farmeric September 19th, 2009
Moringa (Malunggay) Shanghai Rolls
Ingredients:
- 12 ½ cups ground pork
- 2 ½ cups onion

- 2 ½ cups garlic
- 10 cups carrots (cubed)
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 10 pcs. egg
- 1 ¼ cups tomato sauce
- 5 cups malunggay leaves
- 10 tsp iodized salt
- 100 pcs. lumpia wrapper
- 7 ½ cups cooking oil
- kinchay
Procedures:
- In a mixture bowl, place the ground pork, garlic, onion, carrots, flour, eggs, tomato sauce, kinchay and malunggay leaves. Continue Reading »
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farmeric August 28th, 2009
This is a very simple and quick to cook malunggay recipe and no need for any fish or meat.
Corn with Malunggay Leaves - Simple Malunggay Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 c. grated young corn
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 head onion
- 3 c. water
- 1 small sponge gourd (luffa)
- 1 c. malunggay leaves
- 1-1/2 Accent
- salt to taste
Preparations:
Saute garlic and onion in medium fry pan. Add water and let it boil. Then add the corn, stirring often to avoid burning. When cooked, add the gourd and malunggay.
That’s all! A simple and quick malunggay recipe.
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farmeric August 17th, 2009
Sauted Malunggay Pods
Ingredients:
- 2 c. fresh Malunggay Pods
- 2 T. shortening
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 2 T. sliced onion
- 1/2 c. sliced tomatoes
- 1 c. boiled beef, diced
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 c. fresh lima or butter bean seeds, peeled
- 1 c. green cowpea or yard-long bean pods cut into 1-1/2″ lengths
Preparation:
Cut malunggay pods lengthwise into 4 piececs. Slice white pulp including tender seeds. Discard outer covering. Cut pulp into 1-1/2 inch lenghts. Saute garlic, onion, and tomatoes. Add beef. Cover, and cook 2 minutes. Season with fish paste and salt. Add lima or butter beans, and cook 3 minutes. Add malunggay pulp and cowpea or yard-liong bean. Cover, and cook 10 minutes. Serves 6.
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farmeric August 12th, 2008
My family and I were on our way to the North (Philippines) over the weekend when we passed by a kilometer fields of Malunggay. While passing this fertile lands, it reminds me of Dr. Lorma Valera who hailed from that place (Ilocos Region) - who pioneered the processing of malunggay way back in 1993. She actually formulated her various malunggay recipes back in 1987.
This is very timely because some of the readers of EarthNews here at PinayMom.org are requesting about malunggay noodles’ recipe. Dr. Valera’s recipes have been introduced in Metro Manila (Philippines) through Continue Reading »
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farmeric June 17th, 2008
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes. - Goethe

These leaves could save million of lives. These tiny leaves have the potential to save million of people on our planet. What kind of leaves are they?
They are the leaves of of the humble Malunggay (moringa) tree. The scientific name is Moringa oleifera. It is said that the Malunggay tree originated in Northern India. Record shows Malunggay being used in Indian medicine some 5,000 years ago. Continue Reading »
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farmeric March 11th, 2008

A 4-man team of graduating MBA students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), visited the Philippines to study the wide-scale production of Malunggay (Moringa). They presented their study in a forum organized by the Department of Agriculture on the 17th of January 2008. In their presentation, they recommended that it is now the right time for the Philippines to position the country as the main source of malunggay in international trade,or some other country will do it.
I’ve received some emails from the readers of this website asking me on how to plant a malunggay. Although we have 2 malunggays in our backyard, which we planted as we what we are accustomed and that is through stem cutting, I really don’t have any idea on how to plant malunggay for a mass scale production. Since I have started an article about malunggay , I guess I owe something to the readers and so I did my own research. Continue Reading »
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