PINAKAMALAN

Another of those Malapatan foods of Maguindanaon origin usually served on special occasions like kanduli here in the place called the last frontier of the Maguindanaon culture, Malapatan, is the dish called pinakamalan. It is beef meat cut in bite sizes (others prefer finely chopped), mixed with cubed potatoes and carrots, garnished with chopped onions and green chili / pepper, and topped with palapa (coconut meat fry-dried, another Maguindanaon dish). As with most of Maguindanaon malapatan foods I have tasted so far, its spicy hot, chunky to the bite,  and super delicious you’d forget about your diet, promise! 

I was told that Maguindanaon cooking, especially that of pinakamalan,  ingredients are mixed and cooked all  together all at the same time, including loads of chopped chili pepper. Chili pepper is a must in Maguindanaon cooking of dishes, resembling that of Indonesia or Malaysia, just a few hours travel by water from Sarangani.

For me, pinakamalan must have been coined from pinaka- which means superlative prefix in Filipino, and -malah- (chili / pepper for Maguindanaon dialect). As to the origin of the name though i have yet to ask around. 

Eating pinakamalan  is best served with kanduli rice in special occasions. And truly, you'd miss a lot if you don't get to have a taste of pinakamalan in your travel here in Sarangani Province.

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Kanduli Rice in Malapatan

Kanduli Rice

Kanduli Rice 

For the ilocanos, the kanduli rice is the Valenciana minus all other ingredients. In my years of staying in my hometown, it was only during the Kanduli  (feast) held on the opening of the Pakaradyan Festival 2013 that i had the chance to taste for the first time the kanduli rice. At first, it was firm to swallow but immediately becomes soft and sticky as it went down my throat, giving a newbee a different experience of eating rice. It is actually regular rice cooked in coconut milk with ginger, giving it a yellowish color as compared to regular white rice as seen above. It is usually served during kanduli (feast), and weddings, thanksgiving, and other Muslim celebrations are, should we say, incomplete without this recipe in the menu. 

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