Stumped....What Do You Know Of This Plant?

I hope you can help me. I am completely stumped.

My friend gave me a bunch of this and calls it spinach. It grows wild in her garden. She said she planted it after a lady in a vegetarian restaurant gave it to her. Apparently it is good for health.

So my friend gives this to me and tells me that it can be used like spinach.

I made a soup out of the leaves, boiling it with some ikan bilis.

It tasted lovely.

Now that problem is, I don't know what it is or what it's called.

Do leave a comment if you know what it is.

Comments

Sharanya palanisshami said…

hi , This is sharanya from sara's tasty buds. I am a regular follower of your post. Is the leaf has slight bitter taste. It might be Black night shade plant. check out recipes of it in my blog.........

12:48 PM

Sharanya palanisshami said…

It was black night shade plant. It is good in curing peptic ulcer and stomach ulcer.

2:45 PM

Krista Goon said…

HI Sharanya -thanks for helping me out and thanks for following my blog. I have been intermittent in posting though. A zillion apologies! The leaf is not bitter though. I made a soup with it but it did taste like spinach. OK, I will go look up this black night shade plant.

5:29 PM

Anonymous said…

Are the stems thorny? If so then it could be kau kei choy.

- Mrs. Hor

11:40 PM

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