Cassava - eat the leaf too!

[@donneone]

My Gram would boil up the leaves with water and then add a bit of salt and coconut milk just enough to add white color, and bring it back to a soft boil. She did the same thing to young taro leaves or spinach if she didn't have any young taro leaves. With the roots she would quarter them and boil in water. Then she would add coconut milk and a bit of salt, and bring it back to boil. I remember she did the same thing to taro roots and green breadfruits some times. All delicious! The coconut milk gave a slight bit of sweetness. Thanks, you brought back fond memories of my little kid days.

[@nirmal148]

You don't throw the water away after boiling??

[@donneone]

@@nirmal148 Sorry, that part I don't remember clearly. I think she drained off most of the water after boiling, but not all. Then she'd add the coconut milk. It was not thick milk. More soupy like.

[@cuteblue2212]

I had no idea the leaves are edible. I grew up eating the roots never knowing you could eat the leaves too. Thanks so much!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

My pleasure - happy experimenting

[@mjk9388]

I really love your "Edible Leaf" series. I've learned so much that I've never knew before and I've watched hundreds of hours of gardening videos across KZbin for the last 7 years.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Great to hear! Thanks for writing.

[@allisonb.3390]

I have recently been looking into the health and spiritual benefits of cassava leaves. Growing up my parents planted and cooked the roots and we ate it with stew meat or fish but we never ate the leaves. Today I cooked and ate the cassava leaves for the first time in my life out of curiosity, and it was very delicious. It tasted very much like when you cook spinach with onion and garlic, but much better. My preparation... I cut up the leaves and blended them together with a whole grated coconut, (taking away the brown outer skin of the coconut) I also blended it with five cloves of garlic, half an onion and a teaspoon of salt. It is easy to blend with a bit of water and some cooking oil. In metal (iron) frying pot, I added three tablespoons of oil, fried up half of small onion and three crushed garlic cloves. I then added the blended cassava leaves with the grated coconut. I also added pepper and salt to taste. Being from the Caribbean, I added half a tablespoon of Caribbean Green Seasoning. I allowed it to cook for more than half an hour or more, adding water from time your time so it does not dried up. The result was quite delicious. It can be eaten with roti, ( a sort of nan bread) or with rice and curry meat. Enjoy your won't regret.☺

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

How wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing that. My mouth was watering with your description. I will try that.

[@allisonb.3390]

You're very welcome.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

I also grew up in the Caribbean and i never knew, the leaves of cassava were edible, until i met Liberians in the USA.

[@kenrehill8775]

I started gardening in bare feet, feels nice. With no dig it’s pretty easy.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

It sure is!

[@AO-qy8fp]

My great grandfather was a Casava farmer and it feels so incredible to learn all these amazing details. I didn't know the sticks could "hibernate" so to speak. Simply incredible!

[@helensten6830]

Hey, cassava young leafs are my favorite veg. I use to pound the leaves, wash and squeeze the juice out for two times then pounded it again with a 2inch jinger. With pounded garlic and onions. Then fried it with cooking oil for about 10 mins with a bit of salt and chicken pastes I love its looks green and teasty.

[@cementos7922]

I'm from Liberia, and in my country, cassava leaf is a normal part of our diet. We even based a dish of it.

[@marthachea4716]

From Liberia too and it’s my favorite soup

[@lovelife8968]

Casava leaf is my favorite too. My mom is Liberian

[@edwinamirsaleh15]

My friend, what does the leaf itself taste like once cooked ?

[@cementos7922]

@@edwinamirsaleh15 it's still gonna taste bad (like eating a leaf). I eat it with a whole lotta other spices, salt, and seed oils.

[@harrietbwembya3631]

Here in Zambian that's a very common vegetable..we get the leaves pound them in a pounding motor and boil them for a couple of hour to allow them to be soft.we put salt,tomatoes ,cooking oil and onion to taste.

[@oliviajan2918]

Yes, we love it in Zambia 🇿🇲

[@cutsewwithsilverywhite1677]

You don't drain the water?

[@erlanggacalzi01]

The benefits of cassava leaves are amazing for the skin

[@HighlandHedgehogHomestead]

We love your videos Morag! Thank you for all the useful information!

[@vivicarichewoman9302]

We eat cassava leaves in Africa, it is very delicious vegetables. Cassava leaves can be cooked in many different ways.

[@cryptohalloffame]

awesome, we have cassava, papaya and pomegranate, a veritable salad....

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

DSAS remember you precook they cassava leaves first 😀

[@EdpiperEjukwa]

Hello, I really enjoyed I information on cassava... especially, the leaf. I have used it to prepare soup ate with yam, taste really nice. I am watching from Lagos Nigeria. Cheers

[@judumaludu977]

Thank you so much for making this vid

[@Sacredrebelsrecovery]

This is awesome to know! We have tons of cassava on our farm here in Peru! Can’t wait to watch more of your videos!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@palmirapedro4897]

I love cassava leaves.😋😋

[@LeahPurtee]

I have variegated cassava and the green leafy one. Yes, you can cook its leaves for so many ways. Us in Philippines 🇵🇭 at Region V we shave a special recipe for that, both the roots (yucca) and the leaves. Anyhow, thank you so much for sharing this video. By the way, I would like to invite you in MyLittleJungle. Maybe we could have some cup of coffee ☕️ or tea 🍵 while talking about the recipe😃. What do you think 🤔?💞🌸🦋

[@patricia19551]

Thank you so much for this great Infor.,

[@Vanilla-ff5jk]

My mum will stir-fry it with anchovies, chilli and garlic. After boiling the leaves.

[@dhanipurwal9170]

Superb delicious fresh n healthy food

[@telorceplok8812]

You can cook cassava leaf with curry Taste awesome

[@WetMyPothos]

The leaves are the best part! ❤

[@danennis3078]

But, Morag! I don't like leaves! Can you feature some plants without leaves? Just kidding. You're the best.

[@swidobali86]

We stuff the leaf inside the chicken with balinese herb and than steam it or grill it. it’s called ayam betutu. oh i missed that 😘

[@cynthialouw2970]

Fantastic!!! Thank you so so much! I never knew! Learning so much!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You are so welcome!

[@plantplants3036]

Great video

[@ssilva5663]

my mum chops it up and fries it with coconut, its quite nice then.

[@sandybrownonyt]

Morag you read my mind. I was looking at a pot plant we have wondering g about the leaves Great info

[@noelenejephcott6954]

Thx so much for the video. A friend gave me a cutting and it's grown to a big plant in a pot. Now i know how to use it. Thx

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Wonderful!

[@benschulz3871]

I reckon it makes ya feel super relaxed after eating it... no wonder its popular

[@Ricosyard]

Excellent information

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thanks :-) Do you eat cassava? I'm curious to hear different ways everyone prepares it.

[@Ricosyard]

Yes I do eat them usually boiled then sauté in lots of onions garlic and olive oil or sliced and fried like French fries @@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

sounds delicious!@@Ricosyard

[@dunkinpossum]

Hell, I remember planting cassava way bak then, 4 the root, never thought 2eat it's leaves. Keen 2try, Ty.

[@alisonperry1786]

Thanyou yes

[@leacal3008]

Eating boiled cassava will make you full. I like it!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Yes it will

[@adalgonzalez7790]

I have two questions: 1. Can you grow it from a root? Meaning, can you buy a yuca tuber, plant it and grow it like you would with the sticks? 2. Instead of boiling the leaves in water, can you use them in stir fries and such directly or is there a substance you need to get rid of first? Thank you so much for these videos!! I ❤️ them!!!

[@jcd830]

1. no. 2. yes you can stir fry them.

[@oludeademolaidowu]

You can not plant the root tuber as it has no buds to germinate. Only from stems and at times Seeds.

[@jcferreira03]

It has a poison, leaves and also root . Must be prepared the right way.

[@michelep2924]

I know this video is about a year old but I hope you see my comment 😁 My culture calls them Yuca. I LOVE them! My favorite way to eat them is to boil them and cover them with a garlic mixed with oil, salt & pepper, and onions. My mom likes to add olives. It's delicious!! I've had fried but I've never eaten the leaves. I ordered seeds and planted them last week of February but nothing has grown ☹. Do you have any advice?

[@Dinumeration]

Yuca al ajillo :D yummy yummy!

[@superstory4u144]

In some parts of West Africa they cook the leaves for stew

[@kasikwagoma6740]

We black Africans eat cassava like no man's business. We at the tuber and the leaves, absolutely delicious and nutritious.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

What's your absolutely favourite way to cook it?

[@navajo6931]

I am indigenous Montagnard Jarai when I was in village I ate cassava leaves almost every days

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Yes, such an important food in many places.

[@maria.inrainbows]

amazing !! thank you

[@helensten2635]

Cassavas young leaves are easy to cook. You can pounded it then squeeze the pounded leave green liquid out so that it's fast to cook. You can fried it with chicken pieces till well cook. It's nice and teasty.. hope you can try it.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thanks for sharing!

[@you_r_my-world2288]

Can I grow them in the US? I want to grow some

[@Mute2024]

I’m growing them in zone 10b Florida

[@dorisagape9768]

I grow them in zone 9B

[@bonzothebrown7603]

A talk about eating leaves of chilli plants would be good info to share.

[@Amy-ky5wr]

I think chili plant leaves might be poisonous? They're a solanaceae so related to tomatoes and potatoes and that family usually have poisonous leaves.

[@pavnoukeu9564]

There are plenty tasty recipees from African countries, Rwanda, Cameroon, Congo as those are eaten there. Open up and enjoy!

[@raphlvlogs271]

they will make a great ornamental shrub too.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Absolutely

[@idiahiokojie5335]

Waoo where did you learn Casava?

[@victorfiore6332]

I have some cassava, that I tried to transplant out of a bucket into the ground and I think I killed it, any advice to hopefully save it

[@lipsterman1]

How long do you have to boil the leaves to remove the toxicity?

[@routesdeesigns]

I'll say about an hour

[@vanessaduldulao7194]

What do you know about the varigated cassava? Is it edible as well?

[@bonniegray9916]

Hi Morag does this have variegated leaves as well. I remember it in my mums garden but we never ate it. Am i thinking of a different plant? Love your videos so informative👍

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Yes it does

[@ranicefreire2611]

The leaf is great to kill parasites also papaya leafs

[@liberianmoviestv6427]

The water is also good do not throw away the water

[@kyaumrungthung2390]

I’m Montagnard Jarai tribe I love Casava leafs it’s Montagnard traditional vegetables we have bean eat for century now I live in CA we don’t have here

[@chinmayhemani]

for harvest of cassava root - do we chop off the stem ? what to do of the leaves - can they be used as green manure / or as green mulch if we dont want to consume the leaves? stem as i understand we can used as cutting for propagation.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

yes for using the leaves as mulch. to harvest cassava root, dig it up.

[@Blue1Sapphire]

Im wondering if the raw leaf will eliminate worms & pathogens in the gut. In moderation of course.

[@ernestdobson8882]

Thanks for the incredible insight, cassava leaves are widely eaten in Liberia by a section of the population predominantly the Vai tribe of the southwestern county of Liberia, actually it has become a national delicacy in Liberia, it’s yummy and delicious when cook with red palm oil or refine vegetable oil , it’s mostly eaten along side rice ,additionally it’s a nutritional feed for goat in Liberia. Liberians in Australia do consume it , however , its costly here and it’s sold frozen and not fresh from the cassava stem .😊

[@Amy-ky5wr]

It grows readily here in Australia (I'm in Brisbane) so try find some cuttings and put them in the garden, save some money 😊 In fact that's why I'm here - I've got a massive cassava plant in my garden that I just stuck in as a stem cutting and it's been trouble-free and getting bigger and bigger, and now I need to learn how to prepare it safely to eat.

[@udayakumar.d6594]

Ate all plants, leaves, flowers, roots, stem... Elephant entered

[@MBEspinosa]

Ahhhh! Mandioca! Hahaha I never eat mandioca or tapioca...

[@BlessingEgene-m7u]

Pls if one eat three small peices of raw cassava leafs will it affect the person pls I need your reply thanks.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

I doubt it

[@francisadedayo8327]

Can the cassava leaf be cooked and drink the water instead of throwing the water away, because we believe that after boiling, all the nutrients will dissolve in water, that's why we need to drink the water it boiled in instead of throwing them away.... What do you think?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Usually that is the case with boiling things, but in the case of cassava, I would throw away the water - the process is to remove the arsenic

[@Amy-ky5wr]

​@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife cyanide not arsenic I think you meant 😊 arsenic is an elemental heavy metal, it can't be broken down, hopefully there's none in our soils. Cyanide is a naturally occurring plant toxin created in the plant, and processing and cooking can destroy and remove a lot of the cyanide.

[@stefancosmas9578]

I planted Cassava this month it's okay ?

[@neroxi69]

We just boil it until the cassava leaf turn green faded .and toast it until all the water drain from the cassava leaf.we eat with white rice and dip with hot salsa sauce ..

[@Timmy2951]

Do you cut the core out of the root ?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Usually - but some younger roots are OK.

[@racquelsabesaje4562]

i use cassava stem to curl my hair

[@nhanetjean]

Hi, in Africa the sakasaka sauce is made from casava leaf. The dry leaf contain 25% protéine, wich is very high and make it very valuable to feed animals. The drying process in plain sun can kill the toxic HCN before to give it to animals. You can search for CLM (casava leaf meal) for previus expériences.

[@mrskurd5605]

How many calories are in cassava leaves

[@mrkeopele]

😀

[@AbuAli-vm7up]

What is the lives banafata

[@thaiga]

Can chickens eat the leaf raw

[@alisonperry1786]

Ive been eating just a small amount with my raw why should I stop. Way should I cook.? You said not to eat raw but why.?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

cyanide levels in the raw root and leaves. this dissipates when cooked

[@alisonperry1786]

@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife thankyou for your kind respons this morning up sautaing a big bunch instead of green smoothying a couple of leaf peices.....

[@hfrench789]

I know you have to boil them to get rid of the cyanides, but doesn't the boiling also cut the nutrient content like with other greens? We always (with like collards and turnip greens etc.... ) used to use the water because that's where all the nutrients went. Can't do that with cassava.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

You're right. But in a season when the the collards and turnips are not growing, we have cassava - and this can help to bridge the hungry gap in warmer climates.

[@sarahkerrigan6026]

what phytochemical's are at play?

[@raphlvlogs271]

where are you based in?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

100km north of Brisbane Australia

[@mariahc.crawley884]

Gluten free Starch The Behaves MUCHHHHHH LIKE WHEAT! MAKE FLOUR FROM THE ROOTS!

[@lovelife8968]

Liberian people eat the leafe also

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Thanks for sharing that - such an abundant food

[@lyonzochannel9158]

Stir fried young cassava leaf with is Sarawakian local delicacy.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

thanks for sharing that!

[@racquelsabesaje4562]

patulon maayo na lang nahimutang na minyo na