Pinakbet! An Ilocano Dish & A Very Healthy Dish!

Hey guys! @blogger017 here! Today, I wanna blog about the dish that I always see being served in my table for years now, it is Pinakbet! Or Pakbet! I was used to seeing this dish, maybe because my dad is part Ilcano, so he knows well how to cook this dish, so here we go!

    So as I have said, Pinakbet is a dish that originated from the Ilocos region. The word came from Pinakebbet, which means Shrunk. So as you might have seen in the title too, Pakbet is a healthy dish! Why? Because it is a vegetable dish! Often steamed along with fish.  

   Pinakbet has ingredients like 

• Okra! - it has Vitamin B & C., plus it also has Potassium and Calcium.

• Legumes! - they are rich in antioxidants, B Vitamins & Fiber.

• Squash! - they are rich in Vitamin A & proteins.

• Tomatoes! - well known source of Lycopene! Which can help in reducing the risks of Heart diseases. It also has Vitamin K!

And Pinakbet has so many more ingredients, I guess I just really want to type those ingredients that are my favorite hehe, so I also have a procedure on how we prepare Pakbet, so here we go!

Ingredients needed:

• ginger
• tomatoes
• onions
• squash
• legumes
• okra
• eggplants
• bittermelon
• anchovies

First, boil water, then place Ginger, Tomatoes & Onions.

Second, place the vegetables, Legumes, Squash, Okra, eggplants, & bittermelons.

Third & lastly, put the anchovies!

Very easy! And very delicious! And another optional ingredient is meat.

Before when I was a kid, I used to not eat this dish whenever my dad prepares them for my lunch or dinner, but as I grew up, I have remembered a saying that was always my inspiration somehow 😂. “Health is wealth” so to that simple saying, little by little, day by day, I learned how to eat Pakbet and now, I always love it when my dad serves Pakbet for lunch!

Thanks for reading!

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