Pasar Borneo 2020 RMCO

 

Pasar Borneo 2019

 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 )

Bangun-bangun leaves are eaten as greens,
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. 

Pasar Borneo 2018

Solanum lasiocarpum ?

Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal

Synonyms :

Solanum lasiocarpum var domesticum Heiser

Solanum lasiocarpum var velutinum Dunal

Solanum ferox L.

Solanum ferox var. lasiocarpun (Dunal) Miq.

Solanum hirsutum Roxb.

Solanum immane Hance ex Walpers

Solanum quadriloculare Spreng.

Solanum zeylanicum Blanco.

Found this at Pasar Borneo today, together with the terung Iban, Solanum aethiopicum.  It is almost identical to the former, just a lot smaller in size, with more showy hair.

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The trader, an Iban lady said that the fruits were acquired from Pahang, from a certain Orang Asli.  According to her again, it had been a long time since she encountered this type of hairy yellow round terung.  There are abundant supply of hairy terung in Sarawak when she was still young.  Apparently, it is not cultivated anymore for its fruit.

Is this the fruit of Solanum lasiocarpum ? 

Pasar Borneo 2016 @ Seri Kembangan