching your petter pepper video.
Makes sense.
Wow magic was reborn😆👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hahahah when the fruit is mimicking human parts me in heaven hahahah damnnn🤣🤣🤣
True "indigo" is also derived from a pea flower.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria
Though the flower is pink and the dye is made from the fermented leaves - like woad (which has yellow flowers)
I bought tea from Adagio on the blue moon called Bella Luna blue, it's lemongrass, butterfly pea flower, and blueberry flavoring.
wow ive never heard of that combination of flavor in my life, but it sounds intriguing.
@@Dockhead it was very light and lovely just a slight Taste of lemongrass and blueberry. Obviously because the butterfly pea flower is rather flavorless
You guys are SO SILLY!!!! Lolol!! Now I have to finish the video 🤦🏽♀️🤣 thanks for sharing. I had no idea I just was researching the blue magic lol. The more you know
this would have been even funnier if you had saved this for valentine's day, and done a double-feature with the coco-de-mer.
next time set the cup son a piece of paper so it has a white backing to see the color better
Best frat boy boutonniere flower ever!
truth
I've seen some pretty phallic looking honeyberries
You can also eat the pods,
When is Seth Rogen going to direct a buddy comedy starring you and Steven? I need to know.
He's a contortionist fruit hunter...
He's an organic, exotic farmer......
Together, they will take down the evil Dr. Sardonicus, the infamous fruit-legger, and his evil minions, In the most unique Buddy-cop comedy of the year...
Based on a TRUE story.
(staring Kevin Hart and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Directed by Seth Rogen)
I'm waiting for the phone to ring. Its a sure fire winner
@@WeirdExplorer
remember, it's based on a TRUE story...
I like your lemonade idea, great as a magic show thing for children.
I love drinking it out cold tea
It tastes like rice with lemon on it.... I'm waiting for that top ten list...cool vid brotha!!
One could just call the flower Smurfette. Lol
A top ten list, and one hell of a salad.
Indians have used it in various religious rituals for millenias.
we eat it and consider it auspicious.
We call it Vishnukanta or white one is called Shiv Kanta.
You can find many videos on youtube itself.
It's pretty common in India
The lemon rice colors are the EXACT colors I wanna use for my sister's bday gifts in gonna make her a plate of food with that rice
Finally! Something I've been searching for my entire life.
Idrk how I got here.
Oh yea it has a sweet smell!!
This flower can turn into many colors. I have gotten green, blue, purple, yellow, orange and red
The flowers are beautiful so far, but I'd like to note that amazing artwork piece of the face in your kitchen.
Black Goji berries make a light blue tea that changes color when lemon juice is added.
interesting!
WHEN THE RICE CHANGED COLOR :O
This would be fun in... everything. What about pickles?!
I'm surprised that you didn't pick up any flavour. In my experience it's quite noticeable. Sort of like marshmallow but without any sweetness, if that makes any sense.
It has many healing properties! I love drinking butterfly blue pea flower 💕
As a woman, I found this hilarious and genuinely laughed aloud.
Also rose petals and red cabbage water is an indicator in the same way, so presumably you could do the same trick. I've definitely tried it with denatured alcohol tincture in both cases, and it worked well, but I've not tried a simple tea. I will though next time the opportunity presents itself.
cool. I didn't know that about rose petals.
*SMURF RICE!!*
Nature's food coloring! I'd get this just for the color changing properties alone. Some people would buy them for their... Well, appearance.
just add it to tea, black tea is acidic and green tea is basic, so if you green tea with lemon could be pretty neutral and the flower would have it's same effect. Maybe a bit more buffer
If you put these into Gin, they milden out the bitterness a bit and also let it change color when you add the tonic.
It would be fun to include in an herbal tea blend because it'd turn the tea blue.
That was hysterical! 😂 And, very cool. 👍🏼
Thanks Vonda!
I like putting honey on my rice. Tastes so good.
Red cabbage and beets can do the same trick but I think you use baking soda water.
I bet if you put something basic/alkaline like limewater in the purple version it would turn back to blue. Looks like a cool ph indicator
My favorite flower now.
same
Steven Murry is the kid in kix cereal commercials.
You should try proper lemon rice. Not necessarily for a video, it's just a great, refreshing palate cleanser between foods. A curry house favourite of mine.
I was surprised how tasty it was. So thats a great idea
I just got this for Christmas! I had no idea you did a video on it!
Ahhhh. Sweet Jasmine rice! Wonder if garnishing with saffron threads will produce a 'greening' effect?
Probably!
@@WeirdExplorer
Would make for a cool 'Halloweenish' dish
I can’t wait for that top ten list
In Malaysia we called it Bunga Telang (Telang Flower). Usually we use it to colored the rice blue, famous Nasi Kerabu. Some use it as a tea.
interesting!
Ya, diIndonesia ada juga yang memakai air kembang telang untuk tetes mata untuk bersihkan mata.