




Lemongrass — tanglad — is one of the most-used aromatics in Filipino cooking, stuffed into lechon and inasal, simmered in tinola and soups, brewed as tea, and grown around the house as a natural mosquito repellent. It grows easily across the country, so listings here come from smallholders, provincial traders and larger farms, and what is available changes through the year.
Listings change with each harvest, but the range usually cov…