OB Form 1 – TLE 8

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Prompt: What do you know about Pinakbet? Read the selection aloud and answer the questions.

Pakbet or pinakbet is a popular Ilocano dish. The

vegetables used on this dish are usually grown in the back
yard of every villager and are available almost all year long.
The ingredients of pakbet are the following:

 4 pieces round eggplant cut in half

 2 pieces small bitter melon ampalaya, quartered
 ½ bundle string beans cut into 2 inch length
 1 piece sweet potato kamote, quartered
 8 pieces okra
 1 piece tomato cubed
 1 piece onion cubed
 1½ cup water
 ½ kilo pork
 1/4 cup bagoong sauce

Start by sautéing onion and garlic. Then, saute the pork

for 1 to 2 minutes and then add water. Let the water boil.
Cover the pot and cook the pork until tender. Add all the
vegetables. Season with bagoong sauce. After 10 minutes,
the pakbet is already cooked.

Number of Words: 136

Questions:

1. What is the topic about?

2. Where do the Pinakbet originate?

3. What are the ingredients of Pinakbet?

4. What is the seasoning used?

5. What is the procedure in cooking Pinakbet?