Region 3
Region 3
Region 3
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Region 3
• Region 3 in the Philippines refers to Central Luzon
• Central Luzon produces the most rice in the whole country.
• The region earned itself the moniker “Rice Granary of the
Philippines”
Culture and Tradition
Laruk-laruk, heritage
kakanin made from
first harvest (green)
rice
Ginipa
• Ginipa made of dried rice
grains flavored with a uniquely
sweet blend to taste.
3. Iniruban
• Iniruban or nilubyan is a
famous Tarlac delicacy. It is a
type of rice cake made with
burned young sticky rice,
coconut milk and sweetener;
usually sugar, or tagapulot,
hardened sugarcane
molasses.
4. Tupig
• Tupig is a famous local delicacy
of Tarlac and Pangasinan. It
consists of coconut milk,
glutinous rice flour, young
coconut meat and sweetener
(usually sugar or molasses).
5. Tibok-tibok
• This is tibok-tibok, a richer is
made with carabao milk and
topped with latik on of the maja
blanca.
• Tibuk-tibuk or tibok is literally
translated as “heart beat” that
describes the bubbles pulsating
up and down (that looks like a
beating heart) when the pudding
is cooked.
6. Biko