Local Vegetable : Ensabi

The Iban farmers grow ensabi along the edges of their padi fields or in their backyards.

Ensabi is a variety of the mustard green. It may be slightly more bitter or spicy. But it is a very nice vegetable.

The Chinese call it SABI Chai.

An uncle used to play ping pong with the Seniors at the Senior Citizen Centre and he would always bring back some ensabi for his wife to cook. It was his way of showing his wife how much he thought of her and love meant sharing this vegetable with her at lunch!

He was hard of hearing and his wife would just nag him for hours and he would just smile. But his wife would always make the best meals for him.
Ensabi can be grown in containers like these even in the high rise condo of KL.

The best preserved salted greens from Sarawak is made from ensabi, using the traditional Iban way, called KASAM.