Sinigang na Baboy

Shy Home Chef — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:07:34 +0000

Ingredient
2	pound	pork belly, cut in pieces
3	tablespoon	oil
3	cloves	garlic chopped
1	medium	onion sliced thinly
2	pcs	tomatoes chopped
1	cup	radish Chopped
1/2	cup	Tamarind fruit, or 3-4 tablespoon tamarind mix
2	cup	Kangkong leaves (Water Spinach)
2	pcs	Siling Mahaba (Finger Peppers)
1	pc	Eggplant cut diagonally
1	cup	Sitaw cut in 2 in. length (String Beans)
8	cup	water
1/4	cup	Patis (fish sauce)

Procedure
1	Wash pork with hot water, set aside. This is to prevent scum on soup.
2	Heat oil in a casserole over medium heat sauté garlic, onion and tomato. Press tomato to turn it little saucy
3	Add pork sauté it till no more pink color, put in fish sauce and water let it boil for 10 minutes.
4	Then add tamarind mix (or tamarind fruit) and radish let it simmer for another 10 minutes. (if using tamarind fruit boil it till soft, remove from casserole and place in strainer, remove skin and seed, use a cup of water to extract the juice out of tamarind, put the squeezed juice of tamarind back to the casserole and continue with the rest of procedure.
	Add eggplant simmer for 10 minutes then add string beans and finger pepper simmer for 5 mins
5	Finally add the water spinach and add salt if needed. Let it cook for three more minutes (add salt and pepper if needed) and it’s ready.

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