From root: kare-kare
Usage Note
Kinare-kare describes a dish where the main ingredient, such as seafood or vegetables, is prepared specifically in the style of the traditional peanut stew.
Examples
" Masarap ang kinare-kare. "
Natural Translation
The kare-kare is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the cooked-in-peanut-sauce.
" Gusto ko ang kinare-kare na gulay. "
Natural Translation
I like the vegetables cooked in peanut sauce.
Literal Translation
Like I the cooked-in-peanut-sauce that vegetable.
" Tuwing may handaan sa bahay, ang kinare-kare na pata ang laging hinahanap ng aming mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
Whenever there is a feast at home, the pork hock cooked in peanut sauce is what our guests always look for.
Literal Translation
Every there-is feast at house, the cooked-in-peanut-sauce that hock the always sought by our guests.
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