Stevia is a plant, and you can actually just buy the plant and eat the leaves as the sweetener. No extracting or chemical processes whatsoever. I had a plant and I used to brew tea with it. You just use the leaves as they are like you said. Also, it is not a brand.
pan-fry verb [T]. âº to âcook âfood in a âpan in a âsmall âamount of âoil or âfat: pan-fried âlobster. (Definition of pan-fry from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
As a form of frying, pan frying relies on oil as the heat transfer medium and on correct temperature and time to retain the moisture in the food. Because of the partial coverage, the food must be flipped at least once to cook both sides.