• Description

Vernacular Names: langka

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: mature but unripe fruits, shoots; young fruits;

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted, Gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: homegarden, farm, anywhere

Availability: November; Dec to Feb (fruit), all year round (shoots)

Other uses: candy (ripe fruit), sweets/desserts, as fruit, ingredient of halo-halo; lumber, snacks; lumber, furniture

Dishes:ginataan, bunga-ginataan, nilaga, extender in dinuguan, talbos-ginataan

Ginataang talbos ng langka

Ingredients

Talbos ng langka
Sardinas
Sibuyas
bawang
seasoning mix
gata (coconut milk)

Procedure

1 . Shred langka young leaves
2 . Boil the coconut milk and put garlic, onion, ginger and salt.
3 . Stir continuesly to make sure the coconut milk will not burn.
4 . Add shredded langka young leaves.
5 . Add fish flakes (tinapa) and seasoning mix, stir and boil in just 2 minutes.
6 . Use laddle to transfer into a serving plate.
7 . Serve and enjoy.