PINAKBET REPUBLIC

Pinabellad or pinablad , boiled, or literally, enlarged. One time, n a rather cloudy day with bits of rainshower, as in cold day, quite ...

Pait time, again, and this time, let’s enjoy probably the bitterest, the kapapaitan , of them all: papait itself (mollugo oppositifolia; m...

Mangantayo manen! Come, let's eat, once all over again, share with me this another dinengdeng , this bugguong -flavored quartet of usu...

Boiled balatong (mongo, mung beans), sautéed with lots of onions and garlic, is one stable Filipino viand especially preferred during rai...

Dinengdeng a kardis with saluyot . [Photo from Sikat ang Camiling ] Kardis ( kadyos , pigeon pea, also called "pusi" in Il...

Yet another dinengdeng!  Yes, and this is a part of what would be a series of posts dedicated to the venerable Ilokano vegetable dish dinen...

Langka (or anangk a; jackfruit) is one of my favorite fruits, not just when it's ripe but most especially when the fruit is yet young a...

Parda ( dolichos lablab; bataw in Tagalog) is unmistakably GI--genuinely Ilokano veggie prominent in Ilocos cuisine, at least, and but sp...

Dinengdeng (also inabraw [although inabraw is more often referred to on veggie leaves, as in inabraw a saluyot or inabraw a marunggi , e...

This is my usual dinengdeng . Simple, fast, easy, delicious way of cooking veggies with bugguong . Used here are flowers, tops and fruit of...