Taro leaves cooked in coconut milk, coconut cream, pork, shrimp, chilli, ginger, onion, garlic, jalapeno pepper, salt and other special ingredients is called "Laing" in the Philippines. Other regions in the Philippines have their own way of cooking this. Whatever style it is, Laing is one of my favourite Filipino dishes.
Here at the Central Coast, NSW (Australia) where I live taro leaves is not available in the market, supermarket or even in the Asian store near us. I may have seen a frozen taro leaves for “laing” stored in the freezer in the Filipino store here but I guess I prefer the fresh leaves.
I missed “laing” that when I saw this in can I decided to try it. Well, as soon as I open the can I right away smell the preservatives. What am I thinking? Of course it has to have loads of preservatives! I didn’t enjoy it. Oh well, at least I’ve tried it.
