October 20, 2019

Sibu Tales : Winged Beans

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Winged beans or angle beans are easily grown in one's backyard in Sarawak. One plant can provide a family with fresh beans, almost every day.

(Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as the Goa beanFour-angled beanFour-cornered beanManila beanCigarrillas, and Dragon bean,.

It is a legume plant. Its origin is most likely New Guinea.

when we were young we did not like it very much because it had a "green" taste to our tender buds.

My mother normally cooked it with lots of garlic in the Foochow style.

These beans are nice when cooked with pounded dried prawns. It can be added to curry fish head. But it is most healthy
 to just boil the beans slightly and serve,

These beans can be sliced thinly and be added to fried rice. 

Eating he beans raw is commonly done in Malaysia.

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