Sinigang sa Miso(Maya Maya)

Estimate Time of Preparation and Cooking: 40 minutes to 1 hour. Good for 3-5 person.


INGREDIENTS:
1 kilo snapper(maya maya)
150 grams miso
3 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
5 tablespoon ginger, chopped
2 large tomato, diced
3 green pepper(siling haba)
1 pack of tamarind powder
150 grams mustard greens(mustasa)
1 litre of water
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
MSG(vetsin)
cooking oil
salt and ground pepper to taste

PROCEDURES:
1. In a casserole, heat oil and saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomato.
2. Add miso and patis, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Continue stirring to avoid miso to stick on the pot.
3. Add water and bring to boil.
4. Put the fish and tamarind powder, cook for another 15 minutes.
5. Add mustard greens and green pepper.
6. Sprinkle with salt and ground pepper according to taste.
6. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve hot!

NOTES:
1. Another way of cooking is to fry the fish before add in cooking procedure.
2. Add lemon juice or calamansi to lessen the stench taste of the fish.
3. To make a tamarind soup instead of tamarind powder, boiling unripe tamarind fruits until soft. Mash it and strain it.
4. You may add more vegetables in the Sinigang like raddish and string beans.

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Sinigang na Baboy(Sour Soup Pork)

How to cook Sinigang na Baboy(Sour Soup Pork)? Here's my recipe:


Ingredients:

1 kilo pork,cut into cubes
12 tamarind(sampalok) Or sampaloc mix
1 big onion(diced)
6 tomatoes(quartered)
2 radish(sliced)
1 bundle of stringbeans(sitaw), cut into 2 inches long
1 bundle of river spinach(kangkong leaves)
4 pieces taro(gabi), peeled and cut into cubes
2 pieces green pepper(siling haba)
Salt and Fish Sauce(patis)
6 cups of water

Procedures:
Part 1
1.Boil tamarind, pound and strain the juice. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a casserole, bring pork to boil until tender.
2. Add onion, tomatoes, and tamarind juice.
3. Add gabi until tender and thickens the soup.
4. Simmer, then add radish, and string beans.
5. When tender, add kangkong leaves.
6. Season with salt or fish sauce according to taste.
7. Serve hot.

Notes:
You may use liempo, porkchop, kasim or ribs as pork
You may use santol as alternative to sampaloc.
You may add lady's finger(okra) or eggplant(talong) if desired.

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