What indigenous culinary technique, dating back at least a thousand years, cures fresh raw seafood in vinegar or citrus juices (calamansi/tabon-tabon) without applying heat, akin to ceviche?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Kinilaw (or Kilawin)
- Step 1: A type of seafood salad known as kinilaw is made up of raw seafood such as fish or shrimp cooked only by steeping in local vinegar, sometimes with coconut milk, onions, spices and other local ingredients. Answer: Kinilaw (or Kilawin). Why not the others: None of these fit: Paksiw simmered vinegar stew; Pinangat taro leaf wrapped fish; Sinantol grated santol in coconut.
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