Native Food in Camotes – Utan Bisaya

Utan Bisaya is a vegetable dish boiled and simmer in water. Its ingredients is a mix of different vegetables in the region usually in the Visayas. It is seasoned only with salt. These dish is a native of Visayas Region. Malungay is an essential leafy vegetable ingredient, it gives a peculiar aroma and flavor of the dish.

Ingredients:

1 bundle malunggay leaves, removed from stem
2 c. kalabasa, cut into wedges
1 bundle sitaw, cut around 2” length
3 medium size gabi, cut into wedges
1 bundle okra, cut into wedges
3 small size talong, cut into wedges
1 bundle alugbati (if available)
1 small bundle spring onions, chopped
salt

Cooking procedure:

Wash thoroughly all vegetables.

In a large pot, boil water and add gabi, and kalabasa, cook until firm tender.

Add sitaw, okra and talong.

Add salt to taste.

Add malunggay, spring onion and alugbati, cook until leafy vegetables are just cooked.

Serve immediately.

Other utan bisaya recipes:
http://overseaspinoycooking.blogspot.com/2007/12/utan-ug-buwad.html
http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/utan-bisaya-a-la-jean

http://indayskitchen.com/2008/08/my-fathers-recipebisaya-visayan-version.html