Comments on: Food Facts

By: jarum mas

jarum mas — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:30:15 +0000

I’d love to grow vegetables in poly bag or plastic containers but i’m not sure about their safety, whether any toxic components being released to the plants which i’m going to eat. i’ll try to grow them in terra cota or clay container but surely they are rather heavy to move around.
Anyway, best wishes.

By: Aiman Amani Karim

Aiman Amani Karim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:18 +0000

Sorry I can’t help it-moringa curry is simply delicious.The same goes to turtle eggs. One of the things that I wish to have when ever we go back to Terengganu. At least there are other ways to cultivate moringa.

By: Azahar idris

Azahar idris — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:01:26 +0000

Seeds are difficult to get here as the pods are collected when they are still young for making curry, like what Aiman recently ate.

Growing from cuttings is easier, but make sure you choose healthy stems measuring more than 2 incches in diameter and plant them in well fertilized soil.

By: May13

May13 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:55:52 +0000

Thank you. So easy to plant just like tapioca.

By: luckganu

luckganu — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:36:05 +0000

may13

according to my friends, just cucuk je(about a metre long). to be safe nurse it in a polybag first (or whatever bag).

By: May13

May13 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:44:58 +0000

Just plant the branch like that or do a tree grafting first before cutting the branch and plant it.

By: luckganu

luckganu — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:07:08 +0000

aiman,doc azahar,may 13

re: murungai

my indian friends suggest planting the limb (vegetative propagation) instead of seeds for better foliage and fruiting.

By: Aiman Amani Karim

Aiman Amani Karim — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:38:01 +0000

What a coincidence, so do I.I love mum’s fish curry with merunggai. Mum used to tell me about a big merunggai tree by the kitchen of a bungalow rented by Tabung Haji in Jeddah about 20 years ago. The fruits are bigger than the ones found in Malaysia and tastier too. We have a mango tree that bears lots of sweet and juicy fruits and a dragonfruit plant that is too young to bear any fruit and lots of green vegetables.

By: may13

may13 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:02:02 +0000

I love merunggai curry so much. I can only eat it when I go back to my home town, TI. There used to be a merunggai tree infront of our neighbour’s house. Now no more. I can’t find any indian restaurant in KL serving the dish. What more in KSA. Mr Azahar, where do you get the seedlings from. I wish to grow them when I go back. So far I only planted 4 trees in front of my house, 2 mangga, 1 pulasan & 1 jambu air. I don’t know how the trees are doing now.

By: Aiman Amani Karim

Aiman Amani Karim — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:20:43 +0000

In KT we call them buoh mmungga and I really love buoh mmunga in fish curry. We normally buy buoh mmungga from a pasar tani; sold by an Indian who call them something like buah murungga. The funny thing is he also brought along lots of buoh mmungga tua. And when mum asked him what are they for, he said that there are people who asked for them for a reason which he does not know. Hope we have not eaten all of the mmungga seeds that you need for your seedlings. Thanks for the information.