Pinoy Food Ingredients and Some Recommended Replacements

Atsuete - Annatto
Bangus (Whole Fish) - Rainbow Trout
Calamansi - Lemon
Chicharon - Pork rinds bought in Spanish stores
Chorizo De Bilbao - Spanish Chorizo in supermarkets

Gabi - Taro
Gata - Coconut Milk
Kalabasa - Squash
Kamote - Sweet Potato
Kangkong - Watercress Or Spinach
Kinchay - Parsley
Knorr Seasoning - Soy Sauce (not a good substitute)
Labanos - Radish
Longaniza - Italian Sausage
Lumpia Wrapper - Spring Roll Wrappers, Egg Roll Wrappers
Miki - Broad Egg Noodles
Mustasa - Mustard Greens or any other Bitter Greens
Patis - "Nam bplah" in Thai, in Oriental stores
Pechay - Bok Choy
Saging na saba - Plantain Bananas
Sampaloc - Lemon Juice, Tamarind, If used for sinigang – sinigang mix
Sago - Tapioca
Sayote/Papaya - Chayote
Singkamas - Turnips/Jicama
Sitaw - String Beans, Long Beans
Sotanghon - Bean Thread Noodles/Vermicelli
Tawsi - Black Beans
Tinapa - Any Smoked Fish
Tokwa - Tofu
Togue - Bean Sprouts
Ubod - Heart Of Palm
Ube - Purple Yam