00:00From Lawaan, let's go to its neighboring town, Barbaza.
00:08This is called Nipa Palm or Mangrove Palm.
00:12This is the only type of palm that can grow in estuarine areas or mangrove areas.
00:20The place where salt and water mix.
00:24This is the fruit of Nipa.
00:26Nipa has many uses.
00:30But today, we're not going to get vinegar, we're not going to get lime, we're not going to get palm.
00:36What we're going to do is we're going to get the top of the Nipa.
00:40Because they use it for cooking.
00:43Okay, where's the top?
00:45Top means the inside, right?
00:47Yes, ma'am.
00:48So where is it?
00:49Below you.
00:50So you just choose the Nipa that...
00:53Yes.
00:54What?
00:54If you choose this one, the small one that looks like a leaf, that's where you'll know that there's a top.
01:03Because if there's no top, then there's only fruit, then there's no pulp.
01:08No pulp.
01:11It's really like we're going to pluck the...
01:15Yes.
01:17Is its root just shallow?
01:20It's shallow, ma'am.
01:21Oh.
01:25It's heavy.
01:27I can't do this.
01:37There, it's moving.
01:43This is really heavy.
01:47Oh, it's like it's floating.
01:51There.
01:54It's like it's moving.
02:06Its root is just shallow, right?
02:10I'll bring it here, ma'am.
02:12Oh, we're going to bring it to the river?
02:14To pull it there?
02:15Just here, ma'am.
02:16Anything.
02:17Okay, let's bring it. You can do it.
02:19Okay, ma'am.
02:20It's heavy.
02:24Oh, my God.
02:26Oh, my God, it's so deep.
02:30It's lighter when it's floating in the water.
02:34So, where's the top here?
02:36It's on the other side.
02:38This one here?
02:40Yes.
02:44There.
02:46It's just like a banana.
02:49It's just like a banana.
02:59Okay, let's bring it to the river.
03:05It's like nothing is left, sir.
03:07It's just small, ma'am.
03:09Just here.
03:15There.
03:18Okay.
03:20This is the top.
03:22It's not the whole thing.
03:24It's just that.
03:26What does it taste like?
03:28We'll find out later.
03:30Okay, so this is the top we got.
03:32Where's the top?
03:34Let's get it.
03:36Just the middle.
03:42Just here, ma'am.
03:44Oh, my God, it's so small.
03:47So, it's just this.
03:49It's so small.
03:51So, usually, they get the top
03:53when they're going to use it
03:55in other parts
03:57of Nipa.
03:59So, for example,
04:01they already got vinegar,
04:03and they already got
04:05something for their ritual.
04:07Instead of just letting the tree go
04:09and throwing it away,
04:11they get the top of it.
04:13Where is it?
04:16Oh, in fairness.
04:18This is the top we got
04:20of Nipa.
04:22We're going to cook it now.
04:24I'm here with Loren.
04:26There's mung bean.
04:28So, you're going to cook it with mung bean?
04:30Yes, ma'am.
04:32I'm going to put pork leg.
04:42When do you eat this?
04:45When there's an occasion, ma'am.
04:47Oh, when there's an occasion.
04:49In fairness, the top of Nipa
04:51is just one.
04:53So, think about it.
04:55You're going to kill the whole tree
04:57just so you can eat it every day.
04:59When there's a special occasion,
05:01there's the top of Nipa.
05:03In cooking this,
05:05first, saute ginger, garlic, onion,
05:09and pork leg.
05:11So, earlier,
05:13we sauteed the mung bean to make it soft.
05:21When the pork leg is brown,
05:23you can put the mung bean
05:27and add water.
05:31So, we're just going to boil it
05:33until the pork is soft.
05:35When the pork is soft,
05:37we're going to put the top of Nipa
05:39and the seasoning.
05:42In the meantime,
05:44we're going to prepare the Ubod.
05:46We're going to cut it into small pieces.
05:48How small?
05:50Just bite-sized.
05:52Bite-sized?
06:02We're going to put the top of Nipa
06:04and season it
06:06with salt,
06:08tamarind, and chili.
06:12They say that the Ubod
06:14has a bitter taste.
06:16Some people who cook
06:18stir-fried mung bean,
06:20they put bitter leaves
06:22in their mung bean.
06:24The bitter leaves are also bitter.
06:26Instead of bitter leaves,
06:28we're going to use the top of Nipa.
06:30That will give
06:32a bitter taste
06:34to the stir-fried mung bean.
06:42Hey,
06:44this is a different stir-fried mung bean
06:46because it has the top of Nipa.
06:48What will it taste like?
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