• Description

Vernacular Names: alfo, lubi

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: pith

Cultivated/Foraged: planted, gathered

Habitat: farm, surroundings

Availability: all year round

Other uses: for sale (livelihood)

Dishes:ginataan, lumpia, salad, cooked with sardines, tinunuan, sautéed

Puso Saging

Ingredients

sibuyas dahon
Gata
Puso Saging
Kamatis
Dilis
Asin (salt)

Langka Salad

Ingredients

Langka
gata (coconut milk)
Sibuyas
bell pepper

Tinonuang Gulay

(Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Cream)
Brgy. Asinan, Matanao, Davao del Sur

Ingredients

• 1 pc large corn or mais, kernels scraped off the cob (Zea mays)
• 1 cup horseradish or malunggay leaves (Moringa oleifera)
• 1 cup bamboo shoots or dabong, preboiled and chopped (Bambusa sp., Gigantochloa sp.)
• 1 pc small to medium taro corms or bisol, peeled and cubed (Colocasia esculenta)
• 1 cup jute or saluyot leaves (Corchorus olitorius or C. capsularis)
• grilled fish or inihaw na isda, flaked
• coconut cream or gata from 1 large mature coconut, 1st (thick) and 2nd (thin) extractions separated
• salt
• 1 stalk lemongrass or tanglad, crushed or scored
• 1 pc medium head shallot or sibuyas
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• 4-6 cloves garlic or bawang, crushed
• Chillies or siling labuyo for heat, chopped

Dabong Sufo

(Bamboo Shoots with Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Cream)
Brgy. Savoy, Matanao, Davao del Sur

Ingredients

• 3-4 pcs okra, halved with a diagonal cut (Abelmoschus esculentus)
• 1 pc medium eggplant or talong, cubed (Solanum melongena)
• 1 small piece sponge gourd or patola, peeled and cubed (Luffa cylindrica)
• 1 cup yardlong beans or sitaw (Vigna unguiculata var sesquipedalis)
• 1 cup bamboo shoots or dabong sofu, preboiled and chopped (Bambusa sp., Gigantochloa sp.)
• 1 cup jute or saluyot leaves (Corchorus olitorius, C. capsularis)
• 1-2 pcs fried fish or pritong isda, flaked
• coconut cream from 1 large mature coconut, 1st (thick) and 2nd (thin) extractions separated
• 1 pc medium bulb onion or sibuyas bombay, chopped
• 2-3 stalks spring onions, chopped
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• 2 pcs medium tomatoes or kamatis, sliced
• Salt

Ginataan

Ingredients

Kalabasa
Sitaw
Malunggay
Saluyot
Okra
Gabi
labong
Talong
Gata