Garter
Garter also called long beans is especially very popular in Suriname. It is basically a kind of long stretched green bean. The garter is grown in countries with a (sub)tropical climate. Originally, long beans come from Tropical Africa. Beans and bean seeds are available year-round. In addition to the best-known green variant, a purple variant is also available. The purple variety comes from China and is harvested in late summer. A fun fact, long beans are one of the longest vegetables in the world.
How does Hosiery grow?
The beans grow on a climbing plant that can grow as tall as 4 meters. Like a French bean, the Garter plant is an annual. The beans grow at an angle to each other. The beans prefer to grow on canes that are perpendicular.
The taste
The taste of long beans is similar to that of green beans only the taste is a bit spicier.
Where can you buy Hosiery?
You can buy these long beans in the Netherlands mainly in Surinamese, Asian and Turkish tokos/supermarkets. Since Long beans belong to the category of vegetables, you can often find them on the vegetable shelf of the respective toko or supermarket. The flowers of the plant are white/purple in color. Heat is very important for the plant because below 12 degrees, the plant stops growing. It is important to harvest the pods on time. Namely, if you wait a few days too long the beans lose a huge amount of flavor and are no longer at their tastiest.
Nutritional value
This vegetable is very healthy and contains a lot of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B6, Potassium and Folic Acid. The ideal vegetable for maintaining good resistance.
Recipes
These long beans are a versatile vegetable in the kitchen and can be incorporated into a lot of recipes. Below we will explain 5 recipes:
- Rice with long beans and chicken
- Roti with long beans
- Long beans salad
- Surinamese Roti chicken with long beans
- Massala chicken with Long beans
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