Famous examples of vegetables cooked in coconut milk are gabi for laing, and nangka. Vegetables cooked with coconut milk are more commonly prepared by Bicolanos and Visayans. Vegetables are cooked in a small portion of oil with garlic and a small amount of meat, shrimp or small fish then seasoned with salt or fish sauce to taste. Fruit vegetables such as upo, sitaw, kalabasa, puso ng saging, sayote and carrots, among others are often sautéed. Ginisa is a much used method of cooking by Tagalogs in preparing vegetables. As for law-uy, leafy and fruit vegetables (okra, eggplant, alugbati, kangkong, etc.) are mixed, and fish is also often added using salt to taste. Grilled fish is commonly added and fish paste (bagoong) is used to taste the dish. saluyot, ampalaya leaves, squash flower, stringbeans tops, malunggay, etc.) are mixed together.

These vegetable dishes, however, both include several leafy and fruit vegetables as ingredients, cooked by boiling and without the use of cooking oil. Across the country, there are similarities among the dishes served at home and in canteens or restaurants.įor example, dinengdeng, and law-uy, are two dishes of Ilocano and Visayan origin, respectively. Want to start singing the song?įilipinos like vegetables cooked most often through sauteing ( gisa), boiling, or cook with coconut milk ( ginataan). Filipinos use, mix and cook vegetables in different methods and call them in different terms. Who could not recognize the song Bahay Kubo? A classic Filipino nursery song with lyrics of which mention many different local vegetables (.

Bahay kubo lyrics