Filipino
Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk)
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Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat a splash of the coconut milk in a pot and fry the garlic, onion, and ginger until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
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Add the squash and remaining coconut milk, season with salt, and simmer until the squash is nearly tender, about 12 minutes.
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Add the green beans and simmer 5 minutes more.
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Fold in the moringa leaves until just wilted.
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Serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Adobong Kangkong (Water Spinach in Vinegar and Soy) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 220 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 13 g
- Fat
- 17 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 310 mg
- Saturated fat
- 15 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ginataang Gulay (Vegetables in Coconut Milk) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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