Wash and clean malabar spinach, and then cut the larger leaves to smaller pieces, and remove hard stems (you can keep the tender stems). Not only easy but the ginger adds an extra layer of flavor for the dish.įirst you will need to gather your ingredients: I find the easiest way to make malabar spinach is to stir fry it with ginger.
#DEFINITION AND SENTENCE OF THE MAILBAR HOW TO#
I will show you how to stir fry malabar spinach in this recipe. In Chinese cuisine, it is often used in soups and stir fries. In the Phillippines, it is often made in a vegetable soup called Sinabawang gulay or Utan. There are several ways to cook this vegetable.įor example, in Sri Lanka, malabar spinach is often used to make curry. If you are cooking it, you will find that it has similar ‘slimey’ feel similar to okra. You can eat malabar spinach raw or cooked! If you are eating it raw, it has thick leaves that are very juicy and crispy. If you can’t find it any where local, some people like to grow malabar spinach in their own gardens, and you can actually find malabar seeds on Amazon. You can usually find malabar spinach in your local Asian supermarket or Indian supermarket. Malabar Spinach Where can I buy malabar spinach? The most unique pat about this vegetable is that it has a slippery texture when cooked, similar to okra! It also contains B vitamins – which makes it a pretty healthy and nutritious veggie to eat! This vegetable is a great source of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, and manganese. While it has the word ‘spinach’ in its name, Malabar spinach is not really a spinach but a distant cousin of spinach. It’s also known as mu’er cai 木耳菜, vine spinach, ceylon spinach, indian spinach. In mandarin Chinese, it is also known as “royal palace vegetable” (huang gong cai 皇宮菜) because legend has it a long time ago Thai king designated it as a “royal dish”. It can now also be found in other countries such as China, Africa, Brazil, Philippines, Columbia and more. Malabar spinach’s official name is Basella alba and is native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. If you’ve ever had it before you know what I mean! If you haven’t, you should try it some time – this Malabar Spinach Stir Fry recipe is how I usually prepare it. Malabar Spinach is a very interesting vegetable – it makes me think of okra, but as a leafy vegetable.
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