Vegetables
- Alogbati – Malabar spinach
- Ampalaya – bitter melon
- Dahon ng sili – chili pepper leaves
- Gabi – taro
- Kabute – fungus
- Kamote – sweet potatoes
- Kamoteng Kahoy – cassava
- Kangkong – swamp cabbage
- Labanos – white radish
- Labong – bamboo shoots
- Malunggay – horseradish tree
- Munggo – mung beans
- Pechay – bok choi
- Puso ng Saging – Banana blossoms
- Sigarilyas – winged bean
- Singkamas – Jicama
- Sitaw – string beans
- Talong – egg plant
- Toge – bean sprouts
- Ube – purple yam
- Upo – winter melon
Fruits
- Atis – Sweetsop (sugar apple?)
- Bayabas – Guava
- Balimbing – Carambola
- Cacao -
- Chico – ?
- Mangga – Mango
- Papaya
- Saging
- Sampalok – Tamarind
- Tubo – Sugar Cane
Spices
- Atsuete – Annatto
- Kinchay – Asian celerey
- Luya – fresh ginger
- Murang sibuyas – spring onions
- Sili – chili peppers
- Tanglad – lemon grass
Here are some ingredients or types of foods that only Filipinos could love. 
- Gulaman – agar-agar
- Bagoong – fermented small shrimps or anchovies
- Dilis
- Lumpia WrapperItlog na Maalat – salted eggs
- Pancit – Philippine pastas
- Patis – condiment made from fish drippings
- Balut – embryonated duck eggs
- Goto – tripe
- Tainga ng Baboy – pig ears
- Pata – pig hocks and pig fee
Philippine Ingredient Substitutions
From a cookbook entitled, ‘Filipino Cooking Here and Abroad’ by Eleanor Laquian and Irene Sobrevinas.
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Achuete, atsuete, 1 tbsp ….. 1/8 tsp. red food coloring or (used in pancit molo) ….. 2 tsp paprika
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Bulaklak ng saging …. dried lily blossoms available at most Chinese stores
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Chorizo de Bilbao …. Pepperoni, garlic sausage or oxford sausage
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Gabi ….. Yam
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Kalamansi ….. Lime or Lemon
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Kamias ….. Lemon juice or rhubarb
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Kangkong …… Watercress or spinach
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Labanos ….. Red or white radish
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isua …… Very fine noodles (vermicelli)
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Singkamas ……. Turnips
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Talbos ng Ampalaya …… Watercress or spinach
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Talbos ng sili ….. Spinach
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