Another ‘Asian veg’ I love: sweet potato leaves (also known as ‘yam leaves’ or ‘yam tips’ here)

Adrianna Tan

Also a good time to always say (every time I say ‘sambal’)

When following a Malaysian or Indonesian recipe asking for sambal

DO NOT USE ROOSTER BRAND SAMBAL OELEK

You will regret it (it’s way too sour most of our food)

Okay to use it if it’s an Asian recipe from the U.S.!

But we don’t really use that type of sambal for cooking. Look instead for sambal terasi or sambal belachan at Asian grocers (not vegan)

Or sambal matah (usually vegan)

Veronika Cheplygina

@skinnylatte besides oelek I've only had terasi and it's sooo different

Karin!

@skinnylatte the couple of times we grew sweet potatoes, a groundhog came through and ate all the leaves. I figured they must be pretty good

Adrianna Tan

@nirak hehe yep I like it a lot

Turmeric leaves are also very good and fragrant, often used to make curries

If you grow turmeric for long enough eventually they’ll sprout some

Adrianna Tan

@DrVeronikaCH lots of different styles! Drives me nuts when people use them interchangeably

laura lemay

@skinnylatte I grew sweet potatoes for many years and never knew the greens were edible. Then I saw a huge pile of them at the chinese veg stand at the farmer's market. Me: Are these sweet potato greens? Vendor: Yam leaves! Very tasty!

They really are delish. And also if you grow sweet potatoes you have SO MUCH of them.

Adrianna Tan

@lemay I loveee sweet potato!

Opiniated Charles

@skinnylatte Love them
Wish I could find them here

Adrianna Tan

@karlieeuh there is a Malaysian cooking person who does videos about Peranakan food out of Munich

I wonder where she shops!

Paris has a ton of good Asian grocers if you’re moving

Opiniated Charles

@skinnylatte
I will look for the Munich Peranakan cooking videos

Paris would be food paradise, but it is real-estate / transport hell.

Adrianna Tan

@karlieeuh nyonya cooking is her channel