🌿 Buy Fresh Lemongrass Online | Fragrant, Citrusy & Full of Flavour

🌿🍋🍜 Fresh Lemongrass – Citrus Aroma for Soups, Curries & Teas

Buy Fresh Lemongrass online from The Fruit Bowl and bring a wonderfully fresh, citrusy aroma to your cooking. With its distinctive lemon fragrance, subtle floral notes and gently herbal flavour, lemongrass is an essential ingredient in many Thai, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian dishes.

Perfect for fragrant curries, warming soups, marinades, stir-fries and homemade herbal teas, Fresh Lemongrass can be sliced, crushed, chopped, infused or blended depending on your recipe.

Bright. Fragrant. Citrusy. A kitchen essential for flavour-packed cooking.

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🌿 What is Fresh Lemongrass?

Fresh Lemongrass is a tropical herb recognised by its long, firm green stalks and wonderfully fragrant citrus aroma.

Although it smells strongly of lemon, lemongrass is not related to lemons. Its distinctive fragrance comes from naturally occurring aromatic oils within the stalk.

It is particularly popular in Thai and Vietnamese cooking, where it is commonly combined with ingredients such as chilli, ginger, garlic, coconut milk, lime and coriander.

Perfect for:

🍜 Soups & broths

🍛 Curries

🥥 Coconut-based dishes

🥢 Stir-fries

🧄 Marinades

🍵 Herbal teas

🍹 Drinks & infusions

🥗 Dressings & sauces

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💫 Flavour Profile

Lemony 🍋 | Fresh 🌿 | Lightly floral 🌸 | Citrusy ✨ | Aromatic 🌱

Fresh Lemongrass has a clean citrus flavour with delicate herbal and floral notes.

Its fragrance becomes especially noticeable when the stalk is crushed, bruised or finely chopped, releasing its natural aromatic oils.

It pairs beautifully with:

🥥 Coconut milk

🌶️ Fresh chillies

🧄 Garlic

🫚 Ginger

🍋 Lime

🌿 Coriander

🐟 Fish & seafood

🍗 Chicken

🥢 Soy sauce

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💚 Health & Nutritional Benefits of Fresh Lemongrass

Fresh Lemongrass is primarily valued for its wonderful flavour and aroma, but it also naturally contains vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds.

🌿 Naturally Contains Antioxidants

Lemongrass contains naturally occurring plant compounds with antioxidant properties.

🍋 Contains Vitamin C

Fresh Lemongrass provides vitamin C, which contributes to the normal function of the immune system.

🌱 Traditionally Used After Meals

Lemongrass tea has traditionally been enjoyed as a light, aromatic drink after food.

💧 Naturally Caffeine-Free Tea

Fresh Lemongrass can be infused in hot water to make a refreshing naturally caffeine-free herbal drink.

🌾 Contains Dietary Fibre

Like many fresh plant foods, lemongrass naturally provides dietary fibre.

🌿 Big Flavour from Small Amounts

Its powerful fragrance means only a relatively small quantity is needed to add plenty of flavour to soups, curries and sauces.

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📊 Nutritional Information (Per 100g)

Typical values for raw lemongrass:

• 🔥 Calories: Approx. 99 kcal
• 🌾 Carbohydrates: Approx. 25g
• 💪 Protein: Approx. 1.8g
• 🥑 Fat: Approx. 0.5g
• 🍊 Contains Vitamin C
• ⚡ Contains Potassium
• 🌱 Naturally contains aromatic plant compounds

Lemongrass is normally used in relatively small quantities, so actual nutritional intake per serving will be considerably lower.

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🔪 How to Prepare Fresh Lemongrass

Fresh Lemongrass needs a little preparation before cooking.

1. Rinse the stalk thoroughly under cold water.
2. Remove any dry or tough outer leaves.
3. Trim away the very bottom of the root end.
4. Cut away the tougher green upper section if your recipe only requires the tender lower stalk.
5. Lightly bash or bruise the stalk using the flat side of a knife to release its aromatic oils.
6. Slice very finely when adding directly to curries, stir-fries or sauces.

🌿 For Soups & Curries

Bruise the stalk and cut it into larger sections. Simmer in the dish to release its flavour, then remove before serving if the pieces remain tough.

🥢 For Pastes & Marinades

Use the softer lower section and slice very finely before chopping, pounding or blending.

🍵 For Tea

Bruise the stalk before simmering to release its wonderful citrus fragrance.

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🍽️ How to Use Fresh Lemongrass

🍜 Add to Thai soups and aromatic broths

🍛 Simmer in coconut curries

🥢 Finely slice into stir-fries

🧄 Blend into curry pastes and marinades

🐟 Pair with fish, prawns or seafood

🍗 Use in chicken marinades

🍵 Steep into fragrant herbal tea

🍹 Infuse into syrups and refreshing drinks

🥥 Combine with coconut milk for creamy sauces

🌶️ Pair with chilli, ginger and garlic for bold Asian-inspired flavours

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🍋☕🌿 Fresh Lemongrass Herbal Tea

Naturally caffeine-free, fragrant and beautifully refreshing.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2

• 2 stalks Fresh Lemongrass 🌿
• 500ml water 💧
• Optional: fresh ginger 🫚
• Optional: fresh lemon or lime 🍋
• Optional: honey 🍯

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Remove any tough outer leaves from the lemongrass.
2. Lightly crush the stalks with the flat side of a knife.
3. Cut into several pieces.
4. Add the lemongrass and water to a saucepan.
5. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat.
6. Simmer gently for 10–15 minutes.
7. Strain into mugs.
8. Add ginger, citrus or honey if desired.

✨ Serve warm, or allow to cool and pour over ice for a refreshing summer drink.

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🍛🥥🌿 Lemongrass & Coconut Vegetable Curry

Creamy, aromatic and packed with fresh citrus flavour.

🛒 Ingredients – Serves 4

• 2 stalks Fresh Lemongrass, finely chopped 🌿
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion, sliced 🧅
• 2 garlic cloves, minced 🧄
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger 🫚
• 1 red chilli, sliced 🌶️
• 400ml coconut milk 🥥
• 1 red pepper, sliced
• 1 courgette, chopped
• 150g broccoli florets 🥦
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• Juice of ½ lime 🍋
• Fresh coriander to garnish 🌿

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat.
2. Add onion and cook for 3–4 minutes until softened.
3. Add garlic, ginger, chilli and finely chopped lemongrass.
4. Cook for another minute until beautifully fragrant.
5. Pour in the coconut milk and stir well.
6. Add the vegetables and soy sauce.
7. Simmer gently for 10–15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
8. Finish with fresh lime juice.
9. Scatter with coriander before serving.

✨ Serve with steamed jasmine rice or noodles for a wonderfully fragrant meal.

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🌿 Why Choose Our Fresh Lemongrass?

✔ Fresh, fragrant stalks

✔ Distinctive citrus aroma

✔ Perfect for Thai & Southeast Asian cooking

✔ Excellent for curries, soups and broths

✔ Ideal for homemade herbal tea

✔ Great for marinades and curry pastes

✔ Naturally plant-based

✔ Easy to freeze for future cooking

✔ Carefully selected for freshness

Fresh Lemongrass is a brilliant ingredient for transforming simple recipes into fragrant, restaurant-style dishes packed with citrus flavour.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What does Fresh Lemongrass taste like?

Fresh Lemongrass has a clean, citrusy flavour similar to lemon, combined with subtle herbal and floral notes.

Which part of Lemongrass do you eat?

The softer lower portion of the stalk is normally used when lemongrass is finely chopped or blended. Tougher sections can be bruised and used to infuse soups and curries before being removed.

Do you need to peel Fresh Lemongrass?

Remove any dry or tough outer layers before using the softer inner stalk.

Can you make tea with Fresh Lemongrass?

Yes. Bruised Fresh Lemongrass stalks make a beautifully fragrant, naturally caffeine-free herbal infusion.

Can Fresh Lemongrass be frozen?

Yes. Fresh Lemongrass freezes very well. Freeze whole trimmed stalks or prepare and slice them beforehand for convenient cooking.

Do you remove Lemongrass after cooking?

If you’re using large bruised sections to flavour a soup, broth or curry, they are normally removed before eating because the stalk can remain fibrous.

What foods go well with Lemongrass?

Lemongrass works particularly well with coconut milk, chilli, garlic, ginger, lime, coriander, chicken, fish, seafood and vegetables.

Is Lemongrass the same as lemon?

No. Lemongrass is a tropical grass rather than a citrus fruit, although it has a distinctive lemon-like aroma and flavour.