This Ramie plant grows very easily. I have planted it successfully by just cutting a branch and sticking it into the ground. It will grow on its own without needing much care.
Close up of Ramie leaves
Hakka Chu Yap Ban (粗叶粄) - MYR5 (tea time price) at Ying Ker Lou.
Chu Yap Ban is made from glutinous rice flour and Ramie Leaves (粗叶). Ramie leaves give it the almost-black colour.
The fillings are made from preserved radish. The glutinous "skin" is sweet whereas the fillings taste savoury but when eaten together, the resulting taste leans towards sweet.
Feel shame to say I don't know what's this lo!!
ReplyDeleteNo need to feel shame. So much info out there of course we cannot know everything. Just live and learn.
DeleteThis is something new to me, never seen this before.
ReplyDeleteThis is a hakka kueh, I believe.
DeleteThis is the first time I see such dumpling.. At first and a very glance, it looks like a beetle, haha..
ReplyDeleteYa hor, looks like a big beetle.
DeleteWhat else can the Ramie leaves be used for? I always like things which are easy to grow and can EAT one. :)
ReplyDeleteHmm the dumpling, there are those with 'choy poh' filling usually sold side by side with those with turnip filling. They don't have banana leaf wrapping though. Wonder if it's the same thing.
If the glutinous skin is almost dark colour, yes I think is the sams thing. I found online some online china websites sell ramie leaves extract as some kind of herbal medicine but I do not know much about that.
Deletewhat is raimie leaf? usage?
ReplyDeleteRamie leaf is known as chu yap (Coarse leaves) in hakka. Use to make chu yap ban kueh and some online china website sells ramie leaves extract for some medicinal uses but I am not sure what it is for.
Deleteooo....never had it before
DeleteDunno whether you will like it or not.
DeleteI know this leaves can make into delicious kuih. I think I watch in AhXian's show.
ReplyDeleteI like to watch Ah Xian's show too.
Deletei really love this leaf, im living in AUS , very hard for me to find them...but i hope one day i get it...
ReplyDeleteHope so too.
DeleteI'm searching this plant as it's associated with RETARDING BONE LOSS in females post menopausal... Possibly lessening the effects of osteoporosis ‼️ this is where I saw the mention
ReplyDeletehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36771450/