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Pastil

Pastil is a Filipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded chicken or fish. It originates from the Maguindanao people and is a popular, cheap breakfast meal in Mindanao, especially among Muslim Filipinos. Pastil is also known as patil, patel, patir, or pater in Maranao; and paster in Iranun.

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Alternative names
pastel, patil, patel, patir, pater, paster
Course
Main dish
Main ingredients
white rice, glutinous rice, shredded beef/chicken/fish
Place of origin
Philippines
Region or state
Maguindanao
Similar dishes
binalot, piyoso & nasi dagang

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Pastil

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples25
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
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related to Description · 8
Pastil → Garlic, It, Muslim Filipino, Palapa, Shredded, Soy, The, The Maranao
related to Similar dishes · 8
Pastil → Due, Filipino, In, Islam, Its, Mindanao, Muslim Filipinos, National Commission
related to External links · 2
Pastil → Media, Wikimedia Commons
Alternative names · 1
Pastil → pastel, patil, patel, patir, pater, paster
Course · 1
Pastil → Main dish
Main ingredients · 1
Pastil → white rice, glutinous rice, shredded beef/chicken/fish
Place of origin · 1
Pastil → Philippines
Region or state · 1
Pastil → Maguindanao
Similar dishes · 1
Pastil → binalot, piyoso & nasi dagang
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Pastil → Filipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded chicken or fish

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shredded also dish dishes muslim fish mindanao maranao meat wrapped rice pater chicken filipino similar usually pork made breakfast maguindanao

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PastilAlternative namespastel, patil, patel, patir, pater, paster1.00infobox
PastilCourseMain dish1.00infobox
PastilMain ingredientswhite rice, glutinous rice, shredded beef/chicken/fish1.00infobox
PastilPlace of originPhilippines1.00infobox
PastilRegion or stateMaguindanao1.00infobox
PastilSimilar dishesbinalot, piyoso & nasi dagang1.00infobox
Pastilis aFilipino dish made with steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves with dry shredded chicken or fish0.90text
Pastilrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Pastilrelated to DescriptionIt0.60section
Pastilrelated to DescriptionGarlic0.60section
Pastilrelated to DescriptionSoy0.60section
Pastilrelated to DescriptionPalapa0.60section

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