- Kinilnat
Kinilnat, or "ensalada", is an Ilocano
salad . The leaves, shoots, blossoms, or the other parts of the plant are boiled and drained and dressed withbagoong (preferably) orpatis , and sometimes souring agents likecalamansi orcherry tomato es are added, as well as freshly groundginger .Popular vegetables that are used as ingredients this dish include the shoots and leaves of the
sweet potato andbitter melon , shoots and fruits of thestring bean ,horseradish tree leaves and blossoms,taro ,cabbage , blossoms of theWest-Indian pea , andwinged bean s,fern shoots, or other various vegetables.
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