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{{Short description|Filipino dish made with coconut milk}}

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'''''Ginataan''''' (pronounced: {{respell|GHEE|nah|ta|AN}}), alternatively spelled '''''guinataan''''', is a [[Filipino language|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 term, it may refer to a number of different dishes, each called ''ginataan'', but distinct from one another.

During the [[Spanish Colonial Era (Philippines)|Spanish colonial era]], ''ginataan'' was brought to [[Mexico]] through the [[Manila galleon|Manila galleons]] which docked in [[Acapulco]]. Today, it has become naturalized in the regional cuisines of [[Guerrero]] and [[Colima]], like the ''[[Morisqueta|zambaripao]]'' or the ''[[Tubâ|tuba]]''. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] it is called ''guinatán''.

==Terminology==

''Ginataan'' is the affixed form of ''gatâ'' ("coconut milk"): ''g-'' + ''-in-'' + ''-atâ'' + ''-an'' ("done with coconut milk"). It usually refers to dishes which are eaten with rice during the major meals of the day. It normally follows the form "''ginataan na/ginataang'' + (whatever it is cooked with)" or "(dish name) + ''sa gatâ''". For example, ''ginataang hipon'' refers to [[Shrimp and prawn as food|shrimp]] cooked in coconut milk, ''ginataang gulay'' to an assortment of vegetables cooked in coconut milk, ''ginataang alimango'' is [[Scylla serrata|mud crab]] cooked in coconut milk, while ''ginataang manok'' is [[Chicken as food|chicken]] cooked in coconut milk. Coconut milk may be added to existing dishes as in ''ginataang [[adobo]]'' (known more commonly in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] as ''adobo sa gatâ'').

There are other dishes which are known by unique names including [[Bicol express]], ''[[Laing (food)|laing]]'' and variants of ''[[pinakbet]]'', which nonetheless fall under the ''ginataan'' category because they use coconut milk as one of the main ingredients.

===Sweet variants===

{{Main|Binignit}}

Various sweet [[dessert]]s may also simply be called ''ginataan'', especially in the northern Philippines. For example, the [[Visayan]] ''[[binignit]]'', a [[soup]] made with coconut milk, [[glutinous rice]], [[tuber]]s, [[tapioca]] pearls, and [[sago]] is simply called ''ginataan'' in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (a shortened form of the proper name, ''ginataang [[halo-halo]]''). This soup is also called ''"giná-tan"'' in [[Bikolano language|Bikolano]], ''"ginettaán"'' in [[Ilocano language|Ilokano]], and ''"ginat-ang lugaw"'' in [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]. If gummy balls made of pounded [[glutinous rice]] are used instead of plain glutinous rice, it becomes a dish called ''ginataang bilo-bilo'' or simply ''[[bilo-bilo]]''. ''[[Ginataang mais]]'' is another example of a dessert soup; a warm, sweet, thick gruel made with coconut milk, [[sweet corn]], and glutinous rice.

==List of ''ginataan'' dishes==

Dishes considered under the ''ginataan'' category include:

===Main dishes===

[[File:Buffetjf9441 08.JPG|thumb|''[[Ginataang ampalaya]]'', [[bitter melon]] and ''[[tinapa]]'' in coconut milk]]

*[[Tiyula itum]]

===Dessert===

*[[Bibingka]]

*[[Ube halaya]]

==See also==

{{Portal|Food}}

*[[List of soups]]

{{Filipino food}}

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[[Category:Philippine soups]]

[[Category:Cold soups]]