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My food post for this week is: Sinigang na Isda (Fish in Sour Broth)
Ingredients:
- fresh fish (preferably one that's on the meaty side; I used the maya-maya (crimson snapper, i think?!) head, though)
- young tamarind leaves (some flowers were included, too)
- kangkong (water spinach) leaves
- radish (one medium sized, sliced diagonally)
- ripe tomatoes, salt, ginger, onion, chili
- fish sauce (optional)
Procedure:
- Clean the fish. Set aside.
- Boil ripe tomatoes then remove from the pot once soft; peel off the skins then mash. Return to the hot pot. Add salt, thinly sliced ginger, and onion. Throw in the fish; wait till barely cooked (took mine less than ten minutes), then transfer to a clean plate.
- Add the tamarind leaves and let simmer for about three minutes.
- Add the radish, then after about five minutes add the water spinach and chili.
- You may adjust the seasonings (fish sauce, or salt) at this point.
- Return the fish to the pot, or you may add the broth to the fish.
- Best eaten hot, with steamed rice.
I know, most would use the commercially available sour broth premixes (and I do that most of the time, too. lol) but I just couldn't resist trying it the "natural" way. Honestly I prefer cooking my sinigang this way, but for the availability of the fresh young tamarind leaves (rarely see them in the supermarket around here). I was just lucky enough to have gotten them from my SIL who lives in the province.
Another downside: the tamarind leaves when cooked can get pretty messy. Maybe wrapping it in something would help... :D
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i have not tried using fresh tamarind leaves, di ba parang mahirap kainin yon?:p my brother likes tamarind leaves stuffed on fish to be grilled--mas malasa daw.
I miss fresh sampaloc shoots. Sometimes the Asian store sells frozen which I buy right away but fresh is always better.
Oh I love fish head sinigang. Sooo yummy.
Yummy sinigang :)) wow im featured, thanks so much!
Thanks for hosting Mayilah
I love the feature!
I haven't really tried using the tamarind leaves and flowers, kahit sa sinampalukang manok, I use the fruit or the sinigang mix (madaya). :) I just hope the market near our place would sell some of that as I don't think there is a house/lot here in our neighborhood that has tamarind tree.
Perfect for stormy weather, though I am not into fish.
Yummy. If I could find those fresh tamarind fruit or leaves I'd cook sinigang this way too.
Yum, both of those dishes look delicious. The fish dish I am rather wary of cooking myself as I rarely cook fish, I prefer to eat it at restaurants. Somehow I have it in my head that I can;t cook fish... Go figure.
Thanks for hosting.
I love sinigang na maya-maya!
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