• Description

Vernacular Names: atsal

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruits

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: garden

Availability: available all year round, harvestable 2.5 months after planting before flowering

Major uses: lamas

Other uses: with anti-cancer properties

Dishes:spice, boiled dip in fish paste

Adobong tangkong

Ingredients

Tangkong
Bawang
Sibuyas
Asin (salt)
bitsin
dilis
atsal
soy sauce
mantika

Procedure

1 . Heat a cooking pot and pour-in the cooking oil.
2 . When the oil is hot enough, put-in the onion and garlic then brown.
3 . Add the Kangkong for 1 to 2 minutes.
4 . Pour the soy sauce and water in the cooking pot and let boil.
5 . Sprinkle salt and dried fish (dilis) then stir.
4 . Transfer to a serving plate then serve.

Ginataang kamunggay at kalabasa

Ingredients

Kalabasa
Malunggay
gata (coconut milk)
sitaw
asukal
gabi
ube
Sibuyas
tanglad
atsal
Asin (salt)
seasoning mix
luy-a
suka

Procedure

1 . Hugasan ang mga gulay
2 . Igisa ang kalabasa, gabi, ube, sitaw, malunggay ng tatlong minuto
3 . Lagyan ito ng suka, asin, seasoning mix, asukal, tanglad
4 . Pag kumulo na ito, maari na ilagay ang atsal, luy-a, sibuyas at gata ng nyog
5 . Makalipas ang tatlong minuto maari na itong hanguin
6 . serve hot

Salad na langka

Ingredients

Langka
gata (coconut milk)
sibuyas dahon
bombay
luy-a
ahos
carrots
atsal
Asin (salt)
asukal
suka

Procedure

1 . Pakuluan ang laman ng langka hanggan ito ay lumabot
2 . Lagyan ng kaunting tubig at gata ng nyog, takpan ng 10 minutes
3 . Ilagay ang asin, asukal, bombay, ahos, luy-a at hayaan itong kumulo ng 5 minutes
4 . Ilagay ang atsal at carrots, suka, sibuyas dahon at haluin ng mabuti
5 . Makalipas ang ilang minuto maari na itong hanguin
6 . I-serve sa malinis na lagayan