Sinigang na Hipon

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Filipino Style Recipe: sinigang na hipon is another simple and easy Filipino dish. This is similar to sinigang na baboy. Normally the shrimps cooked in a combination of onions, tomatoes, different vegetables and tamarind which gives a sour taste.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 30 minutes
Good for 5-6 servings

Ingredients:
1 kilo Shrimps
1 pack sinigang mix or 12 pieces tamarind(sampalok)
5 cups water or ricewash
1 onion, diced
3 large tomatoes, quartered
1 bundle water spinach(kangkong), cut into 2 inches
3 pieces green chili(siling haba)
salt or fish sauce to taste

2 pieces radish, sliced(optional)
1 bundle string beans(optional)

Procedures:
1. In a pot, pour water and bring to boil.
2. Add onions, tomatoes and radish.
3. Add sinigang mix and simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add shrimps, string beans and green chili then simmer for 3 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning with salt or fish sauce.
6. Turn off the heat, add water spinach and cover for a few minutes.
7. Transfer to serving bowl and serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!

Tips:
1. You may also add eggplants or pechay.

Notes:
If using tamarind(sampalok) instead of sinigang mix, here’s the procedure:
1. Boil tamarind until soften.
2. Pound and extract the juices.

Sinigang sa Miso(Maya Maya)

Filipino Style Recipe: sinigang sa miso(maya maya) or snapper in miso-tamarind soup is another Filipino soup dish. This is similar to other sinigang that has a sour broth. Normally the snapper cooked in a combination in rice washing, tomatoes, vegetables, miso paste and tamarind which gives a sour taste.

Estimate Time of Preparation and Cooking: 40 minutes to 55 minutes.
Good for 3-5 person.

Ingredients:
1 kilo snapper(maya maya)
3 tablespoons miso paste
1 pack of tamarind powder or tamarind(sampalok)
3 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 medium-sized onion, chopped
1 thumb-sized ginger, chopped
2 large tomatoes, chopped
a bunch of mustard greens(mustasa)
1 radish, sliced(optional)
3 green pepper(siling haba)
1 liter water or rice washing
cooking oil
fish sauce, salt and ground pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1(Optional)
1. In a frying pan, heat oil then fry fish until light brown. Drain and set aside.

Part 2
1. In a casserole, heat oil and saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.
2. Add miso paste and fish sauce then stir cook for a minute.
3. Pour water then bring to boil. Add sinigang mix then bring to boil.
4. Add fried fish and green pepper then cook for another 2 minutes.
5. Season with salt and ground pepper according to taste.
6. Add mustard greens then simmer for a minute. Serve hot!

NOTES:
1. To extract tamarind juice instead of sinigang mix, boil unripe tamarind until soften then pound and extract the juice.

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.