Stir-fried water spinach

Stir-fried water spinach
Tumis kangkung served in Makassar, Indonesia
CourseSide dish
Region or stateEast Asia: Southern China

Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

South Asia: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Eastern India
Serving temperaturehot
Main ingredientswater spinach

Stir-fried water spinach is a common Asian vegetable dish, known by various names in Asian languages. Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) is stir-fried with a variety of vegetables, spices, and sometimes meats. It is commonly found throughout East, South and Southeast Asia; from Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine in China,[1] to Indonesian,[2] Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Malaysian, Singaporean, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese cuisine; to Sri Lankan cuisine and Bengali cuisine in South Asia.

  1. ^ "Cantonese Style Water Spinach Stir-fry". Yi Reservation.
  2. ^ Anita (2 October 2019). "Kangkung Tumis Terasi". Daily Cooking Quest.