• Description

Vernacular Names: luya

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: rhizome

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Market presence of vegetable:marketed

Habitat: anywhere; farm

Availability: anytime; rainy season

Other uses: to make spicy

Dishes:tinola, ginataan, sinigang na isda; for spicy flavor, cooked with corn vegetable

Kinilaw na Puso ng Saging

(Banana Flower Bud Salad)
Brgy. Coral na Munti. Agoncillo, Batangas

Ingredients

• 1 medium-sized banana flower bud or puso ng saging, bracts removed and quartered (Musa × paradisiaca ’Saba’ variety or M. balbisiana)
• coconut cream or gata from 1 large mature coconut, 1st (thick) and 2nd (thin) extractions separated
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• 1 pc medium bulb onion or sibuyas, chopped
• 3-4 pcs kalamansi
• 1/8 cup vinegar or suka
• Chillies or siling labuyo for heat
• Salt

Procedure

1. Boil puso ng saging chunks.
2. Drain and squeeze out latex and chop into small pieces.
3. Mix onions, ginger, vinegar and thick coconut milk in a bowl.
4. Add chopped puso ng saging and combine.
5. Add kalamansi and chilies.
6. Season with salt and combine well.

Nilagang Manok sa Dilaw

(Chicken Stew in Turmeric)
Brgy. Barigon, Agoncillo, Batangas

Ingredients

• 1 medium papaya, peeled and cubed (Carica papaya)
• ½ kg fresh dressed chicken or manok, cut into serving sizes
• 1 thumb turmeric or luyang dilaw, crushed
• 1 stalk lemongrass or tanglad, crushed or scored
• peppercorns or paminta, crushed
• salt

Procedure

1. Boil 2 cups water and cook chicken and papaya in it.
2. Add turmeric, peppercorns and lemongrass.
3. Season with salt and allow to boil once.

Bulanglang na Tapilan

(Tapilan Stew)
Brgy. Antipolo, San Pascual, Batangas

Ingredients

• ½ cup rice beans or tapilan (Vigna umbellata)
• 1 pc small papaya, peeled and sliced into thin pieces (Carica papaya)
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• salt
• seasoning

Procedure

1. Boil tapilan seeds in water with ginger.
2. When tapilan seeds have imbibed water and are soft, add papaya.
3. Season with salt and optional seasoning.
4. Add more water if needed, to maintain a thick but soupy consistency.
5. Cook for 5 minutes more.