• Description

Vernacular Names: blangul (T'boli), sitaw, batong

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: shoots, pods

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Habitat: homegarden, garden

Availability: all year round

Dishes:laswa na may isda (shoots), bisan unsa nga laswa (shoots), ginaadobo (pods), ginalaswa (pods), ginahalo sa pakbet (pods), adobo, soup, ginataan, Sautéed, law-uy

Sila-S’nobow

(Corn Soup)
Brgy. Tudok, TBoili, South Cotabato

Ingredients

• 2 pcs young corn or mais, kernels scraped off the cob
• 1 cup yardlong beans or sitaw shoots (Vigna unguiculata ssp sesquipedalis)
• 1 cup yardlong beans or sitaw pods/fruits (Vigna unguiculata ssp sesquipedalis)
• asin (salt)

Procedure

1. Boil water in a pot.
2. Add the corn and sitaw. Boil for about 5 minutes.
3. Add salt to taste.

Snobow

Ingredients

Talbos ng kalabasa
Bawing
Patani
Sayote
Sgotong heet
Talong
Sitaw
Asin (salt)

Procedure

S’nobow

(Mixed Vegetables Soup)
Brgy. Datal D’lanag, T’Boli, South Cotabato

Ingredients

• 1 pc small sponge gourd or patola/kwa (Luffa cylindrica)
• 1 cup black nightshade or koti leaves (Solanum americanum)
• 5-6 pcs bitter tomato or s’gotong heet (Solanum aethiopicum)
• 1 medium piece chayote or s’yuti, peeled and cubed (Sechium edule)
• 1 cup squash shoots or talbos ng kalabasa (Cucurbita moschata)
• 1 pc medium eggplant or talong, cubed (Solanum melongena)
• ½ cup lima beans or patani (Phaseolus lunatus)
• 1 cup yardlong bean pods or sitaw (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis)
• 2 stalks spring onions or sibuyas dahon
• 1 medium head shallot or sibuyas bombay
• 2-3 pcs tomatoes or kamatis
• native basil or bawing (Ocimum basilicum)
• Salt

Procedure

1. Boil water enough to cover the vegetables in a pot.
2. Add the sitaw, patola, s’yuti, talong and patani. Boil for about 5 minutes.
3. Add bawing and s’gotong heet. Boil for another 5 minutes.
4. Add koti leaves and talbos ng kalabasa. Let boil.
5. Then, add the kamatis, spring onions and sibuyas bombay and allow to boil again.

Pinakbet

Ingredients

Kalabasa
Ampalaya
Sitaw
Bunga ng malunggay
Alamang

Procedure