Maranao
Ulam (Main Dishes)
Chicken Piaparan
Piaparan a Manok
Maranao chicken piaparan—drumsticks and thighs coated in golden turmeric papar (sautéed coconut), with palapa, coconut milk sauce, and chili-chive gar
Regional recipes
Maranao Filipino Recipes
Maranao cooking from Lanao uses coconut, turmeric, palapa, and banana-leaf presentation for ulam that is fragrant and deeply Mindanao.
4 recipes in this collection.
Maranao
Silog Breakfasts
Pastil
Pastil (Kagikit at Kanin)
Maranao pastil—fluffy white rice on banana leaf topped with dark brown shredded chicken kagikit, with spicy calamansi-chili sawsawan for breakfast.
Maranao
Soups & Nilaga
Tyula Itum
Tyula' Itum (Itim na Sabaw)
Maranao tyula itum—beef slow-simmered in a black broth of burnt coconut, turmeric, and lemongrass; Mindanao's dark, aromatic soup for feasts and Frida
Maranao
Ulam (Main Dishes)
Beef Randang
Randang na Baka
Maranao beef randang—slow-braised beef in spiced coconut milk with lemongrass and turmeric until the sauce clings dark and rich; Mindanao's answer to