Sinaing refers to rice slow-cooked in a clay pot over low heat, producing a denser, more fragrant result than modern rice cookers typically can achieve. The term also describes sinaing na tulingan, a Batangas dish of tuna slow-simmered in kamias until the bones soften completely.
Sinaing
The palayok doesn’t have to be a cooking pot exclusive to the pre-colonial Filipino cook. Learning how to use it today gives you a glimpse of how to make some traditional Filipino dishes the “original way".
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