30 sen ● Ipomoe batatas ( keledek )
Keledek
or sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas )
is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family,
Convolvulaceae, native to the tropical America.
Sweet
potatoes were first introduced to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial
period (1521-1598) via the Manila galleons, along with other New World crops. It was introduced to the Fujian province of
China in about 1594 from Luzon.
Sweet
potatoes were introduced to the Ryukyu Kingdom, present-day Okinawa, Japan, in
the early 1600s by the Portuguese.
Sweet
potato is often cut into small cubes and cooked with taro and coconut milk
(santan) to make a sweet dessert called bubur cha cha . A favorite way of cooking sweet potato is
deep frying slices of sweet potato in batter, or simply boiled. The leaves are usually stir-fried with
only garlic or with sambal belacan and dried shrimp.
30 sen ● Manihot esculenta ( ubi kayu )
Manihot
esculenta, commonly called cassava, is a woody shrub native to South America of
the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.
Cassava
was introduced to Africa by Portuguese traders from Brazil in the 16th century.
Around the same period, it was also introduced to Asia by Portuguese and
Spanish traders, planted in their colonies in Goa, Malacca, Eastern Indonesia,
Timor and the Philippines.
Cassava
leaves is boiled and eaten with sambal (shrimp paste) or tempoyak (fermented
durian), cooked with pork, chicken,
fish, or snake in a large bamboo stick (pansoh ), gulai daun ubi.or masak lemak
pukuk ubi. Cassava is also processed
into chips ( kerepek ubi ) and tapai ( fermented tapioca ).
50 sen ● Pachyrhizus erosus ( sengkuang )
Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jicama, is
is a species in the genus Pachyrhizus in the bean family (Fabaceae).
Spaniards
spread cultivation of jícama from Mexico to the Philippines, from there it went
to China and other parts of Southeast Asia.
It
is often eaten fresh in local salad called rojak. It is also cooked stirfried, or as an ingredient
in making baozi and springrolls.
50 sen ● Dioscorea
alata ( ubi badak )
Dioscorea alata, also known as purple yam, is
originated from the Asian tropics.
Miniature Sheet RM3 ● Colacasia
esculenta ( keladi )
Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant of the
family Araceae.
Keladi
is often made into kueh keladi, or cooked with other ingredients in bubur cha
cha. It is also cooked as a savory dish
with dried shrimps.
Technical
Details
Date of Issue 23-Jul-2009
Stamp Value : 30sen (2
designs); 50 sen (2 designs)
Sheet Content : 20 Stamps
Paper : Phosphor Coated
Printing Process : Lithography
Printer : Percetakan
Keselamatan Sdn Bhd
Stamp Designer : World
Communications Network Resources (M) Sdn Bhd
