Ginataan (pronounced: ), alternatively spelled guinataan, is a Filipino term which refers to food cooked with gatâ (coconut milk).
During the Spanish colonial era, ginataan was brought to Mexico through the Manila galleon which docked in Acapulco. Today, it has become naturalized in the regional cuisines of Guerrero and Colima, like the Morisqueta or the tuba. In Spanish language it is called guinatán.
Terminology
Ginataan is the affixed form of
gatâ ("coconut milk"):
g- +
-in- +
-atâ +
-an ("done with coconut milk"). It usually refers to dishes which are eaten with rice during the major meals of the day. It normally follows the form "
ginataan na/ginataang + (whatever it is cooked with)" or "(dish name) +
sa gatâ". For example,
ginataang hipon refers to shrimp cooked in coconut milk,
ginataang gulay to an assortment of vegetables cooked in coconut milk,
ginataang alimango is
Scylla serrata cooked in coconut milk, while
ginataang manok is chicken cooked in coconut milk.
Coconut milk may be added to existing dishes as in
ginataang adobo (known more commonly in
Tagalog language as
adobo sa gatâ).
There are other dishes which are known by unique names including Bicol express, laing and variants of pinakbet, which nonetheless fall under the ginataan category because they use coconut milk as one of the main ingredients.
Sweet variants
Various sweet
may also simply be called
ginataan, especially in the northern Philippines.
For example, the
Visayan binignit, a
soup made with coconut milk,
glutinous rice,
,
tapioca pearls, and
sago is simply called
ginataan in
Tagalog language (a shortened form of the proper name,
ginataang halo-halo).
This soup is also called
"giná-tan" in Bikolano,
"ginettaán" in
Ilocano language, and
"ginat-ang lugaw" in Hiligaynon. If gummy balls made of pounded
glutinous rice are used instead of plain glutinous rice, it becomes a dish called
ginataang bilo-bilo or simply
bilo-bilo.
is another example of a dessert soup; a warm, sweet, thick gruel made with coconut milk,
sweet corn, and glutinous rice.
List of ginataan dishes
Dishes considered under the
ginataan category include:
Main dishes
Dessert
See also
