• Description

Vernacular Names: gabi

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

Cultivated/Foraged: planted, gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: homegarden, farm, near rivers, near forest, garden, ricefield, anywhere

Availability: all year round, every 6 months;
wet season

Other uses: fodder for pigs;
petioles for wounds;
cure for athlete's foot (grill and put in between fingers);
binignit, boiled, feeds for pigs, lihi-lihi

Dishes:tinunuan, paksiw, cooked with pork, inun-un, sautéed, grilled, laing (leaves), humba (corms), law-uy (runners), inihaw na gabi

Tinunuang Gabi

Ingredients

Gabi (Palwa - stem)
Luy-a
Tanglad
Atsal
Lubi (gata ng nyog)
Asin (salt)

Procedure

1 . Hugasan ang palwa, putol-putulin.
2 . Ilagay sa kaldero ang gabi at iba pang ingredient at hayaang kumulo.
3 . Pag malambot na ang gabi, ilagay ang gata.

Humbang gabi

Ingredients

Gabi
Ahos (bawang)
Sibuyas
Paminta

Procedure

1 . Igisa ang bawang, luya, onion.
2 . Pag brown na, lagyan ng suka at asukal.
3 . Huli ilagay ang stalk ng gabi.
4 . Pag malambot na, halu-haluin
5 . Luto na kapag malambot na talaga.

Salad nga udlot sa gabi

Ingredients

Udlot sa gabi
Suka
Atsal
Tanglad
Kamatis
Luy-a

Procedure

Law-uy

Ingredients

Gabi
Tanglad
Sitaw
Sibujing
Sibuyas
Talbos ng sayote
Kangkong
Agbati
Pako
Muti-muti
Likway

Procedure

1 . Fill pot with water and throw in tanglad and luy-a (crushed ginger). Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
2 . Throw in the gabi (taro), sitaw (string beans) and sayote (chayote). Bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
3 . Add the kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica), pako, agbati (Basella alba), muti-muti (Ipomoea triloba) and likway (Abelmoschus manihot) cook for about 2-3 minutes, just until limp.
4 . Add asin (salt) adjust the taste.
5 . Turn off heat and add the alugbati (spinach) or malunggay. Stir to mix. The residual heat will cook the leafy greens enough.
6 . Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!

Tinunuan

Ingredients

Gabi (laman)
Talbos ng gabi
Balatong
Baguio beans
Tabyos
Peryolis (patani)
Sayote
Kalabasa
Talbos ng sayote
Likway
Alugbati
Malunggay
Talbos ng kamote
Bawing
Pitsay
Sibuying
Balansiyong
Tuno (gata)

Procedure

1 . Boil water
2 . Add gabi, peryolis, baguio beans (liso)
3 . Bring to boil baguio beans, kalabasa, sayote at balansiyong
4 . Add talbos ng sayote at likway, kalamunggay, tangkong
5 . Boil in 2-3 minutes
6 . Add gata, lamas at asin
7. Makalipas ang ilang minuto maari na itong hanguin at ihain.