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Ginataang langka, is a Filipino vegetable stew made from unripe jackfruit in coconut milk and spices. The dish includes a wide variety of secondary ingredients like seafood, meat, and other vegetables. The dish also commonly adds bagoong alamang (shrimp paste) and may be spiced with chilis or soured with vinegar.
Kadyos, baboy, kag lanka, commonly shortened to KBL, is a Filipino pork soup or stew originating from the Hiligaynon people of the Western Visayas islands. The name of the dish means "pigeon peas, pork, and jackfruit" which are the three main ingredients of the soup.
culinary, medicinal leaves, buds Moringa: Moringa oleifera: Moringaceae: tree culinary, medicinal leaves, pods, seeds, root used as a nutritional supplement, also eaten as a vegetable: Curry leaf: Murraya koenigii: Rutaceae: small tree culinary, medicinal leaves fruit is also edible: Nutmeg (seed) and mace (seed coating) Myristica fragrans (and ...
The medical ethnobotany of India is the study of Indian medicinal plants and their traditional uses. Plants have been used in the Indian subcontinent for treatment of disease and health maintenance for thousands of years, and remain important staples of health and folk medicine for millions.
Indian vegetable markets and grocery stores get their wholesale supplies from suppliers belonging to various regions/ethnicities from all over India and elsewhere, and the food suppliers/packagers mostly use sub-ethnic, region-specific item/ingredient names on the respective signs/labels used to identify specific vegetables, fruits, grains and ...
The leaves and twigs are used by Native Americans to make a herbal tea used for a variety of conditions. Chaparral has also been shown to have high liver toxicity, and has led to kidney failure, and is not recommended for any use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or American Cancer Society. [97] [98] Laurus nobilis: Bay laurel
One of the important food crops of the ancient Inca empire. Leaves were eaten as a leaf vegetable or used raw in salads. [179] Morinda citrifolia: Noni tree: Known as bai-yo in Thai cuisine the leaves are cooked with coconut milk in a curry. [180] Moringa oleifera: Drumstick tree: Leaves are very popular in South Asia for curries and omelettes ...
The plant grows from rhizomes in clumps of stiff stalks up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height with abundant long leaves that bear red fruit. [9] It is an evergreen perennial. [9] This plant's rhizome is the "galangal" used most often in cookery. It is valued for its use in food and traditional medicine.