Filipino Dishes, Filipino Recipes and Filipino Foods

A popular salad among Filipinos is Ensaladang Pinoy (green salad). It is a variation of the garden salad and comes instead of Olive oil with Fish Sauce. The Flavor of the Fish sauce is giving the dish a typical Asian taste.  It is an easy dish to prepare, doesn’t cost much and is easy to combine with other Filipino dishes on this website.

The ingredients needed for the Salad are listed below:

• One cup of Malunggay leaves
• One cup of kankong leaves
• Two medium tomatoes (sliced)
• One sliced cucumber
• One  sliced small onion
• One singkamas, cut julienne
• A chopped Kinchay

The ingredients needed for the dressing are listed below:

• ¼ cup of sugar
• ¼ cup of vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• ½ tablespoon of salt
• ¼ tablespoon ground black pepper

Preparation of the salad dish:

Start by steaming the Kankong and malungay leaves and let them cool down after steaming them in the fridge. Place all the vegetables into a large salad bowl and use your hands to mix them. Combine the vegetables with the steamed leaves and place the dressing over the combination. Finally add the chopped kinchay and sliced egg on top before it is served.

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