PERFECT PINAKBET (No Meat, No Sautéing, No Stirring )!

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PINAKBET is a famous vegetable dish in the Northern Philippines (Ilocos Region). It has okra, green beans, eggplant, bitter melon, sweet potatoes, squash, tomatoes, onions and more. These vegetables are easily grown in each one’s backyard. It is always assumed that families do serve this dish everyday.
Prior to our immigration to Canada, my family lives in Manila. Our vegetables come from the north which were planted by our Ilocano farmers. We are glad to have these vegetables are always available in our markets. Thus, we can also have PINAKBET all the time.
PINAKBET is my favourite dish since I was a child up to now. The complementing saltiness and sweetness are what I want in this dish. Perhaps Filipinos in general have high preference for these tastes.
Growing up I learned how to cook PINAKBET the Ilocano way. They have a unique and interesting way of cutting the vegetables. It has to be uniform in size. They don’t remove the seeds of the bitter melon. The eggplant in big chunks are not cut all the way through.
Cooking PINAKBET is also done differently. After cutting, they put the vegetables in a pot by order. The hard ones stay at the bottom and the soft ones at the top. With regards to the seasoning, the salted fish sauce (bagoong na isda) is added to the hot water first to extract the full flavour before adding to the vegetables. They do not sauté. No cooking oil is used. They do not stir or mix the ingredients. Surprisingly, after cooking for a few minutes PINAKBET is cooked to perfection! The taste is very delicious!
If you come from the north, did I miss any cooking technique? Any additional Tip? Kindly write you comment(s).
PINAKBET is a stand- alone dish eaten with steamed rice. However, it can be paired with Pork Bagnet (crispy pork belly) or fried fish.
I hope you will watch the video from start to end showing how to cook PINAKBET the Ilocano way. BTW, the list of ingredients used and the link to how to make the Pork Bagnet (Very Crispy Pork Belly) are shown below.
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[@JLSL632]

Looks delicious and healthy meal my friend 👍L4💞💐

[@katernofoods]

Thank you for the feedback. It is true it is delicious and healthy. The taste is coming from the blended flavours of the vegetables. Very little water was added to cook the vegetables that's the reason why the vegetables were cooked perfectly and not soggy. I am glad I learned how to cook pinakbet the Ilocano way. Hope that you watch my other videos as well. Take care.

[@elisonvinculado]

Wow ang sarap nman yan healthy food bagong kaibigan ma'am

[@katernofoods]

Maraming salamat Ely! Natutunan ko ang pagluto ng pinakbet sa mga kaibigan kong Ilocano.

[@elisonvinculado]

@@katernofoods walang anoman ma'am pasok ka sa bahay ko ma'am

[@6565ellenandarthurvlog]

Hi lods Sarap ng pinakbit woooh kakatakam new tagahanga friend

[@katernofoods]

Maraming salamat sa inyong dalawa. Hope that you will watch my other videos as well.