Piaparan/pipaparan or piarun is a Maranao style of cooking where meats like chicken or beef and seafood like fish or shrimp is cooked in a coconut milkbased broth with garlic, onions, ginger, turmeric, spring onions, birds eye chillies, shredded coconut, vegetables and spiced with palapa. Piaparan also means shredded coconut in Maranao.