This article is bicol express panlasang pinoy the Filipino dish. For the settlement in New Zealand, see Karekare, New Zealand. Condiments and other flavorings are usually added.

Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta is not complete without kare-kare. A more modern twist to the classic Filipino kare-kare uses a different dish as the main meat for this dish. Pork is one of the most economical and easiest meats to cook. Kare-kare’s history as a Filipino food goes back hundreds of years. There are four stories as to the origins of kare-kare. Kare-kare has a similar flavor to satay because of the peanuts in the sauce. The ox tripe is boiled until tender.

Sometimes pieces of ox feet or shins are added. When the meat is tender, the soup becomes gelatinous. This article is about the Philippine rice cake. For the Indian pudding, see Bebinca. 1048Bibingka Puto bumbong making Philippines 04. Bibingka is also found in East Timor and Christian communities in eastern Indonesia.

The shared origins of bibingka from the Philippines and Indonesia is widely acknowledged especially given that the Indonesian bibingka is from Eastern Indonesia, the regions closest to the Philippines with the most closely related cultures. Southeast Asian bibingka due to the similarity in names. They believe that the Portuguese may have introduced it to Southeast Asia from Goa. Thus it is more likely that the Portuguese introduced the term to Goa from the Philippines, rather than the other way around. Linguist Blust attributes the word ‘bibingka’ as a possible Malay loan attributing a similar dish called Kue bingka.