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The Philippines is famous for dishes that use coconut milk. This method of cooking is locally referred to as "Ginataan or Guinataan", which means to cook in coconut milk. There are many famous regional dishes that make use coconut milk. Laing, Bicol express, Ginataang Tilapia, Ginataang Manok, … [Read more...]
Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa is a vegetable dish composed of Calabaza squash and string beans. The vegetables are cooked in coconut milk or coconut cream. Different kinds of seafood -- sometimes meat is used to cook this dish to add more flavor. There are many different variations of … [Read more...]
Ginataang Munggo or Ginataang Monggo is a simple Filipino dessert dish wherein toasted Mung beans and sticky rice are cooked in coconut milk.This recipe is almost the same as that of Ginataang Mais, except that the later uses corn.Ginataang Monggo is usually eaten as a snack during the afternoon. It … [Read more...]
Sinanglay is a dish wherein fish (such as tilapia) is cooked in coconut milk. This dish is somewhat similar to Ginataang Tilapia. However, certain ingredients and procedure differentiates this dish from the later. The first few steps in preparing Sinanglay remind me of Inihaw na Tilpia or Inihaw … [Read more...]
Ginataang Halo-halo is a Filipino dessert dish. This is composed of different tubers such as sweet potato, purple yam, and taro root. Aside from the tubers, other ingredients include plantains, tapioca pearls, and glutinous rice balls (bilo-bilo). Dishes that are cooked in coconut milk are … [Read more...]
Ginataang Langka refers to unripe jackfruit cooked in coconut milk. Although jackfruits are considered fruits, unripe ones have the same attributes as vegetables; this was the reason why jackfruit in this recipe is treated as such. As for the flavor, much of it comes from the salted dried fish … [Read more...]
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