Tongans use it as a wrap like luau leaves for laulau. They wrap any meat/fish with coconut milk and cook (umu/oven/steamer). Many layer luau (taro leaf) for the outer wrap with pele on the inside then the meats and coconut milk. Tongans and Fijians consume it the most of all the islanders.
Lau pele does get slimey when processing and when cooked for a short time. But as you cook it long enough, the liquid will evaporate and it will lose it's sliminess. So, don't worry! It is such a great leafy green for soups, stews, stir fries, steaming ... I mean, really, any way you would cook spinach, you can cook lau pele! This plant is an endless source of leafy greens!
yes I didn't know that and I put some leaves in a salad and it was slimey I ate it but now I know Also I was told this was a manihot plant @@lilomarley2
Will green cuttings not grow ? My friends "Auntie lilies south sea salad tree" fell over in a storm. She cut it in half, stood it back up. She gave me the 4' long top half. The stem is super fat but its still green. the leaves I pulled off of it were huge, bigger than a dinnerplate. The stem of her whole plant is still green all the way to the base. It's only just starting to get a little woody near the roots.
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Tongans use it as a wrap like luau leaves for laulau. They wrap any meat/fish with coconut milk and cook (umu/oven/steamer). Many layer luau (taro leaf) for the outer wrap with pele on the inside then the meats and coconut milk. Tongans and Fijians consume it the most of all the islanders.
Lau pele does get slimey when processing and when cooked for a short time. But as you cook it long enough, the liquid will evaporate and it will lose it's sliminess. So, don't worry! It is such a great leafy green for soups, stews, stir fries, steaming ... I mean, really, any way you would cook spinach, you can cook lau pele! This plant is an endless source of leafy greens!
yup just got cook a little longer and its so good!! no slime at all
yes I didn't know that and I put some leaves in a salad and it was slimey I ate it but now I know Also I was told this was a manihot plant
@@lilomarley2
Thanks look to add this to my garden after I saw a video that Pete Kanaris put out.
Aloha from Maui
Yes. It gets slimy. Which gives its other name “slippery cabbage”
This plant is originally from Polynesia. The name is lau pele in Samoan language..
We call it "aibika" in Papua New Guinea.
Will green cuttings not grow ? My friends "Auntie lilies south sea salad tree" fell over in a storm. She cut it in half, stood it back up. She gave me the 4' long top half. The stem is super fat but its still green. the leaves I pulled off of it were huge, bigger than a dinnerplate. The stem of her whole plant is still green all the way to the base. It's only just starting to get a little woody near the roots.
woops late reply. Did it grow? favorable conditions and these things start easily.
@ , it’s sprouted but then something ate the stem at ground level so it died before getting established.
Please provide websites where we can puurchase the Tongan spinach?
I live in London UK where can i find some seeds of this amazing plant so i can grow it in my garden in Attica GR please?
if you can get cuttings mailed to you, that might work!
nice
Delicious
i haven't had pele since i moved from Tonga 18 years ago..i been looking for some here in fhe U.S but cant seem to find any.
I miss it too! We moved from Hawaii. It doesnt like the mainland winters.
Aibika🇵🇬
Do you sell cuttings?
If you do I need them
Can you ship some cuttings to florida?
it's hard to ship plants in and out of Hawaii. There's gotta be people in FL who have it.
First and foremost, you are not a gorilla, you're a human being 🤦🏾♂️
Hunans are primates and the only ones who eat meat. Gorillas are primates, as are monkeys, chimpanzee, orangutan, etc.
NOICE
This taste really Good. Great with soups 🙂🤤
The plant is called Pele, Lau means leaf 😉
same as aibika?
They are closely related Im pretty sure!
Anyone knows where to buy tongan spinach?
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What the fook is lau pele? It's called hibiscus...
In english is called Hibiscus,, in Tonga is called Pele and Lau Pele in Samoa.
sometimes called bele? @@meliamedaverman3558
yes!