Unsoy-Pear Salad

I’d been spending holidays in my hometown.  I call it my “super extended vacation”.  I stayed in Cavite from December 24 until January 9, went back to the city to teach a Saturday yoga class but as soon as I found out that January 17 is holiday, I packed my bag and was back home on January 14 for an extended Christmas vacation.

One thing I love about being in Indang, Cavite is I get to find vegetables that are never available in Quezon City.  One such vegetable is unsoy.  I asked my aunt for its English name and she said it’s coriander.  Still it’s different from the coriander that I find in Quezon City.  They smell the same but coriander has bigger leaves while unsoy has very thin leaves, more like pine trees, and they taste different too.  I love unsoy better.

I’ve always loved eating unsoy salad.  Normally, we eat it with onions and tomatoes.  Since, I couldn’t find tomatoes, I had to make do with left over fruits (the 12 +1 round fruits) from New Year.

So, here’s the recipe for this Unsoy-Pear Salad:

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