It’s meat boiled with vegetables and some spices until it makes a delicious broth ready to be enjoyed with rice. Pork is what’s commonly used for this dish but now, chicken and beef are also used. The parts of meat, for pork and beef, often used for the dish are the tough meat or bony parts, it makes for a more flavorful broth than the tender parts of meat.
The phrase “Kung walang tiyaga, walang nilaga” is commonly said in the Philippines to motivate people to work hard. Nilaga in the phrase equates to the food the people will bring to their table after working -what they would be able to take home to their family after a hard day’s work.
