Kitchen/Ingredients
Filipino Cuisine Ingredient Substitutes
Although Asian cuisine ingredients are now becoming more and more common in
supermarket shelves all over the USA, there are still some ingredients that we sometimes could not find anywhere except in a special store in New York City God knows where. Don't despair, here is a list of substitutions for some Filipino cuisine ingredients that you might find useful.
This was from a cookbook entitled Filipino Cooking Here and Abroad by Eleanor Laquian and Irene Sobrevinas.
Ingredient.................................................................. Substitute
Achuete, atsuete, 1 tbsp ................. 1/8 tsp. red food coloring
or (used in pancit molo) ..................... 2 tsp paprika
Bulaklak ng saging ....................... dried lily blossoms available at most Chinese stores
Chorizo de Bilbao ....................... Pepperoni, garlic sausage or oxford sausage
Gabi ........................................... Yam
Kalamansi ................................. Lime or Lemon
Kamias ................................... Lemon juice or rhubarb
Kangkong ................................ Watercress or spinach
Labanos .................................. Red or white radish
isua ..................................... Very fine noodles (vermicelli)
Singkamas ................................ Turnips
Talbos ng Ampalaya ...................... Watercress or spinach
Talbos ng sili ........................... Spinach
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