Dinengdeng

Dinengdeng consisting of calabaza squash, shoots and blossoms, and grilled fish.

Dinengdeng (also called inabraw) is a dish of the Ilocano people of the Philippines, similar to pinakbet. It is classified as a bagoong soup based dish. Unlike pinakbet, dinengdeng contains fewer vegetables and contains more bagoong soup base.

The dish contains the following vegetables: jute leaves, the pods and leaves of the marunggay, the leaves and fruits of bitter melon, the calabaza squash and blossoms, alakon blossoms, amaranth leaves, sweet potato tubers and leaves, gourds (like kabatiti and tabungaw), string beans and shoots, talinum, chayote squash and shoots, chili peppers, sabunganay (banana blossoms), corn, West-Indian pea blossoms, tangkoy (winter melon), eggplant, okra, winged beans, parda beans, lima beans, various mushrooms like oyster mushrooms, whole taro, cassava tubers, purple yams, and wild potatoes.

Some add fried or roasted fish or other meats, usually leftovers, to the dish.

External links

• Dinengdeng, glorious dinengdeng! - an essay about dinengdeng and samples of various dinengdeng.
• Pinakbet Republic - foodblog that "demystifies Ilokano food" and features "rave and rants on food and cuisine of the Ilokanos"