• Description

Vernacular Names: balatong

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: pods, shoots, seeds

Cultivated/Foraged: gathered; planted

Market presence of vegetable:not marketed; marketed

Habitat: garden, farm

Availability: harvestable 2 to 3 months after planting;
2 croppings per year

Other uses: leaves for wounds due to thorns

Dishes:adobo, law-uy, tinunuan, cooked with meat, pinakbet, sautéed

Law-uy

Ingredients

Tanglad
Sibuyjing (Sibuyas)
Luy-a
Sikwa
Malunggay
Alugbati
Likway
Sibuyas
Atsal
Balatong (Sitaw)

Procedure

1 . Fill pot with water and throw in tanglad, luy-a (crushed ginger), atsal and sibuyas (onions). Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
2 . Throw in the balatong (sitaw), sikwa (patola) and talong (eggplant). Bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
3 . Add asin (salt), stir and adjust the taste.
4 . Turn off heat and add the likway, alugbati (spinach) or malunggay. Stir to mix. The residual heat will cook the leafy greens enough.
5 . Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!

Ginataang monggos

Ingredients

Monggos
Tuno sa lubi
Balatong
Kamongay
Ahos
Sibuyas dahonan
Sibuyas bombay
Sangig
Tanglad
Atsal

Procedure

Law-uy

Ingredients

Gabi
Tanglad
Sitaw
Sibujing
Sibuyas
Talbos ng sayote
Kangkong
Agbati
Pako
Muti-muti
Likway

Procedure

1 . Fill pot with water and throw in tanglad and luy-a (crushed ginger). Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
2 . Throw in the gabi (taro), sitaw (string beans) and sayote (chayote). Bring to a boil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
3 . Add the kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica), pako, agbati (Basella alba), muti-muti (Ipomoea triloba) and likway (Abelmoschus manihot) cook for about 2-3 minutes, just until limp.
4 . Add asin (salt) adjust the taste.
5 . Turn off heat and add the alugbati (spinach) or malunggay. Stir to mix. The residual heat will cook the leafy greens enough.
6 . Ladle into individual soup bowls and enjoy!

Tinunuan

Ingredients

Gabi (laman)
Talbos ng gabi
Balatong
Baguio beans
Tabyos
Peryolis (patani)
Sayote
Kalabasa
Talbos ng sayote
Likway
Alugbati
Malunggay
Talbos ng kamote
Bawing
Pitsay
Sibuying
Balansiyong
Tuno (gata)

Procedure

1 . Boil water
2 . Add gabi, peryolis, baguio beans (liso)
3 . Bring to boil baguio beans, kalabasa, sayote at balansiyong
4 . Add talbos ng sayote at likway, kalamunggay, tangkong
5 . Boil in 2-3 minutes
6 . Add gata, lamas at asin
7. Makalipas ang ilang minuto maari na itong hanguin at ihain.