Cookbook:Sinigang

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Cookbook | Recipes | Cuisine of the Philippines

Sinigang – the famous sour soup of the Philippines.

[edit] Ingredients

• 1 onion (sliced)
• 4 whole tomatoes (sliced)
• 700g pork belly (cubed)
• 300g String beans
• 250g kangkung (water spinach) or other leafy vegetable
• 400g horseradish (sliced)
• 3 chillis
• 300g Sampaloc (tamarind)
• 5 Tbs fish sauce
• 400g taro
• water

[edit] Procedure

1. Boil sampaloc in water until shells crack, then work the flesh away from the seeds and strain, reserving all the liquid for the soup.
2. Sauté onions in a large pot.
3. Add the onion, tomato, chilli, pork and taro to the pot with soup liquid and fish sauce, and simmer until pork and taro are tender.
4. Add the horseradish and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
5. Add the rest of the vegetables, and simmer for another few minutes so that vegetables are just cooked.

Serve hot.