The vegetable that was once little known, is now a specialty on the street, no goods for sale, 140,000 VND/kg

Dak Lak is famous for many tourist attractions and specialties that attract domestic and foreign tourists! In addition, this highland land also has wild vegetables with wild names such as bep leaves, bitter eggplant, bamboo shoots, coriander … All of them have the taste of the mountains, are juicy and linger in the throats of those once enjoyed. But perhaps the most impressive is the bep leaf – a familiar forest vegetable to the people, when cooked has a characteristic, sweet taste.

Ms. Ho Ren (29 years old, Buon Ma Thuot) said: “Bep leaves grow in a natural, wild environment, without having to fertilize, spray with pesticides… It feeds the leaves all year round, but the most delicious is the in rainy season.

Bep leaves grow in a natural, wild environment, without having to fertilize, spray pesticides…

From beep leaves, each ethnic group will have its own way of processing, the most common is still using the tops and young leaves to cook with other foods such as fresh fish, dried fish, shrimp, crab, chicken.”

According to Ms. Ho Ren, bep leaves are an indispensable ingredient in the traditional soup of the M’nong people. Currently, many restaurants and eateries have processed beep leaves into many delicious dishes when combined with ready-to-eat foods such as canned fish, canned meat, etc., to bring new and unique flavors.

“In the past, leaf beep was very little known, only our compatriots knew. Whenever the rainy season comes, the mothers and sisters in the village go to the forest or go along the stream to look for forest vegetables, including bep leaves.

From bep leaves, each ethnic group will have its own way of processing such as cooking soup.

Wild vegetables picked up a lot to eat, we brought them to the street to sell. Thanks to that, they gradually became known and loved by many people in the city. But now that the forest is far away, it is no longer easy to want to eat wild vegetables. So they suddenly became a rare specialty…”, the 29-year-old woman said.

Ms. Khanh Trinh (34 years old) – owner of a clean vegetable and fruit shop located on Truong Dinh Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) said: “Bep leaves are considered a famous specialty vegetable in the Central Highlands provinces. If it used to be abundant, now it is very scarce! Sometimes I’m lucky enough to collect this vegetable and sell it.”

Customers who ask to buy bep leaves from Ms. Khanh Trinh’s shop are mainly from the Central Highlands or those who have enjoyed dishes made from them. They often order in advance or tell her to call to notify her when there is an item.

Beep leaves are for sale on e-commerce sites.

“I have an acquaintance in the Central Highlands, so I can buy bep leaves at a cheap price. Therefore, my shop sells for about 140,000 VND/kg/big bag. Housewives bought home can cook soup or cook into other delicious dishes. Indeed, bep leaves are popular because of their strange, cool, and easy-to-eat flavor,” said Khanh Trinh.

Currently, bep leaves are for sale on e-commerce sites for 150,000 VND/kg fresh. Housewives who want to treat the whole family with a dish from this wild vegetable just need to order and wait for the goods to arrive.