• Description

Vernacular Names: mais

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: ears

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: farm

Availability: 3 months to harvest; dry season, rainy season, all year round

Other uses: minatamis, dessert

Dishes:gulay; bulanglang with malunggay

Bulanglang na Mais

(Corn Vegetable Stew)
Brgy. Antipolo, San Pascual, Batangas

Ingredients

• 2 pcs young corn or mais, kernels scraped off the cob (Zea mays)
• 1 cup horseradish leaves or dahon ng malunggay (Moringa oleifera)
• 4 cloves garlic or bawang, crushed
• salt

Procedure

1. Boil 2 cups water with corn and garlic, until corn is tender.
2. Season with salt and add malunggay leaves.
3. Allow to boil once and remove from heat.