• Description

Vernacular Names: latoy, sitaw

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: pods

Cultivated/Foraged: Planted

Habitat: garden, lowland, homegarden, farm

Availability: all year round, harvestable 2 months after planting

Dishes:nilapuhan, pinakbet, sinigang na isda, sinigang baboy, adobo, achara, laswa

Adobong Latoy

Ingredients

Latoy
Suka
Toyo
Asukal
Bombay
Ahos
Kamatis

Linapwahan nga Laswa

(Mixed Vegetables Stew)
Iloilo

Ingredients

• 1 cup squash or kalabasa fruit, cubed (Cucurbita moschata)
• 1 cup eggplant or ttarong (Solanum melongena), diced
• 1 cup patola (Luffa acutangula), diced
• 1 cup young okra fruits, halved crosswise (Abelmoschus esculentus)
• 1/2 cup hantak fruits (Vigna unguiculata spp unguiculata)
• 1 cup string beans or latoy (Vigna unguiculata spp sesquipedalis)
• 1 cup winged beans or balagay fruits, cut into 5-cm pieces (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
• 1 cup balunggay leaves (Moringa oleifera)
• 1/2 cup kulitis shoots (Amaranthus viridis)
• 1/2 cup lupo leaves (Alternanthera sessilis)
• 1/2 cup gaway-gaway or katuray flowers (Sesbania grandiflora), cleaned and prepared
• ½ cup dried anchovies (dilis or baringon)
• 1 pc medium shallots or sibuyas, chopped
• 3 pcs medium tomatoes or kamatis, sliced
• Salt or optional seasong

Note: Quantities and proportions of vegetables can vary, depending on availability

Linapuahan

(Mixed Vegetables Stew)
Brgy. Jamog-Gines, Leon, Iloilo

Ingredients

• 1 cup squash or kalabasa fruit (Cucurbita moschata), cubed
• 1 cup eggpant or talong fruit (Solanum melongena), quartered and cut into 6-cm lengths
• 1 cup string beans or latoy (Vigna unguiculata spp sesquipedalisi), cut into 6-cm lengths
• 1 cup okra fruits (Abelmoschus esculentus), halved crosswise at a slant
• 1 cup winged beans or sigarilyas (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), cut into 6-cm lengths
• 1 cup saluyot leaves (Corchorus olitorius)
• 1 cup alugbati leaves (Basella alba)
• 1 cup balunggay leaves (Moringa oleifera)
• 1 medium shallot or sibuyas, chopped
• 3 medium tomatoes or kamatis, sliced
• Salt or seasoning

Note: Note: Quantities and proportions of vegetables may vary, depending on availability.