''Sinabawang gulay'', usually anglicized as Filipino vegetable soup, is a

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made with

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(usually

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leaves) and various other vegetables in a broth seasoned with seafood

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or '' patis'' (fish sauce). The ingredients of the dish can vary widely. It is eaten on its own or over white rice.

Names

"''Sinabawang gulay''" simply means "vegetable soup". The dish is found throughout the Philippines and is known under a wide variety of names. It is known as ''bulanglang na gulay'' in

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; ''sabaw na utan'', ''law-oy'', ''utan bisaya'', or ''utan kamunggay'' in the

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and

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; and ''laswa'' in

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. ''

Dinengdeng Dinengdeng (also called inabraw) is a dish of the Ilocano people of the Philippines, similar to pinakbet. It is classified as a bagoong monamon soup based dish. Unlike pinakbet, ''dinengdeng'' contains fewer vegetables and contains squash and ...

'' of

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is also a type of ''sinabawang gulay'', although it differs in that it does not use garlic.

Description

The primary ingredient of the dish are

leaves,

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, pepper leaves, and

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, among others. It is cooked with a variety of vegetables with onion, tomato, garlic, and ginger in a broth seasoned with seafood

or '' patis''.

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and ''

siling haba ''Siling haba'' ("long chili"), ''espada'' ("sword" in Spanish), ''siling mahaba'', ''siling pangsigang'' ("chili for ''sinigang''"), ''siling Tagalog'' ("Tagalog chili"), and sometimes called green chili, finger chili or long pepper, is one of ...

'' can also be added to the broth. The vegetables normally used in ''sinabawang gulay'' include

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, yardlong beans,

bitter melon ''Momordica charantia'' (commonly called bitter melon; Goya; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear; with many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Afri ...

, calabash, chayote,

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, and

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tubers, among many others. Regional variations of the dish may also contain dried fish,

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s or clams.

Similar dishes

''Sinabawang gulay'' is similar to ''

tinola Tinola is a Filipino soup usually served as a main entrée with white rice. Traditionally, this dish is cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions and fi ...

'' and related dishes, except it does not use meat. It is also similar to vegetable-based ''

ginataan ''Ginataan'' (pronounced: ), alternatively spelled ''guinataan'', is a Filipino term which refers to food cooked with ''gatâ'' (coconut milk). Literally translated, ''ginataan'' means "done with coconut milk". Due to the general nature of the t ...

'' dishes like ''

ginataang kalabasa ''Ginataang kalabasa'', also known as ''kalabasa sa gata'', is a Filipino vegetable stew made from calabaza in coconut milk and spices. It commonly includes shrimp and yardlong beans and either '' bagoong'' (fermented fish or shrimp) or '' p ...

'' and ''

ginataang ampalaya ''Ginataang ampalaya'', is a Filipino vegetable stew made from bitter melon and ''tinapa'' (smoked fish) in coconut milk, ''bagoong alamang'' (shrimp paste), and spices. The dish can also be made with pork or shrimp and other vegetables. The dish ...

'', except that it does not use

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