• Description

Vernacular Names: Ampalaya, Pal-ya, Maraguso, sampaliya

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruit, leaves

Cultivated/Foraged: planted, gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: homegarden, ricefield, mountain, sugarcane plantation, surroundings, garden, forest, swidden

Availability: all year round

Other uses: ripe fruit as remedy for allergies; cure for diabetes

Dishes:sautéed with egg, cooked with fish, pinakbet, cooked with labog, cooked with mungbean, tinuom, laswa, cooked with meat, torta, cooked with egg

Lutik

Ingredients

Labog (Pula)
Native ampalaya
Garlic
Onion
Guinamos
Fish sauce or salt
Mantika (cooking oil)