• Description

Vernacular Names: balatong, hantak, antak

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

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: farm

Availability: all year round, after rice; June (planting)

Dishes:nilapuhan, laswa, adobo

Laswa

Ingredients

Kalabasa
Patola
Gaway-gaway
Hantak

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