Before I start this cooking lesson, let me unravel some of its brief delicious history and how Filipino embraced this food as one of the best food in our dining and extremely enjoyable during the rainy season. Sinigang pertains to a Filipino soup or stew and explicitly renowned by its sour and flavorful tang, often associated with fruits which are sour, to name a few but not limited to, tamarind (the prime), unripe mango, calamansi (Philippine Lemon) and guava. Sinigang often assumed to be the national food of the Philippines because it is very common and for how long it has been around the country. Each region has its own style of cooking Sinigang. But today, I will just show how I prepare this personal favorite.
You will need a medium sized pot, good for 2-3 liters of water, depends on how many soup you want. The ingredients are 1 ½ lbs shrimp or prawns (if you are doing it for the first time, I recommended that you use shrimps or prawns with shell head, this will add some flavoring), 1 bunch of water spinach (just separate the leaves), 1 cup of string beans (cut it, same as the length of your finger), 2-3 pcs of medium-sized tomatoes (it must be red, and quartered cut), 1 large white onion (quartered), 8-10 cups of water (like what I’ve said, the amount of water depends on you), 1 pack sinigang mix (I’m using mix because it is very rare to see fresh tamarind in my place now, I preferred to use “Mamasitas sinigang mix”, the spicy one), 4 pcs banana pepper or long green pepper, 3 tbsp of fish sauce (sometimes, if I’m not satisfied with the taste I adjust in this ingredient).
Materials are prepared, cooking properly now, pour water in your pot with the onion and tomatoes, let it be boil until the tomatoes are crushed and blends well to the water, add the Sinigang mix, after two minutes (for sure it is boiling), add the pepper (count 1-20) then add your string beans (count 1-40), then add the shrimps or prawns and the fish sauce (count 1-10 while lightly stir then taste, if your desired salt or sour taste didn’t meet yet, add sinigang mix or fish sauce again, just simmer for 5 minutes). Then turn off the fire, open your pot and add the water spinach then close again the pot.
This is a very easy dish; some people can add optional vegetables with this like bok choy, cabbage, eggplant, radish or okra. But I like it plain because I'm focused to my favorite shrimps.
Guys, I’m really hoping that will try this one and let your taste buds familiarize foreign cuisine. This is a comforting food for your chilly seasons and we use this food to bond with our families in the Philippines.
Hope you like it and enjoy.
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Dear Risty, Nice recipe sweet heart !
Thanks for sharing
Well Done!
Dear Risty! I call it Shrimp Thai soup. Thank you, dear.
Dear Serene, what do you call that dish? I will try this and post a picture of it for you to see. Thanks for sharing.
Dear Risty! Thank you so much for your recipe, I love to cook for my family and sometimes try to make some different dish. I like shrimp soup and here is the recipe, you can try it, bet, you will like the taste.
2pcs egg, 5 pcs shrimps, 2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 4 tbsp sweet sour chili sauce, 1/4 teaspoon white or black pepper powder,1 tbsp fish sauce,1 teaspoon white vinegar, 1 teaspoon Oyster sauce.1 ½ spoon testing salt,.,1 tbsp Lime juice,Green chili 3 pcs,1 1/2 cup cubed chicken breast,4 cup chicken stock, 11/2 tbsp coneflower., 1 PC lemongrass, Mushroom-1/2 cup
(Leaves of Chinese broccoli, 1 PC peeled carrot,) for garnishing
Pre marinade chicken and shrimp with ½ tbs soy sauce for 15 minutes. fry marinated prawn and chicken until water dries up.Need to beat the egg yolk, then add the cornflower and white vinegar and mix it smoothly.
Pour the stock a saucepan and boil on a medium heat. Mix all ingredients except lemon juice, oyster sauce, and fish sauce. Stir and after a few minutes, turn the heat to low and pour the egg mixture and simmer for 15 minutes until turn into a thick and creamy texture.
Once cooked, then add oyster sauce, fish sauce, and lemon juice. This process toasts the spices and releases aromas. You can add vegetables and garnishes while eating it.
this is the only food I can brag about, haha. I would love to know how you do this to your country and I want to try your dish as well. I will wait for your post on "ways to cook shrimp, in your country"..thanks for your time to read this. Take Care and God bless dear serene.
Dear Risty!It looks tasty. I like shrimp soup, in our country , we prepare it a bit different way, it is very easy to prepare, I will share with you the recipe later.
Thanks for your recipe, I will try to make the dish(Sinigang soup ).
Dear Mr. Dara, shrimps is my favorite main ingredient for any dish, because I'm a seafood lover, I'm glad you like it and I'm suggesting you to really try this, by the way, this version is spicy, but the original is not spicy, it's just I innovated it and conformed to my preference. happy to share.
Itu masarap! Gusto ko shrimp at Risty. I like shrimps and tomatoes cooked together. Thanks for sharing.