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Monday, January 20, 2020

Filipino Cooking Terms

Banli – to blanch. It means to scald in boiling water for a few seconds and then quickly plunging into cold water to stop further cooking. It is often done to enhance the color of vegetables especially green leafy one.


Binuro – to ferment/to pickle. This is usually done to preserve fish or vegetables and fruits. It is often done by submerging fresh ingredients to water cured with vinegar and/or salt.


Busa – toasting with a very small amount of oil. The process is linked to cooking peanuts and castañas.


Halabos – this method is specific to shellfish. It means to cook in their own juices and in some cases, like the halabos na hipon, with a carbonated beverage.


Hinurno – baked or roasted inside an oven, as in pig or other meat.


Inasnan –  this process is done to preserve the meat by adding salt to meat, fish, or vegetable.


Pangat – it means cooking by boiling in water with tomatoes.


Pesa – common way of cooking fish by boiling sauteed fish with vegetables, ginger, and fish sauce.


Pinais – similar to binalot but with an extra step of steaming while wrapped in banana leaf.


Sangkutsa – meaning to parboil or cook quickly until it is soft but not cooked through.


Sinuam – to boil sauteed seafood in ginger and bay leaves.



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