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The various precolonial peoples of the Philippine archipelago often cooked or prepared their food with vinegar and salt in various techniques to preserve them in the tropical climate. Vinegar, in particular, is one of the most important ingredients in Filipino cuisine, with the main traditional types being coconut, cane, nipa palm, and kaong palm.
Pre-colonial Philippine cuisine is composed of food practices of the indigenous people of the Philippines. Different groups of people within the islands had access to different crops and resources which resulted in differences in the way cooking was practiced.
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.
Burong isda (literally "fermented fish") is a Filipino dish consisting of cooked rice and raw filleted fish fermented with salt and angkak (red yeast rice) for around a week. . The dish is common in central Luzon, most notably in the province of Pampa
Kinilaw (pronounced [kɪnɪˈlaʊ] or [kɪˈnɪlaʊ], literally "eaten raw") is a raw seafood dish and preparation method native to the Philippines. [1] It is more accurately a cooking process that relies on vinegar and acidic fruit juices (usually citrus) to denature the ingredients, rather than a dish, as it can also be used to prepare meat and vegetables. [2]
Before cooking tapa, the meat is cured or dried and cut in to small portions thick or thin slices. As a method of preservation, salt and spices are added. After preparation, the meat can be cooked either grilled or fried. Just like any other ulam (main dish) in Filipino cuisine, tapa is usually paired with rice. It can be garlic rice, java rice ...
Kadyos, baboy, kag lanka, commonly shortened to KBL, is a Filipino pork soup or stew originating from the Hiligaynon people of the Western Visayas islands. The name of the dish means "pigeon peas, pork, and jackfruit" which are the three main ingredients of the soup. The soup is also traditionally soured with batuan fruits (Garcinia binucao).
Puto is a Filipino steamed rice cake, traditionally made from slightly fermented rice dough . It is eaten as is or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury dishes (most notably, dinuguan). Puto is also an umbrella term for various kinds of indigenous steamed cakes, including those made without rice. It is a sub-type of kakanin (rice cakes).