• Description

Vernacular Names: aba, daludal, lampakan

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: corms, petiole, leaves, runners

Cultivated/Foraged: gathered (lampakan); planted (petik),

Market presence of vegetable:marketed; not marketed

Habitat: anywhere, riverbank, ricefield borders, garden, swidden, homebarden

Availability: all year round; wet season (lampakan variety), harvestable 3 months after planting, August (petik variety)

Other uses: boiled as snacks;
feeds for pigs, chips (lampakan), ice candy, dessert (petik)

Dishes:ginataan (corm), laing (petiole), pinakbet (runners), runners (sinigang), cooked with meat, binagoongan, dinengdeng, cooked with meat

Ginataang gabi

Ingredients

Gabi
gata (coconut milk)
luya
Sibuyas
bawang
Asin (salt)
dilis (optional)

Procedure

1 . Linisin at hiwain ang gabi
2 . Ilagay ang luya, asin at sibuyas sa gata
3 . Isalang sa apoy
4 . Pag kumulo na, ilagay ang gabi at takpan
5 . Maari na itong hanguin makalipas ang ilang minuto pag ito ay malambot na ang gabi