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Inihaw na Saba / Inihaw na Saging na Saba |
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Written by Gloria
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 11:56 |
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Inihaw na Saging na Saba (grilled plantain or cooking banana called Saba in the Philippines) refers to a Filipino snack made of Saba, a cooking banana variety, peeled and skewered and cooked over charcoal. It is made of half ripe banana, when the banana is still a bit unripe and still a bit tough and not so yellow and overipe.
Inihaw na Saging na Saba is often found in the Tagalog- speaking region of the Philippines, like Laguna and Marinduque. They are sold as street foods.
Some said that this is a boring snack compared to other Filipino banana snack, like Turon at Minatamis na Saging with milk and shaved eyes, but I learned to like it, with just enough ripeness and sweetness, I think this is a healthy snack option. Maybe I enjoy eating Inihaw na Saba because it reminds to all the time of my summer vacations in the home province of my mother where my gradfather lived until he died. It was my grandfather who bought the first Inihaw na Saging na Saba which I ever tasted while walking along the beach in Torrijos, Marinduque.
In San Pablo City, Laguna where my husband and I kept a house, there are lots of vendors selling “inihaw na saging”. I have not eaten Inihaw na Saba for a long time now, I have not found Saba in Germany, only cooked and packed boiled Saba imported from Vietnam in my favorite Asian store in my city, but there is nothing quite like our Inihaw na Saba. Soon I am home, I hope to be able to find time to travel around my country and enjoy once again its great culture. |
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Written by Gloria
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Monday, 16 August 2010 09:51 |
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Patlican is a Turkish word for "eggplant". Eggplant , Aubergine or Patlican has a special place in Turkish cuisine. It is said that Patlican of Turkey with its brown-green cap, velvety purple skin, firm and slim body, has a richer flavor than that of its relatives found in other countries. There are a lot of Turkish dishes which uses Patlican as an ingredient. Patlican is used in various Turkish dishes, such as Kitir Patlican, Alinazik, and many more.
In Germany, the Patlican which can be bought in the vegetables markets or supermarkets are big and round and so fresh, mostly coming from Turkey and Spain. But sometimes it is hard to find them, but just find a Turkish vegetable market and you will have them when in season. What we have in the Philippines are long and slender type. We almost cook the eggplant the same way as Turkey except that we never use yoghurt or cream with our eggplant dishes. In the Philippines, we grill or roast them, we make it a salad with only tomatoes and vinegar as dressing. It is also one of the most frequently used vegetables in the Philippines since it is cheap and versatile. Seeing the wonderful recipes from Turkey and Greece using eggplant makes me appreciate the eggplant more. We grew up with almost just grilled eggplant omelette (Tortang Talong) or potato omelette as our lunch and I was so ashamed to show it to my classmates, now I am proud to have such a great mom who invented a lot of eggplant dishes so we can survive. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 16:52 |
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Written by Gloria
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Saturday, 10 April 2010 06:13 |
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Panara refers to the food from the Visayas Region of the Philippines made of sauteed garlic, onion and shrimps with its main ingredient which is upo or bottle gourd. Then after draining the liquid well and cooled , the cooked ingredients are wrapped with lumpia wrappers and form into triangles and then deep fried until golden brown. |
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Written by GG
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Friday, 25 June 2010 09:31 |
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Balisungsung refers to a Filipino native food made of white rice in or wrapped in banana leaves. Balisungsung is said to be the specialty of the Malolos in the province of Bulacan. In Bulacan province, Balisungsung is a staple food and mostly seen served during fiestas, special ocassions, big parties and family gatherings. Balisungsung is like an individual serving of rice wrapped beautifully in banana leaves, each wrapped serving is equivalent to a scoop of rice.
Balisungsung is nota dessert or a snack. It is intended to be eaten with favorite Filipino food dish as a substitute for normal everyday plain steaming white rice. |
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Written by Gloria
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Friday, 09 April 2010 05:19 |
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Ginarep refers to a Filipino food, particularly of the Bicol Region made of sauteed shrimp and grated fresh corn with garlic, tomatoes and onions with either vegetable or chicken broth. Malunggay leaves are added towards the end of cooking.
Ginarep is called in another Philippines province, Pampanga "Suam na Mais", but instead of Malunngay leaves, they add pepper leaves or Dahon ng sili. |
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