Sayote/Chayote


I have been gathering sayote from my garden for awhile now and I can’t keep up with the fruits. Some are getting mature already and ready to be planted again. Its funny how it gives fruits continuously and then suddenly stops and then continues fruiting again. I have made so many recipes out of these delectable fruits. I made fresh lumpia, stir fry noodles, chop suey, chicken tinola, and just plain stir fry sayote /ginisang sayote with shrimp and pork.
Sayote fruit is light green in color and have seed inside which is also edible. The young shoots and leaves can be eaten as salad, a mixture of blanched sayote leaves, tomatoes, red onions and season with Fish sauce/patis.
A native to Brazil, sayote is a good source of amino acids and Vit. C.

Similar Posts

  • Long Beans/Sitaw

    Long beans or sitaw as we call them is in the member of the family of legume except they are eaten as green pods unlike other beans like navy beans or azuki beans. They are also called yard long beans or asparagus beans. I remember eating these beans cooked as adobo. It taste good and…

  • Super Chili

    I bought this super chili plant to to see how it will perform in my garden. Besides, my husband loves to eat them, the hotter the better for him. I like the pepper fruit because it is much bigger than the Hawaiian chili pepper which incidentally I am growing too in the garden. I have…

  • Prizehead Lettuce

    This is my latest experimentation on lettuces. I bought the seeds just because of the picture. I thought it would look good in my lettuce garden bed. So after a few weeks, I am starting to harvest them. In combination of other types of lettuce plus the arugula, it makes the salad more appetizing. It…

  • Pumpkin Seedlings 2

    Three weeks after sowing and the pumpkin seedlings are doing good so are the winged beans and the hyacinth beans. I actually planted the winged beans on the ground yesterday. I like to wait a little bit for the pumpkin and the hyacinth beans plus I need to make room for them. They need room…

  • Okra Flower

    I always plant Okra in my garden. It is an indispensable ingredient in the famous Filipino recipe called “Pinakbet”. I actually just cook that today. I gathered enough eggplants, bittermelons, okra and winged beans today that compelled me to make pinakbet. I also gathered some tomatoes which is also an important ingredient for pinakbet. I…