Ginataan

Ginataan
Top: Ginataang kalabasa (calabaza and string beans in coconut milk) with shrimp;
Bottom: Ginataang mais, a dessert rice gruel (lugaw) with sweet corn and coconut milk
CourseMain course, dessert
Place of originThe Philippines
Serving temperatureHot or cold
Main ingredientsCoconut milk (gatâ)

Ginataan (pronounced: GHEE-nah-ta-AN), alternatively spelled guinataan, is a 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, ginataan was brought to Mexico through the Manila galleons which docked in Acapulco. Today, it has become naturalized in the regional cuisines of Guerrero and Colima, like the zambaripao or the tuba. In Spanish it is called guinatán.

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