• Description

Vernacular Names: tambabasi, tambasing, tawasi

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: inner shoots, shoots, pith

Cultivated/Foraged: gathered

Market presence of vegetable:not marketed

Habitat: anywhere; mountain

Availability: all year round;
December, wet season

Other uses: cure for sore eyes, cough, toothache of kinds, ngipin ng bata, measles;
cure for fever, swollen teeth of children

Dishes:grilled, blanched, sautéed, ginataan

Tawasi salad

Ingredients

Udlot ng tawasi
Bombay
Luy-a
Atsal
Bagoong

Procedure

1 . Ihawin ang stalk ng tawasi
2 . Balatan ang inihaw na tawasi
3 . sa isang malinis na lagayan, ilagay ang binalatang tawasi
4 . lagyan ito ng bagoong, bombay, luy-a at atsal
5 . maari na itong i-serve

Tambasing law-oy

Ingredients

Udlot ng tambasing
Luy-a
Sibuyas
Tanglad
Asin (salt)

Procedure

1 . Gather the ingredients.
2 . Trim the tambabasing (fiddlehead ferns), removing any brown ends or mushy parts. Rinse them clean in cool water. Only do this right before cooking them.
3 . Boil water in a deep pot, bring to boil.
4 . Throw in the sliced ubod, bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
5 . Add sibuyas (Onion), tanglad (lemon grass), sibuying
6 . Add asin (salt) adjust the taste.
7 . After 5 minutes, Turn off heat. Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!