Glossary of Culinary Terms
ATSARA...Achara: Pickled fruit and vegetable relish
Adobo, Adobong: Meat, seafood or vegetables stewed in vinegar with garlic and black pepper.
Agar-Agar: Seaweed gelatin
Alogbati: Malabar spinach
Alugbati or Alogbati: Red stemmed vine whose green leaves are used for cooking.
PARYA...Ampalaya: Bitter melon
Apulid: Water chestnuts
Atis: Sweetsop
ASWETE...Atsuete: Annatto
Baboy: Pork
BUGGUONG...Bagoong: Shrimp paste
Bangus: Milkfish
BAYYABAS...Bayabas: Guava
AGBURO...Binuro: Using salt as a preservative agent.
Bistek: Stir fried steak
Caldereta: Beef / Goat meat stew
Chico: Naseberry, aka Sapodilla
BULONG TI SILI...Dahon ng sili: Chili pepper leaves
PINDANG...Dinaing: Marinating butterflied fish with vinegar, then broiling or frying.
DINARDARAAN...Dinuguan Baboy: Pork blood stew
Empanada: Meat filled pastry
Empanadita: Honey and nut pastry
PRITO...Frito or Fritong: To fry
ABA...Gabi: Taro
GINITTAAN...Guinataan: To cook meat, seafood, or vegetables in coconut milk
IGISA...Guinisa: To saute with garlic and onions
IPASINGAW...Halabos: To steam shellfish with little water
PASAYAN...Hipon: Shrimp
ASINAN...Inasinan: Preserving foods with salt
ITUNO...Inihaw: To grill or broil
UUONG...Kabute: Mushroom
KARABASA...Kalabasa: Squash
KAMOTIT...Kamote: Sweet potato
KAMOTTIT MORO....Kamoteng Kahoy: Cassava
BALANGEG...Kangkong: Swamp cabbage / watercress
Kaong: Palm nuts
KILAWEN...Kilawin or kinilaw: Marinating meat or seafood in vinegar and souring agents.
Kinchay: Asian celerey
RABANOS...Labanos: White radish
RABONG...Labong: Bamboo shoots
Langka: Jackfruit
LAYA...Luya: Ginger
MARUNGGAY...Malunggay: Horseradish tree
Mangga: Mango
NAGANOS NGA MANGGA...Manggang Hilaw: Green mango
Manok: Chicken
Morcon: Stuffed rolled steak
BALATONG...Munggo: Mung beans
BULONG TI LASUNA...Murang sibuyas: Spring onions
Mustasa: Mustard greens
LANGKA...Nangka: Jackfruit
IPABUREK...Nilaga: Boiling meat or fish in water
IPASINGAW...Pasingao: Steaming fish, shellfish or meats
Pasilla: A kind of hot pepper
Pechay: Bok choy
BALOT PENOY...Penoy: Duck egg
PAKBET...Pinakbet: Pork and vegetable stew with bagoong alamang.
PAKSIW...Pinaksiw: Cooking method; to cook fish in vinegar with water and spices
Pinausukan: To smoke fish and meats for flavor.
Pusit: Squid
RELYENO...Relleno or Rellenong: Stuffing chicken, fish or vegetables.
Saba: Cooking banana or plantain
SABA...Saging: Banana
Sago: Tapioca pearls
TSA NGA LAYA...Salabat: Ginger tea
Saluyot: Okra leaves
SALAMAGI...Sampalok: Tamarind
Sigarilyas: Winged bean
Sili: Chili peppers
KAMAS...Singkamas: Jicama
AGSIGANG...Sinigang: Cooking meats, fish or vegetables with sour fruit.
Siomai: Dumplings
Siopao: Steamed meat buns
UTTONG...Sitaw: String beans
KAPPO...Talaba: Oyster
TARONG...Talong: Eggplant
BARANIW...Tanglad: Lemon grass
Tinapa: To soak smoked or salted fish in water, then pan-fry
Tocino: Annatto cured pork meat
KATUBTUBO NGA BALATONG...Toge: Bean sprouts
Torrones: Egg rolls with bananas
UNAS...Tubo: Sugar cane
Ube: Purple yam
TABUNGAO...Upo: Winter melon
ATSARA...Achara: Pickled fruit and vegetable relish
Adobo, Adobong: Meat, seafood or vegetables stewed in vinegar with garlic and black pepper.
Agar-Agar: Seaweed gelatin
Alogbati: Malabar spinach
Alugbati or Alogbati: Red stemmed vine whose green leaves are used for cooking.
PARYA...Ampalaya: Bitter melon
Apulid: Water chestnuts
Atis: Sweetsop
ASWETE...Atsuete: Annatto
Baboy: Pork
BUGGUONG...Bagoong: Shrimp paste
Bangus: Milkfish
BAYYABAS...Bayabas: Guava
AGBURO...Binuro: Using salt as a preservative agent.
Bistek: Stir fried steak
Caldereta: Beef / Goat meat stew
Chico: Naseberry, aka Sapodilla
BULONG TI SILI...Dahon ng sili: Chili pepper leaves
PINDANG...Dinaing: Marinating butterflied fish with vinegar, then broiling or frying.
DINARDARAAN...Dinuguan Baboy: Pork blood stew
Empanada: Meat filled pastry
Empanadita: Honey and nut pastry
PRITO...Frito or Fritong: To fry
ABA...Gabi: Taro
GINITTAAN...Guinataan: To cook meat, seafood, or vegetables in coconut milk
IGISA...Guinisa: To saute with garlic and onions
IPASINGAW...Halabos: To steam shellfish with little water
PASAYAN...Hipon: Shrimp
ASINAN...Inasinan: Preserving foods with salt
ITUNO...Inihaw: To grill or broil
UUONG...Kabute: Mushroom
KARABASA...Kalabasa: Squash
KAMOTIT...Kamote: Sweet potato
KAMOTTIT MORO....Kamoteng Kahoy: Cassava
BALANGEG...Kangkong: Swamp cabbage / watercress
Kaong: Palm nuts
KILAWEN...Kilawin or kinilaw: Marinating meat or seafood in vinegar and souring agents.
Kinchay: Asian celerey
RABANOS...Labanos: White radish
RABONG...Labong: Bamboo shoots
Langka: Jackfruit
LAYA...Luya: Ginger
MARUNGGAY...Malunggay: Horseradish tree
Mangga: Mango
NAGANOS NGA MANGGA...Manggang Hilaw: Green mango
Manok: Chicken
Morcon: Stuffed rolled steak
BALATONG...Munggo: Mung beans
BULONG TI LASUNA...Murang sibuyas: Spring onions
Mustasa: Mustard greens
LANGKA...Nangka: Jackfruit
IPABUREK...Nilaga: Boiling meat or fish in water
IPASINGAW...Pasingao: Steaming fish, shellfish or meats
Pasilla: A kind of hot pepper
Pechay: Bok choy
BALOT PENOY...Penoy: Duck egg
PAKBET...Pinakbet: Pork and vegetable stew with bagoong alamang.
PAKSIW...Pinaksiw: Cooking method; to cook fish in vinegar with water and spices
Pinausukan: To smoke fish and meats for flavor.
Pusit: Squid
RELYENO...Relleno or Rellenong: Stuffing chicken, fish or vegetables.
Saba: Cooking banana or plantain
SABA...Saging: Banana
Sago: Tapioca pearls
TSA NGA LAYA...Salabat: Ginger tea
Saluyot: Okra leaves
SALAMAGI...Sampalok: Tamarind
Sigarilyas: Winged bean
Sili: Chili peppers
KAMAS...Singkamas: Jicama
AGSIGANG...Sinigang: Cooking meats, fish or vegetables with sour fruit.
Siomai: Dumplings
Siopao: Steamed meat buns
UTTONG...Sitaw: String beans
KAPPO...Talaba: Oyster
TARONG...Talong: Eggplant
BARANIW...Tanglad: Lemon grass
Tinapa: To soak smoked or salted fish in water, then pan-fry
Tocino: Annatto cured pork meat
KATUBTUBO NGA BALATONG...Toge: Bean sprouts
Torrones: Egg rolls with bananas
UNAS...Tubo: Sugar cane
Ube: Purple yam
TABUNGAO...Upo: Winter melon
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