Karibuni Tuleni Matunda ...........

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

I must say Kuching is a nice tropical place in Malaysia. Well, actually it is a small settlement right at the North Western tip of Sarawak in Borneo . It is a bustling city of 750,000 population not too big and not too small. Seems like by the signs of it most people are into gardening of some sorts either into vegetables or flowers. To be precise I was born in Sarawak and I dare say you could just about grow anything in Sarawak with such abundant rainfall and all year round sunny weather at your disposal resulting in non-stop profusing growth and bountiful harvests in your garden. I know I am going to do some and I am going to show you what I have o planted in my tropical garden over the course of my future posts.


I went back frequently and this time I spent nearly three months in the state of Sarawak in Borneo. I was amazed to see the variety of fresh fruits and vegetables on the market. Lets get the following pictures to tell the bio-diversity story here.




This is Sarawak’s wild sour and piquaint brinjal. Sometimes it is called Dayak eggplant, Sarawak wild eggplant,Tarong pasai or Terong asam.You can see it popularly used it in curry fish head dishes or some spicy vegetarian dish.


This is called Mata Kuching or cat’s eyes – a local wild variety of longan that are now being cultivated.. They are super-sweet and have rather sharper flavour than the normal longan or lychees – litchis family.


These are really like a smaller size lime and we use them as accompaniement to side dish for mamak mee, mee goreng, grilled fish, sambal balachan, and also Chinese deep fried chicken.. In Phillippines they call it Calamansi. They use these widely not just in their national food but also they make different cold drinks out of them. On the edge are the ever popular bitter melon which is a hit in Chinese and Indian dishes. Then in the basket we have the fiery red hot chillies both essential as condiments and added ingredient to any hot and spicy food.


Local Guava fruit locally known as Jambu. The fruit tastes nicer , softer and juicier with its pinkish colour. There is another type a whiter colour but the flesh tastes a bit tough and woody. The Inflight service of MasWing airline seves the best local guava juice I have ever tasted when I flew over to Miri. It is like honey nectar and vanilla combined sensation.

 

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

This ramsak is more Malay in name but Indonesian call it Luku.It is sweet enough but the flesh is not as luscious and fleshly as mangoes or paw paw (payaya).

 

[makubazi]

Mi hasa ni mgonjwa wa hayo matunda ya madoriani tuu lakini huwa nala mida ya usiku kutokana shombo lake na nisiwaudhi watu na haya naona yamistawi vizuri koliko ya kule kijeweni

 

[Marire]

nimeona hapo shokishoki