空心菜 Kangkong

一块钱一大把的空心菜，炒出来一大碟，吃到呱呱叫！

空心菜，也称蕹菜（學名：Ipomoea aquatica），马来文称kangkong，红毛人叫water spinach 或  Chinese spinach。

听说空心菜含多维生素Ａ、Ｂ群，铁、钙、钾、镁、磷等矿物质。不过必须煮熟，以减低Fasciolopsis buski姜片虫感染。　

Nutrient	Unit	value per 100 g	DRI
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	54	1000
Iron, Fe	mg	1.32	150
Magnesium, Mg	mg	30	420
Phosphorus, P	mg	42	700
Potassium, K	mg	284	4700
Sodium, Na	mg	122	1500
Zinc, Zn	mg	0.16	11
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	16	90
Thiamin	mg	0.05	1.2
Riboflavin	mg	0.08	1.3
Niacin	mg	0.5	1.6
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.081	1.7
Folate, DFE	µg	35	400
Vitamin B-12	µg	0	2.4
Vitamin A, RAE	µg	260	900
Vitamin A, IU	IU	5200
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	0	15
Vitamin D	IU	0

Cari Makan @ Julau - 鱿鱼蕹菜

鱿鱼蕹菜

Sotong & Kangkong

Stall No.7

Julau's wet market.

Huge portion of cuttlefish ( sotong ) and water spinach ( kangkong )

in a sweet-hot homemade sauce !

Must have for anyone who travels to Sibu/Bintulu/Miri via Durin !

Just 10 minutes away from the roundabout at Julau junction.

How much ? I don't know...
But I heard its free for lenglui... 

wakaka 

Belacan Kangkong 马来风光

Kangkong is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as leafy vegetable. It is identified as Ipomoea aquatica of the family Convolvulaceae.

It is knows as water spinach in English. Kangkong is the Malay name. In Mandarin, it is known as 空心菜; literally "hollow vegetable". In Cantonese, it’s 蕹菜. It has many other names in other languages : ผักบุ้ง – phak bung ( Thai ) , ga zun ywet ( Burmese ) , rau muống ( Vietnam ) , etc.

The leaves are usually stir fried with chilli, garlic and belacan.