Filipino Food

Pirurutong / Parirutong

Featured photo taken by Rica R. in Lucban, Quezon. Pirurutong is purple glutinous rice… usually prepared by first grinding into a flour (galapong), then frying as maruya or pancakes.

Kakanin

Biko, Nilupak & Kalamay na Mais by Toyang Noresa.

Kakanin is a whole genre of Filipino delicacies whose main ingredient is usually rice, sometimes corn or a root crop like cassava.

Media Noche

Featured photo by Angie Pastor.

Media Noche in the Philippines is New Year’s Eve, during which everyone looks forward to the large spread of food to feast on. 🙂

Goldilocks Polvoron

Goldilocks is a Philippine bakeshop chain that makes different flavors of polvoron.

Pitson

The word pitson is from the Spanish pichón. Below is an old

Aceitunas Aliniadas

This recipe for Aceitunas Aliniadas (aceitunas aliñadas) treats was used by the nuns of Santa Clara for making the jarred olives that were Christmas gifts to the Spanish friars.

Olives are imported because they do not grow natively in the tropics.

Curacha

In the Chavacano language of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, curacha refers to the spanner crab or red frog crab whose scientific name is Ranina ranina.

Balunbalunan

Spicy Adobong Balunbalunan by Ahljhon Miranda The Tagalog word balunbalunan refers to

Rambutan

This is a popular fruit in the Philippines.

Tugabang

(This page on Tugabang is currently undergoing editorial review.) Kingdom: Plantae Division:

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