warek-warek sometimes called "dinakdakan" is an Ilocano food. It is usually made of grilled pig head and face,similar to sisig, warek-warek it is served as an appetizer for those who love drinking liquor but it is equally good as an ULAM...

Dinaldalem is sometimes referred to as Igado. Dinaldalem comes from dalem the Ilocano word for liver. The dish is made up of thin slices of pork meat and liver stewed in vinegar and soy sauce. The addition of other pork innards is very common that would make the dish more of igado but still they are regarded as dinaldalem. To extend the dish shelf life dinaldalem is cooked dry and with out the addition of vegetable ingredients. That was of course the time when refrigerator is not as common especially in rural places. I like my dinaldalem with oily sauce which goes well with rice. I also added some chick peas and green peas this will also add some flavour and of course make the this more appealing.Here is the recipe of my Dinaldalem.

Ingredients:

1 bunch alocon flowers, trimmed
2 cups, patani, young lima beans, peeled
1 medium size eggplant, peeled, sliced into thin strips
1 small size kamote, peeled, diced
2-3 tbsp. bagoong na isda
1 medium size tomato chopped
1 small size inion chopped
grilled or fried fish
salt


Cooking Procedure:

Dilute bagoong na isda in 3 to 4 cups of water, strain in a sheave and pour solution in a casserole bring to boil and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, remove all scams that rises. Add in the diced kamote and simmer for another 3 to 5 minutes or until it start to disintegrate. Add the onion, tomato and patani, simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until patani is cooked. Add in the eggplant and continue to cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add salt to taste, now add in the alukon flowers and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Top with grilled or fried fish and keep covered for a minute. Serve hot.