halabos
halábos with stress marks
scalded in salted water
Usage Note
Halabos is a traditional Filipino cooking method in which seafood — most often shrimp or crab — is cooked directly in salted water or its own juices with minimal seasoning, preserving the natural flavor of the ingredient. Halabos na hipon is a classic dish, and the simplicity of the method is considered to bring out the purest taste of fresh seafood.
Examples
" Masarap ang halabos na hipon. "
Natural Translation
Halabos shrimp is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the halabos-cooked shrimp.
" Mas masarap ang halabos na hipon kaysa sa piniritong hipon. "
Natural Translation
Halabos shrimp is tastier than fried shrimp.
Literal Translation
More delicious the halabos-cooked shrimp than the fried shrimp.
" Gusto ng tatay kong halabos lang ang hipon para hindi mawala ang likas na tamis nito mula sa dagat. "
Natural Translation
My father prefers the shrimp simply scalded in salted water so that its natural sweetness from the sea is not lost.
Literal Translation
Likes of father my that scald only the shrimp so-that not lost the natural that sweetness its from the sea.
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