Kinilnat

Kinilnat, or ensalada, is an Ilocano salad. Unlike some Western salads, kinilnat accompanies the main course as a side dish.

Kinilnat

Kinilnat made of katuday flowers and tomatoes
Alternative names	Ensalada
Type	Salad
Course	Side dish
Place of origin	Philippines
Region or state	Ilocos region
Serving temperature	Cold
Main ingredients	Regional vegetables (shoots, blossoms, unripe fruits)

The leaves, shoots, blossoms, immature fruits or other parts of the vegetables are blanched, drained and dressed with bugguong munamun (anchovy paste) or patis (fish sauce), and sometimes souring agents like kalamansi, kamatis (tomatoes), or suka (vinegar).^[1] Additionally, it can be seasoned with freshly ground laya (ginger) or sili (chilis). Common vegetables include:^[2][3][4]

• kamotig, sweet potato leaves and shoots
• parya, bittermelon unripe fruits and leaves
• otong, string bean shoots and young pods
• karabasa, calabaza shoots and blossoms
• sayote, chayote shoots
• kalunay, amaranth leaves
• marunggay, moringa leaves and blossoms
• repolyo, cabbage leaves
• katuday, West Indian pea blossoms
• pallang, winged bean pods
• parda, hyacinth bean pods
• sabunganay, banana blossoms
• pako, fern shoots^[5]

See also

• Binagoongan
• Dinengdeng
• Kilawin
• List of salads
• Food portal