Pinakbet Recipe - NYT

panah betNotes and substitutions. Vegetables: Pinakbet typically includes a variety of vegetables such as kalabasa or kabocha squash, bitter melon (ampalaya), eggplant (talong),Pinakbet or pakbet is a popular vegetable dish in the Philippines which orinated in Ilocos Region, the word pinakbet is derived from the Ilocano word pinakebbet, meaning shrunk or shrivelled.It is cooked with a different