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Pandesal is a popular yeast-raised bread in the Philippines. Individual loaves are shaped by rolling the dough into long logs ( bastón , Spanish for "stick") which are rolled in fine bread crumbs. These are then portioned, allowed to rise, and baked.
Señorita bread is made similarly to pandesal except for the addition of eggs and butter. It is also similar to the Filipino ensaymada , except it is rolled in a different way. Its distinctive aspect is the sweet filling, which is traditionally made from butter (or margarine) mixed with breadcrumbs and brown sugar.
Monay, also known as pan de monja, is a dense bread roll from the Philippines made with all-purpose flour, milk, and salt. It has a characteristic shape, with an indentation down the middle dividing the bread into two round halves. It is a common humble fare, usually eaten for merienda with cheese or dipped in hot drinks. [1] [2]
A tempura-like Filipino street food of duck or quail eggs covered in an orange-dyed batter and then deep-fried. Tokneneng uses duck eggs while the smaller kwek kwek use quail eggs. Tokwa at baboy: A bean curd (tokwa is Filipino for tofu, from Lan-nang) and pork dish. Usually serving as an appetizer or for pulutan. Also served with Lugaw.
Sorbetes is a traditional ice cream originating from the Philippines and uniquely characterized by the use of coconut milk and/or carabao milk. [1] [2] Often pejoratively called "dirty ice cream", [3] [4] it is distinct from the similarly named sorbet and sherbet.
Cansí (Hiligaynon: kansi) is a Filipino beef soup originating from Iloilo which is spread across the rest of the Western Visayas region. It is made with beef shank and bone marrow boiled until gelatinous. It is uniquely slightly soured with fruits like batuan or bilimbi.
Some sauces need to be prepared beforehand like the traditional Filipino sweet and sour sauce agre dulce (or agri dulci) which is made from cornstarch, salt, sugar, and tomato or banana ketchup. When made with hot peppers like siling labuyo, it becomes a sweet chili sauce. It is the traditional dipping sauces of fried dishes like lumpia or okoy.
Monggo bread, known in the Philippines as pan de monggo, is a Filipino bread with a distinctive filling made from mung bean or adzuki bean paste. The bread used can come in a wide variety of shapes and recipes, ranging from buns, to ensaymada-like rolls, to loaves. It is one of the most common types or flavors of breads in the Philippines.