oh!! I love sambal kangkung belacan!! I miss this dish too..Your dish look great!! It’s been a while I been to Chinatown .All NYC Chinatowns do sell kangkung at great price,I think about $1.50 USD lb,not bad,huh?.I’m going to add “bak U bok” on top! hahaha!

Sambal Kangkung! THE dish for that bowl of steamed rice!

I can eat that whole plate all by myself Its has been a while since I cook this minus the belachan ( hubby can’t stand the smell)

Excellent dish. I had no idea you can get kangkoong in US. I always thought it was something you find in the village in South East Asia region ..

Great photos, by the way

beachloverkitchen,
Wow…USD1.5 per lb is cheap. I don’t remember how much I paid already.. must have been more than that! Maybe next time I should buy from Chinatown.
“Bak U Bok”!! I want some!! That is really my favourite! Do you make your own?

tigerfish,
Yes!!

Gertrude,
I think I can also eat the whole plate.. just with rice.. heheheh I think this dish is just as nice without belacan!! The smell could be too strong for other people.

I came from south of Thailand, Songkla, so I was very close to Malaysia. This dish remind me of something that my grandma used to make. I have to try to make it one day. Love your site!

Jun,

Thank you! I was surprised to see this at the local supermarket in London too. I am not sure if I saw this at Chinatown. I need to check it out. And yes, I agree with you, I thought it was something very common in villages in SE Asia.

khunying,
Ah…really? Songkla is really near to Kedah, that’s where I come from! I have to admit our family cooking is somehow influenced by Thai cooking too. In fact, there’s a Thai village near my parents house. So, when I go back to Malaysia, I like to eat at one of those Thai restaurants that serve really authentic Malaysian-Thai food!! Just delicious!
I am glad that you love my site!! Stay tuned for more recipes!

This is an authentic peranakan dish. I love this dish. For us, we have a little more spice and dried prawns added to form the rempeh for the dish. Will share the recipe with you soon.

Cheers
Olivia

I always get some kangkung whenever I am in NYC Chinatown (love that place!). I have substituted kangkung with spinach from the local supermarket when the craving for this hits.

LeeMei, I am jealous now! Those oriental vegie are luxurious goods for me, they are so expensive in Norway. The price is about GBP 5.23 per kg.

I love this dish! You remind me of sweet potato leaves. Belacan with sweet potato leaves is also damn good!

Olivia,
That sounds good! Yes, would be great if you could share the recipe

Maya,
I believe the Chinatown in CNY is much better than the small one in London.
I think spinach is good too.

pepsi ,
Aiks…! I think it isn’t any cheaper in the UK.. I don’t really how much I paid for 300g!! I will check when I go again.
Yeah…. sweet potato leaves.. I love them too..
By the way, is it difficult to get Oriental/SE Asian food in Norway?

I planted some in my vege patch, almost time to harvest. They are flowering now, white flowers. My sweet potato (for leaves) also flowering but purple-pinkish flowers. Those flowers added some colours to my vege patch, otherwise all green!

Hey! My favourite dish! But I haven’t cooked it for my son as I am afraid that he can’t accept belachan and red chillies.

Lydia,
That’s nice to have a garden with some veges. I haven’t seen the flowers of kangkung and the sweet potato leaves! They must be pretty

lk,
Yeah.. I could imagine that belacan could be too strong taste. I did one time without was good too.. as for chilies, it’s probably too young to let you son to try Maybe when he is a bit older

Kangkung! My dad adores sambal kangkung. And yeah as soon as you said ‘ong choi’ I knew it was kangkung; my family is Cantonese I tend to prefer mine with fermented bean paste/’fu ru’ ???)<– I have no idea whether I got the Chinese characters right! :p

LeeMei,
Kangkung and sweet potato’s flowers look alike, and similar to morning glory (or they are in the same family?). It was my first time to see sweet potato’s flower, my mom planted for so many years but I never seen its flower till recently.

Nil,
Yeah – the Chinese characters are right When I mentioned to my mom ‘Ong Choi’, she knew it instantly as she is Cantonese. As for me, I learnt from young to know it as ‘Eng Chai’ hehehe..
I have never tried with ?? in my cooking before.. maybe one day you can share any of your recipes with it?

Lydia,
Ahhh.. ok.. I just ‘googled’ and check the images.. now I know.. I remember seeing the kangkung flowers!

yummy! Of all the vegetable dishes, sambal kangkung is my favourite!

Piggy,
I think the texture of this veg is just amazing! I love the crunch of the stems

If you go to most of any Fish and Seafood grilled in Indonesia, you will find this dish or pelecing kangkung for the complement, such as in Jimbaran, Bali.

Pepy,
I was in Jimbaran, Bali March this year! I just checked the photos of the meal we had at one of the Fish & Seafood grill restaurants at Jimbaran Bay and indeed, kangkung was a complementary dish!!
Thanks for letting me know, else I wouldn’t have remembered!

ohhhh you make me drooling over my keyboard
I have to check the Asian shop, if they have kangkung… I’ll make it

I m a Singapore but living in Australia – Melbourne. Every now and then I m craving for family food but I have big problem choosing vegetables, simply because I cant see the different But I loves kangkong alot.. and was so happy to see this in your blog. But can I ask.. is water spinach and spinach the same? And what is the english name of sweet potato leaves?

Thanks in advance

Sefa,
Thanks for dropping by! I do crave for this kind of dish from time to time

Irene,
Thanks for dropping by and your comment. Water spinach and spinach are not the same. However, if you can’t find water spinach (kangkung), you can make do with spinach. I like the crunchy stems of kangkung, so, texture wise, this is what spinach don’t have.
I think that’s what it’s called sweet potato leaves in English. I have yet seen this at the local supermarket. Probably need to check at the Chinese supermarkets.. I am sure they have!

Great posting – thanks.

I live in London and have been looking for belacan – so far without any luck. Did you use malaysian belacan or thai gapi in your receipe?

Dennis,
Thanks for your comment and dropping by.
I use the belacan that I bought in Malaysia. Belacan (shrimp paste) – Vietnamese or Thai ones should be fine -try Wing Yip or Wai Yee Hong chinese supermarkets.

lekker..

it’s great get to know your web. Just thinking of using this school holiday to learn something. Now i got it. it’s proud to know that my schoolmate is doing a great job. Thanks for sharing. this is my favourite food too.

Hi Mable,
Thanks for dropping by. I am glad that you like my blog! Do you mind to remind me about you?