My Favorite Dish: Ensalada Alugbati with Fried Fish

My dish for this lunch time. The ensalada alugbati and Fried Fish(Tilapia). This what i like dish in fried fish with ensalada we do not have a sea weeds so I decide to pick some alugbati in our backyard. It easy to cook and yummy.

Quick Information about " Alugbati " or Malabar Spinach.

• Malabar Spinach called in our country(Philippines) is Alugbati.

• It is found in tropical Asia and Africa where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and New Guinea.

• Found in settled areas, in hedges, old cultivated areas, etc., throughout the Philippines.

• Often cultivated.

• Prehistoric introduction.

• Also occurs in tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya.

• Common market product, a popular leafy and stew vegetable, and a good substitute for spinach.

• The green and purple cultivated varieties are preferable to the wild ones.

• Both the young shoots and stems are eaten.

• Excellent source of calcium and iron; good source of vitamins A, B, and C, with a high roughage value.

Is this a medical plant?

Actualy yes, The Alugbati Medicinal Uses and Health Benefits: Alugbati or Malabar spinach is without a doubt a succulent vegetable, particularly the younger shoots.The plant is wealthy in saponin, iron and Vitamins A , B and C and is a wealthy supply of soluble fiber, which enables digestion.

Although its leaves resemble spinach and are comparable in flavor, this plant is truly a form of climbing vine. Alugbati is precise in comparison to different leafy inexperienced vegetation as it is capable of continue to exist in each temperate and particularly warm environments. This permits it to be grown and generally ate up worldwide.

Alugbati may be handled like normal spinach or chard. You can consume it baked, boiled, fried, sautéed or steamed. It is going nicely with salads, smoothies and stews. This plant may even be utilized in curries or covered in batter and fried.

So now let us cook.

Ingredients:

2 Tomatoes

1/2 Onion

Alugbati

Salt Pepper

Monosodium Glutamate (Vetsin)

Ginisa Mix( Flavoured Seasoning Mix)

Fish (Tilapia)

• First you need is to boiled the branch of Alugbati

• Sliced the tomatoes and Onions.

• Mix it together(Tomatoes,Alugbati and Onion)

• Sprinkle salt pepper, vetsin or flavoured seasoning mix.

• Fried the fish( Tilapia)

That is all and the final is serve it.

Thos photos are mine and actual photo.

Lets eat buddy! ♥️