Category: Vegetables

Vegetables in Philippine Cuisine… The Tagalog word for “vegetable” is gulay.

Adobong Sitaw

Adobong Sitaw by Jeric Travis.

These are yardlong beans cooked adobo style!

Ginataang Gulay

Photo by Mayette Garcia of Ginataang Kalabasa at Sitaw.

Ginataan refers to being cooked with coconut milk.

Kalabasa at Sitaw is the Tagalog for Squash and Beans.

Ginataang Langka

Photo of Ginataang Langka (Jackfruit Cooked in Coconut Milk).

Photo by Angie Pastor… Some parts of Canada label it as Chinese okra… PATOLA is a common vegetable in the Philippines. It’s the unripe fruit of the plant having the scientific name Luffa acutangula. Cook it with miswa noodles!

Mustasa

Photo of mustasa (mustard) leaves by Angie Pastor. Though eaten here and there, mustasa is more famous in the Philippines for being mentioned in the lyrics of the folk song Bahay Kubo.