Escalibada. My new addiction as food goes.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230365)
Chile
October 31, 2015 4:39pm CST
I woke up from my nap after lunch thinking about what would I do for diner that was diety and yummy. Yesterday I ate a couple of food I shouldn´t have while waiting for my daughter.
I ate leftover steamed fish for lunch, but stole some salami to eat with a toast. For diner, I´m going to make a huge coleslaw salad with no mayo (i´ll use light cottage cheese), a diced apple and some raisins. And I have an escalibada navarra in the oven.
The escalibada is a spanish vegetable dish. It is easy to make. You just place in a pan in the oven some onions, eggplants, sweet peppers and tomatos if you wish. You add salt, pepper, dry sweet pepper and any other spice of your liking. Add plenty of olive oil and let it cook in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour.
This can be eaten hot, warm or cold.
Tonight it will be my diner. I will add some of the oil to the cabbage and hope for a lighter weight tomorrow
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
1 Nov 15
Hi friend, the Filipino has a similar dish called " ensalada" which is also Spanish for salad. What you mentioned is "ensaladang talong" here, talong is eggplant, the only Asian difference is it has soy sauce, native lemon and fish paste. Another version is ensalada ampalaya or bitter melons,gourd, it's soaked in salt water together with radish,drained, chopped and tossed with vinegar, pepper, tomatoes, onions,sugar etc.. similar to yours. Here both are only side dishes or appetizers, and another difference is we do not cook it except for boiling the egg plant.
. What you mentioned is "ensaladang talong" here, talong is eggplant, the only Asian difference is it has soy sauce, native lemon and fish paste. Another version is ensalada ampalaya or bitter melons,gourd, it's soaked in salt water together with radish,drained, chopped and tossed with vinegar, pepper, tomatoes, onions,sugar etc.. similar to yours. Here both are only side dishes or appetizers, and another difference is we do not cook it except for boiling the egg plant.1 person likes this
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
2 Nov 15
Ensaladas in my country mean usually raw veggies such as lettuce, tomatos, avocados and celery. These veggies are baked in the oven with a lot of olive oil
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
3 Nov 15
@louievill I have noticed that many filipino dishes are similar to spanish dishes with soy sauce added. And there are some dishes that have spanish names like leche flan that is our flan de leche.
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
3 Nov 15
I am amused how dishes take a turn when they move from country to country since we share common Spanish culture. Filipinos in particular are very creative when they "Filipinize" something, they will adopt, btw olive oil especially virgin Italian is very pricey here that a lot cannot afford, perhaps they would think of something else but less healthy.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
1 Nov 15
It is and I did. I saved some onions and the oil to use as a dressing for today¨s salad.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
1 Nov 15
I´m afraid they will burn. But they are awesome.
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