Kacang Panjang

Vigna sinensis var. sesquipedalis. The asparagus bean or, more commonly, ‘yard-long bean’. The pods really can grow to three feet long, though if they are to be eaten the beans inside them are not allowed to ripen fully. This is much the best bean for eating raw. When I was a young girl in Bogor, we used to slice kacang panjang and cucumbers very thin and mix them with plenty of hot Sambal Terasi. The young leaves can also be lightly boiled or steamed and then eaten as a salad; they are called lembayung.