"Sinigang" is a Tagalog word means for stewed [dish] but in Cebu where I lived we just used the same name in that exact dish*
Hello Food lovers, it's me again.
Today we had our neighbours harvesting their pond and my father did some labour for the exchange of goods so that is why I came to share this recipe today.
From the fresh-caught fish together with some shrimps and crabs I only use one medium-sized milkfish and one piece of shrimp cooked with my homegrown veggies.
water spinach, locally known to us as tangkong this is planted at the back of my house together with my sweet potatoes
ladyfingers, locally known to us as okra.I planted many of them before but they are too old already and can't produce good so I decided to cut them to replace another one with a new variety.
eggplant, locally known to us as talong climate last month was so awful that's why it's too small. probably I'm raising another variety also to replace them soon.
here are all the ingredients I used
- 1 medium milkfish
- 1 medium shrimp
- 8 ladyfingers
- 2 small eggplants
- ginger
- onion
- salt
- tamarind mix (for taste) 1/2 tbsp.
- water, 3cups
for the preparation
- after gathering all the ingredients from my small garden, I washed everything properly and remove all the unwanted parts and slice them into my desired slices.
- next, I cleaned the shrimp and fish by removing the scales and gills take out the intestine especially the gall bladder since it's the worst thing on milkfish if they are not properly removed they can make your dish bitter and terrible.
- Slice the fish into desired pieces and set them aside.
for the procedures
- first, I let 3 cups of water bring to a boil.
- while it's boiling I put fish and shrimp.
- later on, add on ginger and onion.
- next is the ladyfingers and eggplants.
- simmer for about two minutes
- after simmer, I put salt and seasoning to taste.
- Lastly, turn off the fire and add on the water spinach and let the heat cook it.
the finished dish
We have it for lunch and very best to eat when still hot, the flavour was a little bit sour and something sweet because of the fresh shrimp in it.
Maybe you want to try this recipe you can substitute any of the ingredients since I only used the available and the ones from my garden.
Feel free to comment down below and for any suggestion if you like 😉