crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com may 14, 2009 post
Here are some pictures of how to make Malunggay tea and powder.
air drying of moringa leaves. crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
Malunggay air drying. This is how I air dry my malunggay. Complete with stalks and placed inside a net bag, hanging in a clothesline at the terrace of our house.
moringa leaves removed from stalks, ready for grinding crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
After air drying, I remove the leaves from the stalks and prepare it for grinding.
grinding moringa. crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
I use a blender to grind my moringa leaves. You may grind it for a few seconds to make tea, and you make grind it some more to make moringa powder.
crushed moringa leaves for tea. crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
This is moringa crushed in a blender. Pour hot water on a teaspoon of this and you may either strain the solids or you may opt to drink all. Anyway the leaves and tiny stalks will serve as fiber for good digestion.
powdered moringa (malunggay) crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
If you want to add the moringa powder to your everyday dishes then the powder form is better since kids will not see the leaves, but still benefit from the nutrients of moringa.
moringa tea with leaves and tiny stalks. crisonthesidelines.wordpress.com
I love to drink moringa tea including the leaves and tiny stalks for fiber.
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Cris on the sidelines's Weblog 
thank you very much! I am aware of malunggay powder but I do not know how to do it. and now because of you… i learned how it is being done! this makes a lot of help for our ward activity. thank you! and god bless!!!
By: Gem De Castro on June 22, 2009
at 1:23 pm
i want to know more on how you make the moringa powder.did you put water with the moringa when you grind it?
By: amy on June 22, 2009
at 3:16 pm
gem
your welcome!
cris
By: cristina on June 22, 2009
at 3:31 pm
Hi!how long do you air dry the malunggay leaves pls?
By: edith on June 26, 2009
at 4:24 pm
hi edith,
it really depends on the weather. it ranges from one day to 5 days. practice really makes it perfect.
good luck.
cris
By: cristina on June 29, 2009
at 12:14 pm
Mam,
Im taking up my masters at the UST, and we have this business proposal as one of my requirements for my subject in Philosophy of Business. I like your creativity of products from the malunggay. Indeed, your product has a social impact to our country. Mam, can you help us present this to our class specifically the promotion of malunngay to fight the poverty and malnutrition in our country?
Thank you very much. Hoping for your kind consideration and i really appreciate for any feedbacks from you.
JOANNA
By: joanna on July 4, 2009
at 1:40 pm
Joanna,
the websites of moringafact.com and treesforlife.org will help you a lot. just inform me if you need to use any of my posts here. UST is also my alma mater.
good luck.
cris
By: cristina on July 5, 2009
at 6:47 pm
hi maam,
have a gud day maam!im very interested about malunggay polvoron bec my feasebility its all about malunggay polvoron,how many month puh ba bago masira ang malunggay polvoron?thx a lot..
By: rea bustos on July 8, 2009
at 10:51 am
hi rea
di ko pa na test how long talaga. basta when I make polvoron I make sure it’s off the shelf after a week. The longest i kept them is ten days.
good luck
cris
By: cristina on July 9, 2009
at 1:23 pm
one of your interesting articles on malunggay caught my attention which is the malunggay powder. how long does it take for the leaves to be thoroughly dried? also do you a recipe for making malunggay flour? thanks and more power.
By: lee on July 12, 2009
at 8:00 pm
To make malunggay powder, I detach them from the stem, dry them on a bilao for 3 days, heat on low fire for 3 minutes to sanitize then crush them through a strainer. Is it alright even if I do not wash them with water?
By: Lourdes A. de Vera on July 26, 2009
at 4:14 pm
I guess we really should wash it with water because there are dust particles that will stick on the leaves even if we live in the suburbs. You may wash with running tap water or filtered water. good luck!
cris
By: cristina on July 26, 2009
at 7:57 pm
does your malunggay leaves get crispy/crunchy texture after several days of air-drying?
i tried oven drying and it went out nice as well. the temp is only set at 50 deg C but it took me almost an hour to dry one (1) cup full (siksik) of leaves that yields 6 tablespoons powder. the dried leaves retained its natural color and i did not use blender/grinder anymore bec you can actually crush it by hands. the downside, malakas sa kuryente/lpg but you will have a malunggay powder in a very short time.
i haven’t tried air-drying so far but i will try your method soon bec it is more economical and ideal especially if you are living in the province like me where air is not (as) polluted compared to the cities .
thanks
By: bellybites on July 28, 2009
at 4:29 pm
bellybites,
hi. thanks for sharing with us your experience.
if I extend my air drying time, the leaves get darker and not crunchier.
I used to oven dry my leaves but I think it is better to air dry to save on lpg. Air drying is better for me because we live in the suburbs.
cris
By: cristina on July 30, 2009
at 6:24 am
hi cris,
so u achieved a crunchy texture in say about 3 to 5 days?
when you grind the leaves, tuyong-tuyo na ba? and if you grind it, hindi na siya nagtutubig?
thanks
By: bellybites on July 30, 2009
at 11:39 am
belly bites,
actually, when you air dry, the leaves don’t get crunchy as when you oven dry it. pan roasting will also make the leaves crunchier and easy to crush with the use of hands.
if you air dry, wala naman siyang tubig. Another way of air drying is placing them in a bilao. Pero dapat leaves na lang. 1 day or two days of air drying, depending on the weather is ok.
Hope to hear from you again.
cris
By: cristina on August 1, 2009
at 7:38 pm
thanks for your tips cris. this would be of great help.
By: dhail on August 2, 2009
at 7:19 am
mam,
i just want to ask f wer can we buy the malunggay powder,am here in bicol..and i nid that powder very badly bcoz it is the essential ingredient for our malunnggay cake.pls help us.thank’z
By: grace ladines on August 29, 2009
at 10:51 am
grace,
I don’t know where you can find it in bicol. but you may try calling your local DOST, DTI and BFAD and ask them if they know anybody in your area making malunggay powder. If you can’t find one, then, try making your own. It may be time consuming but you will save a lot of money, and and help us in our advocacy for malunggay. Good luck.
cris
By: cristina on September 5, 2009
at 4:48 am
hi grace
please visit http://www.kalunggaydepot.com. they are based in bicol.
good luck
cris
By: cristina on September 5, 2009
at 5:41 am
heloo..
I am really inspired of your advocacy in spreading the goodness of malunggay.
Keep it up!!!!!!
God bless you always.
tess
By: Tess on September 11, 2009
at 4:16 pm
thanks tess
cris
By: cristina on September 12, 2009
at 7:19 pm
Hi Cris,
One step to have a moringa powder is to pan roast the air/shadow dried leaves…just 2-3 minutes, on a very low fire to remove the water content…
I am also a malunggay advocator. May this food supplement help our countrymen.
Goodluck, thank you
By: loida on September 15, 2009
at 8:59 pm
good luck to you also loida. thanks
cris
By: cristina on September 16, 2009
at 6:33 pm
ty po dito..
sa wakas may project na kami…
anu pong lasa??
ty po uli…
By: teukie on September 28, 2009
at 9:22 pm
just try it. first hand information is very good.
By: cristina on October 1, 2009
at 2:46 am
hi cris anong lasa nang moringa tea? maanghang ba or bitter? at yung moringa powder mo ba ay ready for tea kasi im a tea drinker. thanks
god blees u
By: jerome on October 1, 2009
at 11:55 pm
jerome, ready for tea na siya. me konti siyang anghang pero hindi mapait. some of my regulars use it to add to baby food like cerelac and lugaw. another one mixes it with his carrot juice. most just add it to hot water, seep for a while and then voila, moringa tea.
Gob Bless u, too.
cris
By: cristina on October 2, 2009
at 9:52 pm
hi cris,
magkano kaya ang price ng moringa powder?
tnx
jef,
By: jefferson palma on October 4, 2009
at 4:01 am
cristina’s malunggay leaf powder is sold at P20.00/pack of 20g. If you want to produce it, the price will depend on your production costs.
We get our malunggay from mountain baranggays. away from the polluted air space of the city.
By: cristina on October 7, 2009
at 12:48 pm
where is your leaf powder available? i live here near caloocan and quezon city!
By: Domingo Conde on June 22, 2013
at 8:43 pm
Hi!! this is very good information for malunggay!! but im having trouble estimating how much (KG) of leaf do i need to make (1KG) of malunggay powder?? or what is the water content of the leaf??
By: Paolo Wong on October 19, 2009
at 9:57 pm
Paolo, you have to really do it to know. Results vary and that means I can’t give you exact figures. It’s good to keep records to have historical data from where you can base your future decisions. Good Luck!
By: cristina on October 21, 2009
at 12:52 am
hi cris, my name is teddy….im here in states but im from butuan city…i read some article about moringa/malungay tea leave from asianjournal newpapers…co’z im looking for some altenative medicine for my ulcerative colitis..which i found in that articles…my question is where can i get it here in states..los angeles cerritos califonia….and just in case if i want to order it from u in cebu…the p20.00
per pack is it a per tea bag or box?
By: teddy on October 27, 2009
at 1:46 pm
teddy it’s a per pack rate. its 20g in powdered form not in tea bag. You may check with asian/filipino store in your area. But my unsolicited advise is for you to use fresh leaves, you blend it, strain and drink the juice. There might be stores in your area where you can buy fresh leaves. please try and then let me know the result.
By: cristina on October 29, 2009
at 11:00 am
teddy, please check your email, i sent you one
By: cristina on November 3, 2009
at 5:57 am
hi cris, im louie from davao. ive tried malunggay, pepino, honey and apple cider vinegar: blenderize it and chill. taste is really nice! but my question is that, are dried leaves much better than the fresh ones? because i saw in one of your posts that dried leaves have larger amount of vitamins and minerals than the fresh ones. 😀
By: louie solitaria on October 30, 2009
at 7:14 am
louie
that’s based on studies. However, other parts of malunggay like roots, bark have also other important use. Also, fresh malunggay juice is best for digestive system problems. basically, it really depends on your needs/requirements. please check out also treesforlife.org website for more info.
By: cristina on November 3, 2009
at 5:58 am
that’s based on studies louie. please check out treesforlife.org and moringafact.com for additional info
By: cristina on November 20, 2009
at 4:50 pm
okay,i’ll try look for it….
By: teddy on November 1, 2009
at 3:16 am
MA’am kapag natuyo na po ba ang leaves ng moringa ay ganun pa rin ba ang nutrients contents nya compare sa fresh leaves tnx.
By: Romulo de Angel on January 5, 2010
at 3:21 pm
mas mataas ang nutrients except for vitamin c. pakihanap ang post ko dito sa blog ko tungkol sa nutrient contents of dry and fresh moringa leaves
By: cristina on January 6, 2010
at 9:48 am
Tnx a lot ma’am at nakita ko na po sa blog nyo ng october 2009 ang differences between fresh and dried leaves at talaga po palang mataas ang mga nutirents contents and i think ito na lang ang gagawin kong natural vitamins mas cheap kaysa sa binibili kong multivitamins in capsule Over The Counter tnx po at maganda po ang website nyo GOD bless
By: Romulo de Angel on January 6, 2010
at 2:43 pm
Good day po again ma’am, i forgot to ask how many grams of dried moringa powder should i taken specifically to attain those nutrients contents capacity shown in your blog is it the more the better what is the ideal dosage to be taken daily? tnx po
By: Romulo de Angel on January 7, 2010
at 10:26 am
romulo,
i say, a teaspoon a day is already good. just maintain it. good luck
By: cristina on January 8, 2010
at 10:44 am
hai ate cris i’m jeanette 16 yrs old i’m about to graduate in highschool this year… before i found this site i was in hurry looking for a science investigatory project that i suppose to induce in the class on manday. . thanks to you ate cris i found the best s.i.p project for this year. . i know your a good one because you gave time for your viewer to reply from there question enx te. . i’m out of time to make this in air drying i will just use an oven to fasten my work . . your my savior ate cris, i’ll introduce you and your product to the class..
enx so much..by the way i’m from cebu
By: jeanette on February 13, 2010
at 7:57 pm
thanks jeanette
By: cristina on February 15, 2010
at 7:13 pm
hi ate cris! ang ganda naman nitong site mo. Very beneficial lalo na sa mga mother na katulad ko. Please continue doing so and God will blessed you for this. Instead of selling your malungay powder, you advised your reader to make their own, you’re one of a kind. Hope you continue this advocacy and we will support you through prayers and our own advocacy here in our place. And hope you will feature more natural powerful food that is abundant in our country. Always take care and God Bless You!!!
By: che on April 14, 2010
at 12:04 pm
che,
thank you for your kind words. actually, nag bebenta na rin ako ng malunggay powder kasi me mga tao na di rin naman nila kaya gumawa dahil sa ibat-ibang kadahilanan. yun na rin yung pagtulong ko sa kanila. Pero konti lang din ang production ko kasi, labor intensive nga itong pag gawa nito, bukod pa sa el nino tayo ngayon na nakapa konti sa supply ng dahon. marami pa sana akong plano at if God is willing, I’d ber able to help more people. God Bless you.
By: cristina on April 16, 2010
at 7:47 am
Hi Cristina, Been reading through the comments, vey informatiive…how much po do you sell moringa powder? Saan po bah location ninyo for pick up. I’m thinking about converting my 5 hec farmland into a moringa farm kung maganda ang market. may idea ka bah kung saan makakabili ng binhi ng moringa for planting? God bless!
By: rj cool j on May 12, 2010
at 8:01 am
hi rj.
It’s p1.00 per gram. cebu city
By: cristina on May 14, 2010
at 6:49 am
ate cristina, same procedure rin kaya sa pagpapatuyo or pagdry ng saluyot? help naman po, tnx
By: renee facunla on April 22, 2010
at 3:02 am
puede siguro renee. try lang
By: cristina on April 24, 2010
at 4:53 am
hi Cris. I’m so happy i happen to visit ur blog. actually. i’m a malunggay lover, but i just cooked it as plain gulay. hinihimay un leaves, den add water & a little salt & garlic. ganun lang. But i feel extra energy bastat nakakakain ako & i believe, it’s also a good source of anti oxidant. sobrang busy lang kaya kahit gusto ko magresearch about it, di ko nagagawa. tnx God , eto na un time..kasi noon ko pa talaga gusto malaman how to make a powdered malunggay. tnx be to God & tnx to you too. very applicable kasi nandito lang ako sa province & may ilang puno na rin kmi ng malunggay sa backyard. i admire you for sharing it to everyone. May God bless you always.
By: Lucille on May 24, 2010
at 4:48 pm
thanks lucille. God bless you, too.
By: cristina on May 24, 2010
at 8:43 pm
hi cris, great site, power!
By: juve on July 7, 2010
at 1:42 pm
thanks juve
By: cristina on July 10, 2010
at 9:04 pm
Where in Cebu can one go to buy your malunggay powder?
Thanks for the response.
By: Remy on July 8, 2010
at 5:33 pm
hi remy. you may drop by Parkmall mandaue, second floor. Unit G-1 The plaza. thanks
By: cristina on July 10, 2010
at 9:14 pm
good day to you madam!
very informative site. anyways, madam kung bibili po ako ng power malunggay magkano po yung freight dito sa manila?
interesado po akong bumili mahirap po kasi dito yung puno ng malunggay plus dito polluted na. kung sa inyo bibili, as you mentionded, sa mountain baranggays at least di pa polluted.
your reply is highly appreciated.
By: Leslie Dante on July 9, 2010
at 12:56 pm
hi leslie
mag email ako sa yo paki check na lang. salamat
By: cristina on July 22, 2010
at 5:31 am
I used to boil fresh malungay leaves with its stem and drink the boiled water as my everyday water. How much amount of boiled maluggay should I drink everyday. Do I still get nutrients from drinking the fresh boiled malungay?
By: Maribel Padrigo Madlang-awa on July 31, 2010
at 4:42 pm
hi maribel
some people do that instead of drinking just plain water. as far as i know you still get nutrients from it. However, as to how quantity, maybe you should also drink plain water daily aside from the malunggay juice. sometimes anything good can get bad if it is too much
By: cristina on August 2, 2010
at 4:10 am
good day cris! thanks for sharing your advocacy… Its really of great benefit for me. I have been taking malunggay tea for over 2 months now and the result is really amazing my hemoglobin was 108 and it has improved significantly now its in the normal level thanks for opening my mind to many benefits of moringa. God bless you and more power…
By: jake on September 6, 2010
at 1:15 pm
hi jake
i have one entry on this blog about vco making. please search on it. we have been making vco for personal use since 2005 and yesterday, we made another batch. the next time we do it, i will take pictures and post here. thanks
By: cristina on September 14, 2010
at 4:59 am
thanks jake. God Bless you too
By: cristina on September 14, 2010
at 5:21 am
Hi Ma’am Cris,
My komare requested me about his son’s thesis on malunggay tea. Thanks God coz i browsed this website of yours. Can i ask favor regarding this matter, the feasibility study, the total cost of materials and other expenses before a malunggay can be called as malungay tea.
I hope for your kind support. Thank you in advance.
Lolit
By: Lolita A. Balagosa on September 11, 2010
at 9:52 pm
hi lolit, i don’t really know the cost of materials in your area. The researchers must find it for themselves. They need a grinder (a blender with dry mill will do), stainless basins, sieve (find a stainless sieve with the smallest holes) a plastic sealer, and tea bags if they want to put it in tea bags. Please ask them to visit the local dost to ask for additional info before pushing through with the proposal. good luck
By: cristina on September 13, 2010
at 8:01 pm
hi cristina. we are medical students in baguio city and we want to initiate a feeding program involving malunggay fortified rice to growth stunted kids. i wonder if you have any information regarding the amount of powder they mix in the rice pudding. thanks!
By: Lilibeth on September 13, 2010
at 2:02 pm
please check the site of treesforlife.org they have programs like this in africa. Good luck to your very noble project. Please share with us the result of your project later on.
By: cristina on September 13, 2010
at 7:55 pm
is there any limitation of dosage taking of malunggay per day?
By: ahmad singapore on October 3, 2010
at 2:50 pm
yes there is ahmad. all green vegetables contain oxalic acid and too much oxalate is bad for the body especially the kidneys
By: cristina on December 13, 2010
at 2:23 pm
when was malunggay is uses in many ways.?
By: JC on October 10, 2010
at 3:50 pm
where i can buy a capsules for my moringa powder. Thanks
By: lan on November 4, 2010
at 3:41 pm
sa mercury drug store meron nabibili. tanong k dun
By: lem on July 8, 2011
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By: 2010 in review « Cris on the sidelines’s Weblog on January 2, 2011
at 2:49 pm
Hi Cris,
I read that freeze drying is better for malunggay or moringa leaves to make tea. According to the article, the malunggay losses its nutrients after 6 hours. I tried this method, then grind it using coffee grinder. I mixed it with peppermint leaves to gve it a sweeter taste.
By: Delia from phoenix on February 3, 2011
at 1:41 am
ask ko lang kahit po ba hindi pa sobrang brown (tuyo) yung leaves pwede ko na syang i powder? my leaves were air dried since last friday po (feb. 11) up to now hindi ko pa ginagawang powder kasi iniintay ko pang maging sobrang brown. though medyo crunchy na sya ng konti. thanks po
By: ghen on February 16, 2011
at 10:23 am
hi ghen,
actually yung malunggay pag na dry na dapat e green pa rin. medyo madami na rin akong nagawang malunggay powder at dahil doon na improve ko na ang trabaho. dapat green pa rin pagkatapos ng drying.
mag po-post ako ng pics sa sunod. medyo na busy na kasi ang buhay buhay kaya wala na kong bagong posts. this march i will post news ones. thanks ghen
By: cristina on March 11, 2011
at 6:29 pm
How about ampalaya, saluyot, tanglad leaves, can we apply the same process? Thanks
By: Marvin on March 1, 2011
at 2:05 pm
marvin,
sa tanglad na try ko na pero di ko siya ma powder kasi, sobrang talas ng dahon. maski ginupit ko na ng maliliit, di kaya ng blender. dapat, grinder talaga gamitin mo. pero okay naman siya na i boil mo, after drying kasi ganun pa rin ang lasa at amoy. actually, mas gusto ko pa nga yung dried tanglad kesa sa fresh. mas aromatic siya at masarap ilagay sa pampaligong tubig.
sa ampalaya at saluyot, puede siguro. mahirap yung mga dahon na yan dito sa cebu at wala akong tanim kaya di ko pa na ta try.
By: cristina on March 11, 2011
at 6:34 pm
Hi.
Nag try din ako ng garden fresh salad. A mixture of fresh malunggay leaves, some generous quantity of camote tops (talbos ng camote) plus some fresh kangkong leaves then garnish it with few slices of cucumber and red tomatoes, tapos nag gawa ako ng thousand island dressing(equal parts of mayonnaise and ketchup at eto na ang lunch ko. Super ang result at uulitin ko pa ito for next days with few variations but the main ingredient will be the malunggay, obviously.
Salamat ng marami
By: Sonny Untalan on August 17, 2011
at 2:29 pm
salamat din sa idea sonny. gagawin ko yan.
By: cristina on August 17, 2011
at 10:58 pm
hi mam cris,
thank you sa mga idea mo about malunggay tea
Pwede ko bang ihalo sa polvoron ang powder na malunggay?
By: mindaflor lactuan on March 2, 2012
at 10:07 am
salamat. powder na malunggay ang inihahalo ko sa polvoron.
By: cristina on May 13, 2012
at 1:09 pm
I love this plant!
By: Watson coker on March 7, 2012
at 12:17 am
thanks
By: cristina on May 13, 2012
at 1:14 pm
Hi pretty, I’m Pepe from Venezuela, and I would like to know what is tha price in dollars or euros of 100 gr. of 100% Moringa leaf powder. Please let me know as soon as possible.
By: jose frometa on March 15, 2012
at 11:08 am
i am no longer making malunggay powder. i hope to be able to produce them sometime in the future together with vco and other coconut products
By: cristina on May 13, 2012
at 1:21 pm
hi maam cris…i’m cebuana but i’m in brunei…..i really love and very thankful to know about this malunngay tea. do you have any idea where to buy empty teabags or empty capsules in cebu city?….how long is the storage life duration of the tea or capsule?..thank you
By: flor on October 20, 2012
at 4:47 pm
empty tea bags, I don’t know where to buy it if in cebu but definitely there are sources in Manila, I just don’t know where (hehehe).
As to capsule gels, you may buy from mercury drug, there are different sizes. as to capsule filler, if it is just for personal use, just do it manually.
By: cristina on November 24, 2012
at 2:02 pm
Hi Cris, i’m from Cebu. curious lang ako sa life span ng moringa powder, since nagkagastristis ako at mahal ang gamot, nagswitch po ako sa fresh malunggay to save money and been using it for almost 3 years na, kaso I’m living in the City mahirap makakuha ng fresh leaves from the tree mismo, so i wanna try this powder to solve my problem. By the way if you have any idea where to buy empty capsule coz i’m planning to make my own moringa capsule. Pls reply to my email. Thanks. God bless you! Susy.
By: Susy May Icot on January 11, 2015
at 4:28 pm
hi Susy,
Please check with any Mercury Drug store they used to sell gel capsules before.
By: cristina on January 11, 2015
at 6:59 pm
Hi Mam Chris,
Do you have an idea on how to register the malunggay powder in FDA?
Thanks.
Mart
By: MART MERVIN DIGNOS VINCO on July 4, 2017
at 3:50 pm
You have to go to their office to get a list of requirements for registration.
By: cris on August 24, 2017
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