I have a dehydrator. I picked a lot of the leaves, starting with the largest. Then I washed, dried the leaves in my salad spinner. Cut them up into smaller pieces and dehydrated. After they dry, I shall grind the dry leaves in my blender and use the powder in soups and other foods that can use the extra nutrition. I love your video as I'm sure everyone else does too.
You forgot to say mix Malabar spinach leaves with basil, garlic, olive oil and nuts to make delicious pesto pasta sauce. Terrific over spiralized veggie noodles or home made ravioli.
This is probably my top 5 plants to grow and eat in a tropical garden. They grow fast yet it does not overpower your other plants. It rarely gets pests. You can grow them easily from seeds or cuttings, and needs very little maintenance. It looks absolutely beautiful!
Completely agree and I bet it grows even better in your climate being tropical - where I am our winters can still get pretty cool so it usually dies back. Cheers :)
Hey Mark. Malabar spinach tastes great when added to split peas, with sautéed onion, garlic and turmeric powder. Also, nice if added to other sautéed greens. Ty. Tc. Nice Sunday. 👍🥗☀️
I am growing this one too. I got it from a nursery a few years back, and grew it in a container in my apartment balcony. It came back from seeds that it dropped in several containers next year. I started saving the seeds. I just wait for the berries to whither down until they look like peppercorns, and then rub them off the vine into an envelope. It has overgrown every structure I have trained it on. I would compare the slimy aspect of it to okra. I eat the leaves as I would spinach in my sandwiches and hamburgers.
Today i added malabar leaves to my quesadilla (soft taco, melt cheese, malabar leaves and fresh ground pepper). it's delicious. please try this recipe!!!
The leaves are great for your liver (drinkers note). The purple berries are high in Vit. C and anti oxidants. Definitely one of my favourite greens. Thanks for sharing Mark.
I've got tons of this. I snipped off the vines and threw them into a pot... next thing I know lots of plants came up and flourished. Very encouraging for lousy gardeners like me 😂😂
@@louismagee9715 I just put seeds at abt 3/4inches apart in a pot. It works for me so far. Ince u hv the vines...just cut 6inch sections and put in soil. Don't need to sow any more...at least for me here in the tropics.
Hi Mark, love the Malabar Spinach,,my real favourite now is Egyptian Spinach which I am just germinating as we speak. I got to get me some Malabar spinach though. I also have Warrigal Greens spinach growing in my Straw bales too.. I used to live in Asia and Malabar grows like nothing else in that heat,,,with monsoon rains! Really helpful video. Great to see another Aussie in UA-cam! Happy Gardening Marty
Man I planted it once with no knowledge and nothing came up or lived. Second time found out from Indian friends what to do. Amazing beautiful monster. We ate it in salad, stir fries, soup, omelets. Very good. It did go to flower and the bumble bees were all over it. I went through the seeds and am planting it in 2 days and giving the rest of the seeds to everyone. This is a plant to feed you and everyone else. So Awesome!
I use the dried leaves as a lovely tea substitute. It has a really pleasant flavour, does not need sugar and loses it's mucilagenous texture. I just throw 3 dried leaves into a cup of boiling water. Allow to steep for 3 minutes. Absolutely lovely. I live in a temperate area and my leaves are 1/3 the size of Mark's. So use 1 huge leaf for tea or three if they are like mine. Next plan, to try a little lemon balm with it too and maybe honey.... might be good for a sore throat.
This is one of my favorite greens. I enjoy the young tender leaves as well as the "meatiness" that the older, larger and more mature leaves take on. It feels pleasantly substantial when biting into it, not to mention the flavor is wonderful. Thanks for the information and video.
We make stir fry with normal spinach (in Kerala) with chilli(remove seeds if you don’t like it hot), onion and a little coconut. First make a course paste but crushing the coconut chilli and onion ( preferably shallots) and stir fry the leaves with the paste. We do the same recipe with almost all vegies under the earth!
Hi there. I've had Malabar spinach in my garden for a few years, and besides using it for my salads, I've used it also as a veggie lasagna. I put layers of the spinach then meat then cheese then another layer of spinach, meat, cheese and so on, until I create the veggie spinach lasagna. Delicious!!! I Special use those big leaves that make a better layer with less leaves. Try it 👍
Mark you should try fritters or putting them in your omelettes. Also they are high in protein so you can also dehydrated the leaves, grind the them down and now you have a free protist shake for them big guns you got 💪! Love all the free educational videos! Please keep it up!!!!!
G'day Mark! I grew the green Malabar this year as well. We love fresh greens, I placed the seedlings at the base of a trelise, in the planter tubs to climb Sunflowers, and in the resting raised beds to allow for ground cover, it helps to grow healthy soil, lots of roots for all soil critters. Cheers! Blessings!
I've used the berries to dye wool. I pre mordant wool with alum, then mix about a half cup of berries for about a pound of roving for good purple color, a 1/4 cup for more of a pink.
I've got some Malabar Spinach growing from seed. Since the spring drought has ended it has taken over half the trellis. I am really impressed with the speed it grows.
I used to grow this in California and lived it. I made spannikopita on the regular with it. Now I live in Vietnam. My go-to lady at the plant market gave me some random plants, and I was delited to find that this was my old favorite from back in California.
This is delicious fried on hot oil with chopped garlic and chillies with a dash or so of oyster sauce. Cook young years until just wilted. Do not overcook. You can add stir-fried chicken or pork for extra flavour. Very popular in Thailand. I strick my fist plant from a stem bought at and Asian grocer shop. I have an abundance in Thailand and Australia. I have now sent seed to the USA to a friend on property. Also forwarded your video.
I've only had mine 5 days and was perplexed realizing how much it had already grown. Tbh i originally bought just because i thought it was lovely. Your video is definitely helpful!
I live in Louisiana which is the southern part of the USA. The weather is extremely hot here. I planted five plants yesterday. I expect it to do well. Great videos, mate!
Hey Mark, did you know that in some countries even the seeds are cooked and eaten? Yeah, as natural food colours they are great too. I used it for arts too. I'm growing this plant since over 2 years now and rightly said they grow very fast. Did you know that even the more mature stems too can be grown? Thanks Mark. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Asha from Mauritius
I am from southern India and live in Australia. I have plenty of recipes for this vegetable. My favourites are a curry with coconut and spices and chickpea flour battered and deep fried fritters yum yum!!!
Another great way to use it is to cook diced leaves with a little water and salt, once it cools add it to yogurt. Adding ground coconut, green chilies or diced shallots are optional
@@pollyoz2193 These are a few ways to use malabar spinach Chew on raw young leaves to cure mouth ulcers. This is my mother's home herbal cure, not scientifically proven or anything. It works for me. Raita for 4 people 20 to 25 leaves depending on size Cut them into small pieces. Add them to 1/4 th cup water. Add a little salt and let it cook for 5 minutes. Keep in mind when adding salt leafy greens reduce in quantity. Let it cool. Add to 1 to 2 cups plain yogurt. Taste for salt. Add 1 diced shallot. Mix well Optional- Heat 1 tsp oil or ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and one dried red chili. Once the mustard splutters add the oil to the yogurt. Serve with rice If you can find grated fresh coconut, you can use the food processor to grind the coconut into a fine paste with a little water and add that to the yogurt as well. This is also an optional step.
@@shabnampanday6707 malabar spinach doesnt taste exactly like normal spinach. I would not recommend you making paneer spinach with just malabar. You can use half normal and half malabar. Malabar spinach has a lot of medicinal value. Its good for stomach and mouth ulcers
I love this spinach, both the red and the green-stemmed. We use it to make spinach frittatas, stir-fried or steamed with butter, salt and garlic, vegetable soup and stews. I only planted it once, and it reseeds itself year after year!
My garden center recommended this when I asked for something unusual. Use it in smoothies so far. Thanks for the much needed additional information! Great video.
Grew it for the first time this past season...loved it...thanks for the info..btw it water clones very well just clip and stick in water and you get a new plant😀
Yes, it is, I bought some vines from the Indian store, I picked the one with hard stems & soak it in water & it rooted in 4 days then I planted it in a pot outdoor & indoor so I will still have them during winter.
I bought seeds on Amazon and got a small bag. I had never grown them and the seller put on the package that it was 95% effective. I only planted 4 seeds and the all grew lush and beautiful! I gave one away and put the other 3 in trellis and they are growing rapidly here in zone 9.
Just had them for (a light) lunch. Stir-fried with garlic, onion, cherry tomatoes and turmeric. Delicious. It's been growing very well in Bologna, Italy, since May. Better in pots than in the veg garden. Will check if resows next year but I'm keeping the seeds! Next time will try with boiled pig ears 😬 Thanks Mark😉
I just planted this veggie a week or so ago here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (I planted green variety but we also have red variety like in this video). I bought a big bunch of this veggie for just RM1 (USD0.40), I used the leaves and soft stalks to cook as a delicious soup. But I saved the harder stalks/stems with axillary buds, I planted about 5-6 stalks in a pot. . Now, my malabar veggie is bushy in the pot when the buds sprout out into long leafy stalks, I need to build trellis so I can get bigger bush to harvest. In Malaysia we call mayong, remayong and pucuk raja. One of my favorite veggies in Malaysia, I normally cooked as soup with shrimps (fresh or dried) or dried anchovies added, then I would dump in stirred eggs (1-2 eggs). Of course, I saute first onions, garlic etc in oil when making the soup. Very cheap in Malaysia, something that really kills my motivation to grow veggies in Malaysia! Hahaha!
Great tips on a neglected veggie. My malspinach is looking good here in sunny,humid ,central Florida. Looks like my vines. will soon reach the skies and give my winged beans some competition. You are a joy to hear and watch,mate! Thanks !
I cackled so loud when you said “if you stand here long enough it’ll even grow over you” and then the next clip it was hanging over your neck😂😂😂. That spinach does vine quickly 😂😂😂😂 thanks for that laugh!
hello Mark. I'm so excited to finally start growing Malabar spinach. I saw this video at least a year ago and it reminded me of the beautiful flowering Malabar spinach I saw in the Philippines in the one I had tasted from a neighbor's house. I was reminded that I wanted to grow this when I saw yourvideo.I saw a listing for these and other heat-tolerant greens from Florida Gator Gardens. My seeds just arrived today ,so I'm excited to give it a go.
As always enjoyed this video,fun and informative. I have grown this for the first time this year in UK, Really enjoyed growing and eating. I tend to use it pretty much where ever I use spinach just like yourselves and my favourite dish is cooking with lentil “ dhal” . If possible avoiding cooking it in cold water i e cook with boiling water or blanch in boiling or hot water stops it from being slimy. Also for things like stirfry cooking with anything a bit citrusy like tomatoes, tamarind or ,lemon makes them less slimy. I look forward to hearing your experience of reducing slime! Best wishes
I guess u forgot to mention that they grow from cutting very well... That's how we grow them mainly here in Bangladesh... We jus buy some from the market and plant the thickest stems.... It's one of the most popular leaves that we eat (any leaf we eat is called Shaak)
I live in Canada this is the first time I grew this plant. The most delicious spinach my favorite. Was wondering why this plant was climbing. I got two more months left here in Canada. Great video thank you for the tips. I do plan on eating the berries in my smoties.
I bought some seeds, I am excited to give it a go. I also found something new, strawberry spinache. Love spinache...garlic my number one passion. My garlic is growing can't wait to see the yeild. Its my first year growing garlic. I planted Early Germen White and Itillian Red..I can almost smell it sauteing with my spinaches..Thank you Mark for your enthusiasm..it's catchy
Anytime I want to try planting something new, I know you’re gonna have an awesome video for it! Just got these sprouting and was looking for some guidance, so thank you for another awesome video!
Ordered the seeds and cannot wait to see this plant take off. We are in Tonopah, AZ (50 miles West of Phoenix) so it should love it here. Thank you for the 5 tips - helps a lot. Judi
Cut thick finger sized stem along with long cut potatoes toss them in pan by addition of oil till it get Brown texture add salt , spices& cumin seeds cover it until potato get soft then serve , bona petit.
I have two varieties in my greenhouse and it is a great grower even in winter. I haven't had luck with English spinach and my chooks love it. I want to ask if you can give the berries to my chickens.
I grew some from seeds this last summer. It's almost June and it's still going strong here in Sydney on a north facing balcony. The leaves have turned shades of yellow, pink and red last few weeks which adds a lovely pop of colour to salads. We'll see if it survives winter
Loved this plant so much in India, that I searched high and low for one in Europe and finally found a supplier... Great video, informative and entertaining. Keep going!
Boil, drain, squeeze out some of the water, slice the mound of boiled Malabar spinach then drizzle w lemon and shoyu (soy sauce) ir Bragg's amino. Yum.
Thank you for introducing me to this spinach-I will be planting it for the family and the chickens. With how prolific it grows I also plan to use some seeds around the chicken run for the girls!
Very cool, thanks. Got myself some Malabar seeds this season, too late to grow them here in Pennsylvania. Lord willing, we`ll be trying them out next season.
Because we use alot off spinach we all love it and I was happily surprised when I found this video last year. Finally a spinach that we can get eat lot of. Love your videos mark keep it up.
I had this once, and didn't know it wasn't real spinach. I loved it. I just planted some seeds a couple of weeks ago, and I live in Central West Florida. I hope I get some benefit from it before the really cool weather descends. But I still have seeds, and can plant again in the spring. I was thrilled to see the self-seeding this plant does. I hope it likes sandy soils. I have it in a mixture of bagged soils and sand now, and it seems happy enough, just getting it's secondary leaves. It's about three weeks old. Thanks for a great video.
Awesome video! My wife and I would love to spend time in your garden (with you, of course!). You've got us intrigued by malabar spinach. Day of the Triffids comment was hilarious.
I have some of these plants. They reached 6" only, but started flowering already! I used very little cow manure as fertilizer with standard potting mix. Please let me know if I'm doing it wrong! I have learned a lot from your videos! I really appreciate your work! Your advice encourages me a lot.
very interesting plant. in the US, we have a plant that looks similar but it is not a vine, called pokeweed. it looks similar. this looks like the vine version. but the poke weed berries are poisonous.
I just planted this for the first time, thinking it was a cool weather plant! Whoops! Oh well, sounds like it'll still grow in 70s temps. Next year I'll grow it as a heat loving plant! TY for your videos!
We have the green varieties in our backyard and had been there for 2-3yrs now and self sowing. It can withstand winter also here in Southern California
I have malabar . Stir fry with shrimp with onion and garlic it with taste very good. You can use tender stem also in your Mix vegetable like squash and sweet potato
I am growing mine in pots and am harvesting to my hearts content. I toss it in a bit of oil/or sausage cooked, let it wilt just a bit and then pour the eggs over it. It can be used in a 100 other ways.
I've not grown it before, though I now have seed so I'll be giving it a go this coming year. Even if I end up disliking the flavour, I'm sure my barnyard fowl will appreciate it. Cheers.
Yep I grow this in hot Savannah GA , it grows ver6 well and makes great frittata , there is an Indian guy who shows you how t9 cook the really big leaves in garbanzo bean flour and spices as a veggie snack !
Just got some seeds ordered on Amazon & took a long time to arrive, wondered where they were coming from so looked in order comments. Really awful reviews ONLY becuz the seeds took so long to arrive. Finally when I got them saw the pkg was from Solomon Islands (to USA) w/customs sticker and all very well packed. So no wonder they took so long to get here. Can hardly wait to plant them now after this great video and all the back up positive comments. Thanks to all.👍🏻👍🏻🌱🍃
I have a dehydrator. I picked a lot of the leaves, starting with the largest. Then I washed, dried the leaves in my salad spinner. Cut them up into smaller pieces and dehydrated. After they dry, I shall grind the dry leaves in my blender and use the powder in soups and other foods that can use the extra nutrition. I love your video as I'm sure everyone else does too.
You forgot to say mix Malabar spinach leaves with basil, garlic, olive oil and nuts to make delicious pesto pasta sauce. Terrific over spiralized veggie noodles or home made ravioli.
Wow! I have basil and malabar growing at home. Will try that.
Thanks for this tip!
Me too! I want to make it.
Great tip for using a LOT of leaves 👍
Thank you! Definitely will try
This is probably my top 5 plants to grow and eat in a tropical garden. They grow fast yet it does not overpower your other plants. It rarely gets pests. You can grow them easily from seeds or cuttings, and needs very little maintenance. It looks absolutely beautiful!
Completely agree and I bet it grows even better in your climate being tropical - where I am our winters can still get pretty cool so it usually dies back. Cheers :)
What are your other top crops???
Hey Mark. Malabar spinach tastes great when added to split peas, with sautéed onion, garlic and turmeric powder. Also, nice if added to other sautéed greens. Ty. Tc. Nice Sunday. 👍🥗☀️
I am growing this one too. I got it from a nursery a few years back, and grew it in a container in my apartment balcony. It came back from seeds that it dropped in several containers next year. I started saving the seeds. I just wait for the berries to whither down until they look like peppercorns, and then rub them off the vine into an envelope. It has overgrown every structure I have trained it on.
I would compare the slimy aspect of it to okra.
I eat the leaves as I would spinach in my sandwiches and hamburgers.
how did you dry the seed? did you get germination from those dry seeds the fallowing year?>
@@spoonxl Just pick and let dry on the kitchen counter. Mine just fall on the ground and reseed itself year after year.
Today i added malabar leaves to my quesadilla (soft taco, melt cheese, malabar leaves and fresh ground pepper). it's delicious. please try this recipe!!!
The leaves are great for your liver (drinkers note). The purple berries are high in Vit. C and anti oxidants. Definitely one of my favourite greens. Thanks for sharing Mark.
Thanks Peter! I'm partial to an after-dinner wine so a few berries would help me then lol cheers ;)
Hi Mark, its health benefits are even greater than I thought. Check this out:
www.nutrition-and-you.com/basella.html
Are the berries edible? Never knew
The red ik. How about the green malabar berries??
Eating the berries is kind of counter-productive as they are the "seeds"... can't see how that would be worth it, especially nowadays.
I've got tons of this. I snipped off the vines and threw them into a pot... next thing I know lots of plants came up and flourished. Very encouraging for lousy gardeners like me 😂😂
+Norizan Mohamed Said and for lazy gardeners like me lol... Yes I did say it was so easy to grow! Cheers :)
I just ordered some. Do you space them out a little sowing in a pot?
@@louismagee9715 I just put seeds at abt 3/4inches apart in a pot. It works for me so far.
Ince u hv the vines...just cut 6inch sections and put in soil. Don't need to sow any more...at least for me here in the tropics.
Norizan Mohamed Said wow, nice. I live in South Texas. I hope they will do nicely. Where do you live?
@@louismagee9715 I'm in south east tx and I'm going to start growing these soon I hope they do well
Hi Mark, love the Malabar Spinach,,my real favourite now is Egyptian Spinach which I am just germinating as we speak. I got to get me some Malabar spinach though. I also have Warrigal Greens spinach growing in my Straw bales too.. I used to live in Asia and Malabar grows like nothing else in that heat,,,with monsoon rains!
Really helpful video.
Great to see another Aussie in UA-cam!
Happy Gardening
Marty
Man I planted it once with no knowledge and nothing came up or lived. Second time found out from Indian friends what to do. Amazing beautiful monster. We ate it in salad, stir fries, soup, omelets. Very good. It did go to flower and the bumble bees were all over it. I went through the seeds and am planting it in 2 days and giving the rest of the seeds to everyone. This is a plant to feed you and everyone else. So Awesome!
I use the dried leaves as a lovely tea substitute. It has a really pleasant flavour, does not need sugar and loses it's mucilagenous texture. I just throw 3 dried leaves into a cup of boiling water. Allow to steep for 3 minutes. Absolutely lovely. I live in a temperate area and my leaves are 1/3 the size of Mark's. So use 1 huge leaf for tea or three if they are like mine.
Next plan, to try a little lemon balm with it too and maybe honey.... might be good for a sore throat.
This is one of my favorite greens. I enjoy the young tender leaves as well as the "meatiness" that the older, larger and more mature leaves take on. It feels pleasantly substantial when biting into it, not to mention the flavor is wonderful. Thanks for the information and video.
We make stir fry with normal spinach (in Kerala) with chilli(remove seeds if you don’t like it hot), onion and a little coconut. First make a course paste but crushing the coconut chilli and onion ( preferably shallots) and stir fry the leaves with the paste. We do the same recipe with almost all vegies under the earth!
Hi there. I've had Malabar spinach in my garden for a few years, and besides using it for my salads, I've used it also as a veggie lasagna. I put layers of the spinach then meat then cheese then another layer of spinach, meat, cheese and so on, until I create the veggie spinach lasagna. Delicious!!! I Special use those big leaves that make a better layer with less leaves. Try it 👍
Mark you should try fritters or putting them in your omelettes. Also they are high in protein so you can also dehydrated the leaves, grind the them down and now you have a free protist shake for them big guns you got 💪! Love all the free educational videos! Please keep it up!!!!!
G'day Mark! I grew the green Malabar this year as well. We love fresh greens, I placed the seedlings at the base of a trelise, in the planter tubs to climb Sunflowers, and in the resting raised beds to allow for ground cover, it helps to grow healthy soil, lots of roots for all soil critters. Cheers! Blessings!
G'day Linda! Combining sunflowers with Malabar is a masterstroke that would have looked beautiful! Cheers :)
I've used the berries to dye wool. I pre mordant wool with alum, then mix about a half cup of berries for about a pound of roving for good purple color, a 1/4 cup for more of a pink.
Thật là một sáng tạo! Len sau đó có dễ phai màu không vậy bạn?
I've got some Malabar Spinach growing from seed. Since the spring drought has ended it has taken over half the trellis. I am really impressed with the speed it grows.
I used to grow this in California and lived it. I made spannikopita on the regular with it. Now I live in Vietnam. My go-to lady at the plant market gave me some random plants, and I was delited to find that this was my old favorite from back in California.
This is delicious fried on hot oil with chopped garlic and chillies with a dash or so of oyster sauce. Cook young years until just wilted. Do not overcook. You can add stir-fried chicken or pork for extra flavour. Very popular in Thailand. I strick my fist plant from a stem bought at and Asian grocer shop. I have an abundance in Thailand and Australia. I have now sent seed to the USA to a friend on property. Also forwarded your video.
I've only had mine 5 days and was perplexed realizing how much it had already grown. Tbh i originally bought just because i thought it was lovely. Your video is definitely helpful!
Thanks. After watching this video i planted some as ground cover in an area i have only gotten weeds to grow.
I live in Louisiana which is the southern part of the USA. The weather is extremely hot here. I planted five plants yesterday. I expect it to do well. Great videos, mate!
Hey I live in Louisiana as well. I have just purchased some seeds. How did it do?
Hey baton rouge guy...howz ur spinach...?
@@carleeann1988 how did urs go?
christopher carrier I’m growing Okinawa spinach, a perennial. It is doing great. Buy a couple of plants and you’ll have spinach for life!
@@zemry thanks killa!
Hey Mark, did you know that in some countries even the seeds are cooked and eaten? Yeah, as natural food colours they are great too. I used it for arts too. I'm growing this plant since over 2 years now and rightly said they grow very fast. Did you know that even the more mature stems too can be grown? Thanks Mark. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Asha from Mauritius
That sliminess is easy to get rid of - Just cook it with something acidic. Tomatoes, tamariind,.lemon juice..
I am from southern India and live in Australia. I have plenty of recipes for this vegetable. My favourites are a curry with coconut and spices and chickpea flour battered and deep fried fritters yum yum!!!
Another great way to use it is to cook diced leaves with a little water and salt, once it cools add it to yogurt. Adding ground coconut, green chilies or diced shallots are optional
It would be great if you could share a recipe or two. With such a vigorous plant it is good to know many ways to eat it
@@pollyoz2193
These are a few ways to use malabar spinach
Chew on raw young leaves to cure mouth ulcers. This is my mother's home herbal cure, not scientifically proven or anything. It works for me.
Raita for 4 people
20 to 25 leaves depending on size
Cut them into small pieces. Add them to 1/4 th cup water. Add a little salt and let it cook for 5 minutes. Keep in mind when adding salt leafy greens reduce in quantity.
Let it cool. Add to 1 to 2 cups plain yogurt. Taste for salt. Add 1 diced shallot. Mix well
Optional- Heat 1 tsp oil or ghee in a pan. Add mustard seeds and one dried red chili. Once the mustard splutters add the oil to the yogurt. Serve with rice
If you can find grated fresh coconut, you can use the food processor to grind the coconut into a fine paste with a little water and add that to the yogurt as well. This is also an optional step.
@@shailajahariharan817 pls tell me malabar spinach can be prepared as normal spinach-paneer.Is it taste same like normal spinich.
@@shabnampanday6707 malabar spinach doesnt taste exactly like normal spinach. I would not recommend you making paneer spinach with just malabar. You can use half normal and half malabar. Malabar spinach has a lot of medicinal value. Its good for stomach and mouth ulcers
I love this spinach, both the red and the green-stemmed. We use it to make spinach frittatas, stir-fried or steamed with butter, salt and garlic, vegetable soup and stews. I only planted it once, and it reseeds itself year after year!
Planted some seeds today in Dallas, TX. plan to trellis the plants. Your video was GREAT!
Texas Hula Bear me too. I’m in Houston. I have some in hydroponics too
Grows great for me! Produces lots! And I grow it for creamed spinach - Perfect
That's a great idea due to the slight slime factor. So simple, but I've never thought about it.
My garden center recommended this when I asked for something unusual. Use it in smoothies so far. Thanks for the much needed additional information! Great video.
I just got a piece to grow from my sister. I can't wait to grow this.
Grew it for the first time this past season...loved it...thanks for the info..btw it water clones very well just clip and stick in water and you get a new plant😀
Thanks for the cloning tip! Cheers :)
Np I am crazy tend to try and clone or propagate any plant I get😂
Yes, it is, I bought some vines from the Indian store, I picked the one with hard stems & soak it in water & it rooted in 4 days then I planted it in a pot outdoor & indoor so I will still have them during winter.
People in Kerala, where the plant gets its name from, love fritters made from this leaf.
This is my first time growing it. Holy Cow it is so out of control and beautiful. It thickens my soups. Ii has so much potential
I bought seeds on Amazon and got a small bag. I had never grown them and the seller put on the package that it was 95% effective. I only planted 4 seeds and the all grew lush and beautiful! I gave one away and put the other 3 in trellis and they are growing rapidly here in zone 9.
Growing this for the first time in Australia adding to vegetable juice makes it thicker more like a smoothie
Just had them for (a light) lunch. Stir-fried with garlic, onion, cherry tomatoes and turmeric. Delicious. It's been growing very well in Bologna, Italy, since May. Better in pots than in the veg garden. Will check if resows next year but I'm keeping the seeds! Next time will try with boiled pig ears 😬 Thanks Mark😉
You can propagate the cuttings too.
I just planted this veggie a week or so ago here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (I planted green variety but we also have red variety like in this video). I bought a big bunch of this veggie for just RM1 (USD0.40), I used the leaves and soft stalks to cook as a delicious soup.
But I saved the harder stalks/stems with axillary buds, I planted about 5-6 stalks in a pot. . Now, my malabar veggie is bushy in the pot when the buds sprout out into long leafy stalks, I need to build trellis so I can get bigger bush to harvest. In Malaysia we call mayong, remayong and pucuk raja.
One of my favorite veggies in Malaysia, I normally cooked as soup with shrimps (fresh or dried) or dried anchovies added, then I would dump in stirred eggs (1-2 eggs). Of course, I saute first onions, garlic etc in oil when making the soup. Very cheap in Malaysia, something that really kills my motivation to grow veggies in Malaysia! Hahaha!
can the vege you bought propagate? can this be purchased easily in any market?
@@keitheng863 yes in Kuvalampur these are cheap and easily available.. If you wish to propagate just buy which have thicker stems
Great tips on a neglected veggie. My malspinach is looking good here in sunny,humid ,central Florida. Looks like my vines. will soon reach the skies and give my winged beans some competition. You are a joy to hear and watch,mate! Thanks !
I cackled so loud when you said “if you stand here long enough it’ll even grow over you” and then the next clip it was hanging over your neck😂😂😂. That spinach does vine quickly 😂😂😂😂 thanks for that laugh!
hello Mark. I'm so excited to finally start growing Malabar spinach. I saw this video at least a year ago and it reminded me of the beautiful flowering Malabar spinach I saw in the Philippines in the one I had tasted from a neighbor's house. I was reminded that I wanted to grow this when I saw yourvideo.I saw a listing for these and other heat-tolerant greens from Florida Gator Gardens. My seeds just arrived today ,so I'm excited to give it a go.
Love ya, Mark! I appreciate your videos and this one helped me a lot! I'll be growing Malabar spinach for the first time this summer :)
Mate your editing is on point, the Russell Coight of gardening :)
As always enjoyed this video,fun and informative. I have grown this for the first time this year in UK, Really enjoyed growing and eating. I tend to use it pretty much where ever I use spinach just like yourselves and my favourite dish is cooking with lentil “ dhal” . If possible avoiding cooking it in cold water i e cook with boiling water or blanch in boiling or hot water stops it from being slimy. Also for things like stirfry cooking with anything a bit citrusy like tomatoes, tamarind or ,lemon makes them less slimy. I look forward to hearing your experience of reducing slime! Best wishes
I guess u forgot to mention that they grow from cutting very well... That's how we grow them mainly here in Bangladesh... We jus buy some from the market and plant the thickest stems.... It's one of the most popular leaves that we eat (any leaf we eat is called Shaak)
In the Philippines we call it Alugbati. We cook with tomato and Sardines
I live in Canada this is the first time I grew this plant. The most delicious spinach my favorite. Was wondering why this plant was climbing. I got two more months left here in Canada. Great video thank you for the tips. I do plan on eating the berries in my smoties.
Our malabar is out of control!! so is our basil! so I make spinach and basil pesto every week!! YUM!! and Easy!!!
I bought some seeds, I am excited to give it a go. I also found something new, strawberry spinache. Love spinache...garlic my number one passion. My garlic is growing can't wait to see the yeild. Its my first year growing garlic. I planted Early Germen White and Itillian Red..I can almost smell it sauteing with my spinaches..Thank you Mark for your enthusiasm..it's catchy
Anytime I want to try planting something new, I know you’re gonna have an awesome video for it! Just got these sprouting and was looking for some guidance, so thank you for another awesome video!
Thank you! I have tons of malabar greens and i wanted to eat the berries but wasnt sure about them .
My malabar is just coming up again. Great tips and guinea pigs love it too!🍇🍓🍉🍋🍎🍓🍋🍎🍐🍎🍓🍋
Ordered the seeds and cannot wait to see this plant take off. We are in Tonopah, AZ (50 miles West of Phoenix) so it should love it here. Thank you for the 5 tips - helps a lot. Judi
Malabar spinach makes a delicious savoury pancake and wraps.
Cut thick finger sized stem along with long cut potatoes toss them in pan by addition of oil till it get Brown texture add salt , spices& cumin seeds cover it until potato get soft then serve , bona petit.
I have two varieties in my greenhouse and it is a great grower even in winter. I haven't had luck with English spinach and my chooks love it. I want to ask if you can give the berries to my chickens.
I grew some from seeds this last summer. It's almost June and it's still going strong here in Sydney on a north facing balcony. The leaves have turned shades of yellow, pink and red last few weeks which adds a lovely pop of colour to salads. We'll see if it survives winter
I never had a leaf last longer than 3 seconds after being picked because they go straight to my mouth. Favorite leaf of mine.
Loved this plant so much in India, that I searched high and low for one in Europe and finally found a supplier... Great video, informative and entertaining. Keep going!
Did u find a UK seed supplier at all?
This was SUPER helpful!!! About to plant this in hopes to run up the fence in full sun through summer and it should do just that. Thanks!
I love your accent. Thank you for a very informative, and delightfully entertaining video. Cheers from chilly Ontario, Canada 😊
Nicely explained. Liked the energetic & enthusiastic style of talking Arti From Maharashtra,India.
I love my Malabar spinach. It grows great here in North Carolina USDA zone 7B
Boil, drain, squeeze out some of the water, slice the mound of boiled Malabar spinach then drizzle w lemon and shoyu (soy sauce) ir Bragg's amino. Yum.
Thank you for introducing me to this spinach-I will be planting it for the family and the chickens. With how prolific it grows I also plan to use some seeds around the chicken run for the girls!
Thanks Mark! Loving this idea, especially as it self seeds. I did the Sunchokes this year, and love the easy veggies! Blessings
Haha.... I love the way you present my friend. We called this "alugbati" in the Philippines. I planted these malabar in my aquaponics.
Humorous video🤣. Love the Gremlins comparison…very helpful too. I always enjoy your videos. You encourage me. Thanks.
Very cool, thanks. Got myself some Malabar seeds this season, too late to grow them here in Pennsylvania. Lord willing, we`ll be trying them out next season.
How'd it do? I'm in Pa too
Because we use alot off spinach we all love it and I was happily surprised when I found this video last year. Finally a spinach that we can get eat lot of. Love your videos mark keep it up.
I had this once, and didn't know it wasn't real spinach. I loved it. I just planted some seeds a couple of weeks ago, and I live in Central West Florida. I hope I get some benefit from it before the really cool weather descends. But I still have seeds, and can plant again in the spring. I was thrilled to see the self-seeding this plant does. I hope it likes sandy soils. I have it in a mixture of bagged soils and sand now, and it seems happy enough, just getting it's secondary leaves. It's about three weeks old. Thanks for a great video.
It's not true spinach.
Awesome video! My wife and I would love to spend time in your garden (with you, of course!). You've got us intrigued by malabar spinach. Day of the Triffids comment was hilarious.
Thanks for tips. I am growing but very scanty leaf growth with lot of flowers.
Thank you for introducing me to this plant. I look forward to giving it a try in the garden!
Even with your pig's ear comment I still bought a package of seeds and sprouted them. Thanks for the tips.
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I have some of these plants. They reached 6" only, but started flowering already! I used very little cow manure as fertilizer with standard potting mix. Please let me know if I'm doing it wrong!
I have learned a lot from your videos! I really appreciate your work! Your advice encourages me a lot.
Might be the time of year. How did it go
@@DATSUNC210RB20DET It died after a while! 😥
@@Chillyseason5mymymy9 oh well it happens. I've had plenty of plants die on me and probably plenty more to come. Some are as we speak haha
@@DATSUNC210RB20DET aw! That makes me sad! Thanks for your replies though 🙂
@@Chillyseason5mymymy9 all good mate. I have plenty of alive ones and they make me happy 😊
Great info, thanks Mark! It grows wonderfully in the hot So Cal desert.
Thanks JM! Good to know it grows well in your arid climate also. Cheers :)
Add the julienned leaves along with onion and garlic to rice and cook!
I love the way you guys go about these videos.
very interesting plant. in the US, we have a plant that looks similar but it is not a vine, called pokeweed. it looks similar. this looks like the vine version. but the poke weed berries are poisonous.
We have the Red Vine MS growing... its "Autumn" now but it keeps growing 👍 I put it in my smoothies, salads, stir fry... and juice the berries 💚👍
Make lentil soup with Malabar spinach, stir fry the flowers and young fruits as a side dish.
What about growing it in pots in the green house over the winter? We occasionally get frost here in Augusta Georgia.
I don't have much experience with this plant but I already love it.
Good to know!! I just heard a channel mention vining spinach and I came to search. You taught me all about it a another name for it.
I just planted this for the first time, thinking it was a cool weather plant! Whoops! Oh well, sounds like it'll still grow in 70s temps. Next year I'll grow it as a heat loving plant! TY for your videos!
We have the green varieties in our backyard and had been there for 2-3yrs now and self sowing. It can withstand winter also here in Southern California
Thank you Mark
How about in dips? Can’t wait to try it!
These sound Great! I've been looking for something to grow on the fence around the chicken run! Thanks!
Oh yeah... Growing it around the chicken run as a living feed is a top idea! Cheers :)
I have malabar . Stir fry with shrimp with onion and garlic it with taste very good. You can use tender stem also in your Mix vegetable like squash and sweet potato
Hey, you are a force of nature!!! very good advises!!! Thanks a lot!
I am growing mine in pots and am harvesting to my hearts content. I toss it in a bit of oil/or sausage cooked, let it wilt just a bit and then pour the eggs over it. It can be used in a 100 other ways.
Have just been given one of these plants by a woman at work. looking forward to growing it and enjoying it.
Hey! Mark.
You need to try making Miso soup with Malabar, mushrooms & tofu combos. It's amazing,,
trust me man)))
very useful hints for growing Ceylon spinach.
I've not grown it before, though I now have seed so I'll be giving it a go this coming year. Even if I end up disliking the flavour, I'm sure my barnyard fowl will appreciate it. Cheers.
Yeah, the chickens do appreciate it alright! Cheers :)
Last year Baker creek seeds was out, but this year, I got mine! Looking forward to trying this. Ty?
Yep I grow this in hot Savannah GA , it grows ver6 well and makes great frittata , there is an Indian guy who shows you how t9 cook the really big leaves in garbanzo bean flour and spices as a veggie snack !
you make these videos soooo interesting
Just got some seeds ordered on Amazon & took a long time to arrive, wondered where they were coming from so looked in order comments. Really awful reviews ONLY becuz the seeds took so long to arrive. Finally when I got them saw the pkg was from Solomon Islands (to USA) w/customs sticker and all very well packed. So no wonder they took so long to get here. Can hardly wait to plant them now after this great video and all the back up positive comments. Thanks to all.👍🏻👍🏻🌱🍃