unripened Durian
( Durio zibethinus )
Unripened durian are cooked as savory dish. It is cooked with leaves of cekur manis ( Sauropus androgynus ), with anchovies and chili, coconut milk, or made into jam !
Alium chinense
( synonym Alium
bakeri )
known
as Lokio ( Sarawak) or Losun ( Sabah ), this local Alium is consumed fresh, stir try with egg or
other vegetable, or pickled.
Lasia spinosa
known as pucuk semelaong / geli-geli / nyambing.
eaten cooked with belacan, budu or cencalok.
Plectranthus amboinicus
( synonym Coeus amboinicus )
known as pucuk semelaong / geli-geli / nyambing.
eaten cooked with belacan, budu or cencalok.
Plectranthus amboinicus
( synonym Coeus amboinicus )
or used as traditional medicine.
Artocarpus
odoratissimus
Unripened tarap can be cooked as vegetable, with anchovies, or other meat.
Litsea
garciae
Engkala
( Iban ) or Tebulus ( Melanau ) taste similar to avocado, yet less greasy. Its soaked in warm water to soften the flesh,
often eaten with soy source or salt.
Engkabang Oil
Engkabang
oil is extracted from the fruit of Shorea
macrophylla. It is hardened in
bamboo sections, and when needed pushed out like a push-pop candy. Then it is added to steamy hot rice,
resulting in a rich buttery taste. Priced at RM5 in the yesteryears, it is now a
pricy commodity at RM25 a section.
Lihing
Lihing is a traditional rice wine for the Kadazan-Dusun people of Sabah. It was made from glutinous rice.
