Steamed Morning Glory with Fried Garlic and Shallots

Name: Steamed Morning Glory with Fried Garlic and Shallots
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 1.5 ml/¼ tsp dried chilli flakes; sea salt; 6 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 2 bunches morning glory, total weight about 250 g/9 oz, trimmed and coarsely chopped into 2.5cm/1 in lengths; 4 shallots, thinly sliced; 30 ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

Morning glory goes by various names, including water spinach, water convolvulus and swamp cabbage. It is a green leafy vegetable with long jointed stems and arrow shaped leaves. The stems remain crunchy while the leaves wilt like spinach when cooked.

Ingredients

2 bunches morning glory, total weight about 250 g/9 oz, trimmed and coarsely chopped into 2.5cm/1 in l

Asia
Thailand
Side dish
South East Asia
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Place the morning glory in a steamer and steam over a pan of boiling water for 30 seconds, until just wilted. If necessary, cook it in batches. Place the leaves in a bowl or spread them out on a large serving plate.
Heat the oil in a wok an