Foods in Mindanao

FOODS IN MINDANAO
1. Durian
Durian is known as Davao’s signature fruit!
Davao’s rich fertile soil and typhoon-free areas make it suitable for growing tasty Durian. Durian is
available all year round but is usually in season starting August to October.
2. Tuna
Due to its proximity to General Santos City – the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, Davao has a hefty
supply of fresh tuna that can be prepared in endless ways.
3. MALAGOS CHOCOLATES & CHEESES

Davao is synonymous in the Philippines for seafood and durian. But internationally award-winning
gourmet cheese and chocolate? Yup, they got those too!
For the chocoholics, you’ll love the award-winning, single origin Malagos Chocolate that’s produced in
the bountiful foothills of Mt. Talomo, Davao. It’s 100% pure all natural fine flavor chocolate that is truly tree-to-
bar.
But what makes their chocolate special? The beans are from the Trinitario hybrid, a cross between
Criollo and Forastero varieties that are considered to be the finest cocoa beans in the world.
The bean-to-bar creations are sourced from one particular region giving them a more isolated and
distinctive taste.
The chocolate is mildly sweet with a good snap and finishes with a liquor after-taste resembling a deep
fruitiness of red wine.
Mindanao Delicacies
Biryani
Biryani dish is said to be a food made by the Muslim community in Indian/Persian region. So it’s no surprise that this
delicious recipe has made its way to the Muslim community as part Mindanao cuisine. Biryani is basically a fried rice dish
with bits of chicken or seafood and other spices.
Pastil
Pastil is a popular Mindanao food found in the street of Maguindanao. It’s basically a rice covered in banana leaf
with chicken or beef adobo strips as fillings, which proves that Mindanao cuisine is more on easy-to-follow recipes.
Zamboanga has also their own version of the dish. Their pastil is like an empanada, but instead of pork and vegetables,
pancit noodles (rice noodles) are used as fillings.
Pyanggang
Pyanggang is a Tausug dish similar to a chicken barbecue only it’s black but not because it’s burnt. One of the
ingredients, coconut meat, is burnt before it is grounded. It is then combined with other spices to make a paste or
marinade sauce for the chicken.
Sambal
Sambal is a condiment of Indonesian origin. It’s a spicy hot sauce made from grinding spices including chili
pepper, garlic, shallot, and tomato with mortar and pestle.
Tiyula Itum
Tayula itum is a beef dish marinated and cooked with burnt coconut’s milk. Don’t be fooled by its unattractive
color, it actually tastes opposite its appearance.
Curacha
Curacha is famous in Mindanao, especially in Zamboanga. It’s a spanner crab or red frog crab, a crustacean hybrid native
to the waters of Zamboanga and Sulu. It can be cooked with sauce or steamed
Mindanao Desserts
Special occasions call for special dishes. After the Ramadan and other occasions, our brother and sister Muslims
break their fast and feast on special delicacies.
The K’Gans of Tagum City prepare delicious halal food for viands and desserts such as amik, daral, jampok,
and panyalam for their feast.
1) Amik
AMIK is made from high-quality ground rice and brown sugar, poured into a coconut shell sieve and
dripped in circles onto very hot cooking oil. Other Muslim groups call this delicacy “tinagtag.”
Back then, when ground rice still wasn't available in the market, rice was soaked in water to make it soft
before being mashed and cooked.
2) Daral
DARAL is “bukayo” or young coconut strips cooked with sugar and enclosed in lumpia wrapper (spring rolls).
3) Jampok
JAMPOK is mashed tundan banana wrapped in flour with sugar, and shaped into circles before being
fried in hot cooking oil.
4) Panyalam
PANYALAM is flour with sugar, shaped like small discs, and deep-fried.
5) Binaki
Native delicacy of Northern Mindanao, a delicious dessert made of grated young corn with milk,
wrapped in corn corn husk and steam.

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