kalintubo - /ka-lin-tĂș-bo/ (Maguindanaon meal) [n.] A Maguindanaon budget meal similar to pastil or paster. It is made with freshly steamed rice (i.e., steaming hot plain rice) and topped with chicken cutlets stir-fried with soy sauce, or saucy chicken liver cooked adobo-style, then wrapped in banana leaf folded into a conic shape making it look like a small volcano - open on top.
A Maguindanaon elder demonstrating how to prepare kalintubo topped with saucy chicken liver. |
Kalintubo topped with chicken cutlets stir-fried with soy sauce. |
The opening on top allows the hot rice to cool off without trapping the moisture. Thus, preventing the meal from spoiling fast. It also makes it easy to tell what topping is on the kalintubo. The sight of it makes the meal attractive as well.
The opening can also be made narrow for easy handling when on the go. |
Kalintubo is often taken with a hard-boiled chicken egg as siding pair to rice
Kalintubo topped with chicken cutlets stir-fried with soy sauce. |
Kalintubo topped with saucy chicken liver cooked adobo-style
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