Leyte : saging

banana (Musa balbisiana)

Vernacular Names: saging

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: flowers, pith

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted, Gathered

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: anywhere, homegarden, farm

Availability: all year round, 8 months after planting

Other uses: meatless burger, salad, anti-diabetic, snacks (budbod, suman< feeds for pigs and chicken, good for the heart

Dishes:pochero, caldereta, ubod - dinuguan (pith), salad (blossom)

Tinunuang gulay

Ingredients

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

Salad na puso ng saging

Ingredients

Puso ng saging
gata (coconut milk)
Kamatis
Sibuyas
Sibuyas dahon
Asin
suka


Study site:
Brgy. Pomponan, Baybay, Leyte


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