Leyte : Agbati

malabar spinach (Basella alba) Family: Basellaceae

Vernacular Names: agbati

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: leaves, shoots

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: garden, homegarden

Availability: all year round;
one month

Other uses: remedy for swelling, lowers blood pressure

Dishes:adobo, mixed with fish, law-uy, tinola, law-uy, ginataan, hinatokan


Tinunuang gulay

Ingredients

Puso ng saging
gata (coconut milk)
Dabong
Bago
Tanglad
Luya
Alugbati
Saluyot
Tinapa (fish flakes)
Sibuyas
Sibuyas dahon


Study site: Brgy. Tagharigue, Calubian, Leyte
Brgy. Ferdinand E. Marcos, Calubian, Leyte


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