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| dinengdeng, ilocosboy |
Ilocano are people located in the northernmost part of the
Philippines. One food so popular with
them is called dinengdeng or fish sauce (baggoong) soup base. Only us can really appreciate the taste of
dinengdeng which is mostly composed of vegetable leaves like jutes (saluyot)
leaves, malunggay (horseradish) leaves or pods, bamboo shoots, eggplants,
squash blossoms and other kinds of vegetables.
Depending on where region an Ilocano leaves, ingredients may differ according
to their culture.
But the main ingredients and will never be dismissed is the
fish sauce or baggoong. Dinengdeng will
never be dinengdeng in the absence fish sauce.
Of course, adding some ingredients may be necessary like putting the
dried shrimp, fried tilapia (freshwater fish) or grilled milkfish .
The main ingredients are the best—the jutes leaves and bamboo shoot. But dinengdeng should also have the necessary
ingredients like the onions and tomatoes. Some vegetables that is not known to
many are kumpitis (kind of vegetable fruit like green peas but slimmer), patani
seeds and the allukon.
Dinengdeng as the popular dish named but in other provinces
they also have other names to it like in Ilocos Norte which they call “inabraw”.
Not all the time you may find jute leaves in the market. Extracting bamboo shoots are also prohibited
in some places. Putting them together is
the best lunch we could get.
Love it—well, if you are Ilocano, you will love it.
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