• Description

Vernacular Names: bago

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: leaves, shoots

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted, Gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: surroundings, farm; forest; mountain

Availability: all year round; harvestable full moon

Other uses: firewood, fruit as snacks like peanut;
herbal (cancer)

Dishes:law-uy, sautéed, salad, sinigang, cooked with other vegetables, tinola, hinatokan (ginataan), cooked with other vegetables

Hinatukan na manok with bago

Ingredients

Bago
Coconut milk
Native chicken
Sili (Warray: Hulagtob)
Sibuyas
Kamatis
Bawang (Waray: Lasuna)
Paminta
seasoning mix

Procedure

1 . Ibabad ang manok sa toyo, bawang (Lasuna: bawang), sibuyas at paminta
2 . Ilagay sa kaldero ang manok, kamatis, sili (Waray: Hulagtob), sibuyas at paminta, buksan ang apoy at pakuluan hanggang sa maluto ang manok
3 . Ilagay ang pangalawang gata pag malambot na ang manok
4 . Antayin kumulo ang gata, ilagay ang ginayat na dahon ng bago, haluin ito at antayin kumulo muli
5 . Ilagay ang unang gata ng nyog
6 . Pag luto na ang gata maari na itong i-serve

Law-uy

Ingredients

Sikwa (Luffa)
Talong
Okra
Kalabasa
Malunggay
Sitaw
Bago
Tanglad
Sibuyas
Bawang
Bagoong
Inihaw na isda
Asin at asukal

Procedure

1 . Slice the sikwa (luffa), talong (eggplant), okra and kalabasa (squash) then wash in runner water.
2 . Fill pot with water and throw in bawang, sibuyas, tanglad, kalabasa and okra. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
3 . Throw in the talong (eggplant) and sikwa (patola/luffa) . Bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
4 . Add inihaw na isda (crushed grilled fish flakes).
5 . adjust the taste by bagoong, salt and sugar and then stir.
6 . Turn off heat and add the malunggay. Stir to mix. The residual heat will cook the leafy greens enough.
7 . Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!

Tinunuang gulay

Ingredients

Puso ng saging
gata (coconut milk)
Dabong
Bago
Tanglad
Luya
Alugbati
Saluyot
Tinapa (fish flakes)
Sibuyas
Sibuyas dahon

Procedure