Filipino Food

Binurong Dahon ng Mustasa

Fermented mustard leaves are sour, and sometimes salty as well.

The liquid portion can be used as a souring agent in sinigang.

Batchoy Sinigang

Photo of batchoy sinigang by Angie Pastor.

Backyard Kitchen, Philippines.

Tagunton

Photo by Mildred Cruz of Ginataang Tagunton.

Freshwater shrimp… tiny species of Macrobrachium living in Laguna de Bay.

Sinigang na Hipon

Featured photo: Sinigang na Hipon by Mary Rizale.

Sinigang is a class of sour broth with a prominent ingredient such as pork or milkfish. In the case of sinigang na hipon, the main feature is shrimp, which is hipon in Tagalog.

Sayote

Featured photo is Ginisang Sayote by Mommy Shelette.

Sayote is what Spanish speakers call chayote. In English, it’s been called mirliton and vegetable pear.

Bicolano Dishes

Laing, Tinutungan na Manok, Sinigang, Bicol Express Filipino Food

Intestines, heart and lungs of a pig — those are among the internal organs that are the ingredients in the somewhat sour and salty soup of paklay, a Visayan dish most associated with Davao on the southern island of Mindanao.

Utong (Mickey Mouse Fruit)

* Not a widely seen or known fruit in the Philippines. An

Turtle Eggs

The proper way to eat turtle eggs is boiled.

Makopa

Makopa (macopa), malay apple, Syzygium malaccense, Hong hua qing tao…

White and relatively soft but crunchy and juicy flesh encased in beautiful pink to red skin.

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