Fruits, Herbs & Vegetables

Fresh chickpeas in its pods

Perilla – also known as shiso, wild sesame, Chinese basil and beefsteak plant

yam bean (sar kot/mangkuang in Cantonese, sengkuang in Malay)

White variety eggplant

Kai Lan (Chinese broccoli)

Light green variety snake bean (left) and dark green variety snake bean (right). Also known yard long bean, long bean or tau kok in Cantonese

Dragon fruit or Pitaya. Have white or red flesh containing tiny, edible black seeds.

Fresh young ginger

Chickpeas

Ginger plant

Kaffir lime fruit & Kaffir lime leaves

Fresh bamboo shoot

A very unique durian variety with its red flesh – not a common species.

Durian tree with red flesh durian fruit

Momordica fruit (left) & Liquorice root (right) – Chinese spices use to make Master stock for the soya sauce chicken

Black cardamons (left) & Dried ginger (right) – Chinese spices use to make Master stock for soya sauce chicken

Another variety of eggplant/aubergine

Long variety eggplant more commonly found in Asia

Three variety of sweet potatoes – white, orange and purple

Taro

Nangka (Jackfruit)

Baby pak choy or Shanghai pak choy (left), Pak Choy (centre) or bok choy means “white vegetable” because of its white stalks

White Radish, Daikon (Japanese), Lor Pak (Cantonese)

Garlic shoots

Yard long bean, Snake bean or Tau Kok in Cantonese

Okra or lady’s fingers

Choko or Chayote

Bitter Gourd/Melon or Foo Kua in Cantonese

Garlic chives or Kow Choy

“Hairy” Melon or Mo Kua (Cantonese)

Angled Loofah (Seng Kua in Cantonese)

Taro

Wong Nga Pak or Wong Bok (Chinese cabbage)

Water spinach or Kangkong (left), Amaranth or Red Yin Choy (right)

Choy Sum

Baby Pak Choy

Papaya

Young coconut for drinking

Jackfruit (Nangka)

Durian flowers

Durian flowers

Durian flowers

Longan fruit (see longan tree)

Cekur leaves

Pomelo Tree

Dissected female mud crab – prized for her orangey roe.

Female mud crab

Bunga Kantan or torch ginger

Star anise tree (took this photo in Vietnam)

Limau kasturi (Malay) or limau nipis (thin skin lime) plant

Jambu air

Garlic chive flowers (gau choy fa)

Green papaya and banana blossom

Thai eggplant

Galangal (In picture -the light red colorued rhizome)

Thai pea eggplant (left), Fresh turmeric (right)

Jantung pisang ( literally means “heart” of the banana) or Banana blossom/flower plant

Duku langsat (top) & Mangosteen (bottom)

Kaffir lime leave plant

Curry leave tree

Turmeric leave plant

Daun Kesom (Malay), Vietnamese Mint

Durian 101 – another species of durian

This species of durian is known as “Musang King”

Two varieties of bananas – on the left is the Pisang (banana) awak and on the right is pisang ristali

Custard apple

Turmeric (Left front), galangal (right rear) and lemongrass (right front)

A type of vegetable (gourd)

Young coconut leaves and a bucket of sugar cane (left)

Taro (yam) stems

Fresh nutmeg

Krachai (Thai), Cekur root (Malay)

Buah Keluak – an Indonesian black nut

Pandan/Pandanus/Screwpine leaves

Cassava or Tapioca

Bitter gourd – small variety

Packets of young nangka (jackfruit) – see nangka tree

Packets of peeled garlic & eschallots (small red onions)

Banana blossom or banana flower

Belimbing or little star fruit

Cockles or Blood cockles

A banana variety called Pisang Emas (gold banana)

Yam bean

Stems of petai – sold in bunches

Longan (literally means “Dragon eye”) tree

Rambutan tree

Durian tree.

Mangosteen tree

Fresh water chestnut

Peeled petai with the thin membrane removed (see glossary on petai )

Bunches of petai or sator (Thai) sold at the wet market

Betel leaves

Black skin garlic

Buah Keloh (Malay) or Moringai (Indian)

Winged bean (Kacang botol in Malay)

Tempeh (fermented soya bean) & plates of fresh tamarind slices

Coconut milk machine

Fresh nangka (jackfruit) – the seeds have been removed.

Nangka tree (Jackfruit)

Pomelo

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