Iloilo : niyog

coconut (Cocos nucifera) Family: Arecaceae

Vernacular Names: niyog

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruits, coconut milk, pith

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: mountain, farm, homegarden

Availability: all year round

Other uses: oil; cure for cough, medicine

Dishes:ginataan, lumpia, cooked with mungbean and pork, dinuguan, sauteed mungbean, atsara

Enseladang Langka

Ingredients

Langka
gata (coconut milk)
Bombay

Enseladang Puso ng Saging

Ingredients

Puso ng saging
Bombay
gata (coconut milk)

Ginataan nga Dagmay

Ingredients

Dagmay (gabi)
Patani
gata (coconut milk)
Bombay (Sibuyas)
Ahos
Kamatis
Luya
Bagoong

Ginataan nga Pajo

Ingredients

Pajo (Manggang Hilaw)
Bombay
gata (coconut milk)
Kutikot

Pinangat na Gabi

Ingredients

Dagmay (laman, stem, dahon ng gabi)
gata (coconut milk)
Bombay
Luya
Bawang
Asin (salt)
Bagoong


Study site: Brgy. Bagumbayan Ilajas, Alimodian, Iloilo
Brgy. Buhay, Alimodian, Iloilo
Brgy. Jamog Gines, Leon, Iloilo


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