• Description

Vernacular Names: saging saba

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: pith

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted

Habitat: homegarden, swidden

Availability: all year round

Dishes:ginataan

Ukoy na puso

Ingredients

Puso ng saba
malunggay
harina
itlog
bawang
sibuyas
luya
paminta
Asin (salt)
lana (oil)

Procedure

1 . Chop the banana blossom finely and mix with rock salt.
2 . Mix it thoroughly until the banana blossoms are well coated with salt and set aside for 10 minutes.
3 . Then squeeze the banana blossoms with your hands or you can use a piece of cloth to wrap the banana blossoms then squeeze it until the sap has been removed.
4 . Then wash it with warm water and squeeze it again to remove the water.
5 . In a bowl beat the eggs, malunggay leaves, crush ginger and mix the banana blossoms, minced onion and garlic, flour, salt and seasoning mix.
6 . Put flour in a bowl and form the banana blossom mixture into balls resembling meat and roll it in the flour to coat them.
7 . The meat should not be too large, make it small to medium size to cook the meat evenly inside and out.
8 . Do the same on the rest of the mixture to form the mock flat meat.
9 . Prepare a frying pan with cooking oil and heat it to medium heat. Deep fry the and flat the meat until golden brown.
10 . Strain the excess oil and serve.