• Description

Vernacular Names: mala tana

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: rhizome

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Habitat: homegarden, farm

Availability: all year round

Dishes:lamaspang, law-uy

Alnulut Fak

Ingredients

Fak (palaka)
Sibuyas
Tanglad
Small crab
Luya (Ginger)
Sibuyas dahon

Note: Luto sa kawayan

Ginisang Muti-muti

Ingredients

Muti-muti
Kamatis (Tomato)
Luya (Ginger)
Asin (salt)
Toyo (Soy sauce)
Sibuyas (Onion)
sibuyas dahon (Leeks)
Bawang (Garlic)

Tinonuang Gulay

(Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Cream)
Brgy. Asinan, Matanao, Davao del Sur

Ingredients

• 1 pc large corn or mais, kernels scraped off the cob (Zea mays)
• 1 cup horseradish or malunggay leaves (Moringa oleifera)
• 1 cup bamboo shoots or dabong, preboiled and chopped (Bambusa sp., Gigantochloa sp.)
• 1 pc small to medium taro corms or bisol, peeled and cubed (Colocasia esculenta)
• 1 cup jute or saluyot leaves (Corchorus olitorius or C. capsularis)
• grilled fish or inihaw na isda, flaked
• coconut cream or gata from 1 large mature coconut, 1st (thick) and 2nd (thin) extractions separated
• salt
• 1 stalk lemongrass or tanglad, crushed or scored
• 1 pc medium head shallot or sibuyas
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• 4-6 cloves garlic or bawang, crushed
• Chillies or siling labuyo for heat, chopped

Dabong Sufo

(Bamboo Shoots with Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Cream)
Brgy. Savoy, Matanao, Davao del Sur

Ingredients

• 3-4 pcs okra, halved with a diagonal cut (Abelmoschus esculentus)
• 1 pc medium eggplant or talong, cubed (Solanum melongena)
• 1 small piece sponge gourd or patola, peeled and cubed (Luffa cylindrica)
• 1 cup yardlong beans or sitaw (Vigna unguiculata var sesquipedalis)
• 1 cup bamboo shoots or dabong sofu, preboiled and chopped (Bambusa sp., Gigantochloa sp.)
• 1 cup jute or saluyot leaves (Corchorus olitorius, C. capsularis)
• 1-2 pcs fried fish or pritong isda, flaked
• coconut cream from 1 large mature coconut, 1st (thick) and 2nd (thin) extractions separated
• 1 pc medium bulb onion or sibuyas bombay, chopped
• 2-3 stalks spring onions, chopped
• 1 thumb ginger or luya, crushed
• 2 pcs medium tomatoes or kamatis, sliced
• Salt