Bep and Nip leaves in Dak Lak, a type of wild vegetable that was once eaten to stave off hunger, have now become a specialty that people are hunting for.

The leaves grow all year round, but the best time to enjoy them is from May to July, when the Central Highlands begin their rainy season and the young shoots of the leaves sprout and are fresh and young.

Ms. H'Loan Nie (in Ea Tam ward, Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province) said that the leaves often grow on the edge of the forest and along streams.

When the rainy season comes, every time they go to the fields, the Ede people often pick the leaves and process them into many delicious dishes for their meals.

“When people pick a lot of leaves that their family cannot eat, they bring them to vegetable markets to sell. Since then, many people in the city know and love the leaves.

But nowadays, there are not many spring leaves left in nature, so this is considered a specialty vegetable, and it is not always available at the market," Ms. H'Loan shared.

Leafy greens - a specialty wild vegetable of the Ede people in Dak Lak province, have a selling price ranging from 80,000 to 100,000 VND/kg depending on the time of year.

In Dak Lak, the Ede people often use the leaves to make stir-fried vegetables, soup with freshwater shrimp, stream fish, etc. When cooked, the leaves will be slightly chewy, sweet and fatty, creating a flavor that cannot be confused with any other vegetable.

Previously, spring leaves were quite popular, but in recent years, wild spring leaves have gradually become scarce.

For the Ede people, the leaves of the fern are a common wild vegetable, but now they have become a specialty vegetable, a clean vegetable, because the fern leaves grow naturally and are picked by people who go to the forest.

Ms. H'Trang Byă, owner of a vegetable stall in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province, shared that the leaves of the spring onion have now become a specialty vegetable and are favored by gourmets.

Many Central Highlands specialty restaurants want to import her vegetables, but the quantity is not enough, the amount of vegetables is only enough for her to retail to people. Currently, she retails her vegetables at 80,000-100,000 VND/kg depending on the time of year.

In Dak Lak province, the leaf of the fern was previously a wild vegetable, but now it has become a specialty vegetable loved by many gourmets and is being sought after.

Currently, many restaurants and eateries in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province have processed the leaves into many diverse dishes, when combining the leaves with many other foods, notably: canned fish soup with the leaves, stir-fried leaves with beef, stir-fried leaves with young eggs, or hot pot with the leaves, bringing rich diversity to the culinary scene.

Just a rustic wild vegetable, but anyone who has had the opportunity to enjoy dishes made from the leaves of the fern will forever remember the cool flavor of the mountains and forests.

Not only a unique dish, the leaves of the spring onion are also a medicinal herb that is beneficial to health, rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals that are beneficial to health.

Source: https://danviet.vn/la-bep-la-nhip-o-dak-lak-loai-rau-rung-xua-an-chong-doi-nay-hoa-ra-dac-san-nguoi-ta-san-lung-20240706164717211.htm