Sinigang na Baboy with Filipino north twist

Sinigang na Baboy with a twist

Mothers and Fathers out there here’s the ingredients and procedure to cook the sinigang na baboy as my Grandmother told me. This recipe is good for four to five person. This is one of the popular Filipino foods.

Ingredients:

  • pork
  • onion
  • green chili
  • string beans
  • eggplant
  • taro roots (gabi)
  • sinigang mix w/ sampaloc and gabi (powdered)
  • patis
  • salt
  • and raddish

Procedure:

  1. Wash first all the ingredients the pork and the vegetables.
  2. Cut and slice the vegetables and spices; cut as you like no need to cut the pork because it’s already cut into pieces.
  3. Saute the pork with the onion and patis to make it more tasty.
  4. Put water on it together with the sinigang mix w/ sampaloc and gabi and simmer it in 1 hour or just until the pork is tender.
  5. Put some salt for the seasoning just put it as you desired the taste. Add the string beans, raddish and taro roots (gabi) for 10 minutes.
  6. After that add the green chili and bring it to boil. (optional)
  7. Add the eggplant cut into cubes
  8. Finish ready to eat the sinigang na baboy

The twist is the added eggplant.

From the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant

Health properties

“Studies of the Institute of Biology of São Paulo State University, Brazil (Instituto de Biociências of the UNESP de Botucatu, São Paulo) showed that eggplant is effective in the treatment of high blood cholesterol hypercholesterolemia.

It can block the formation of free radicals, help control cholesterol levels and is also a source of folic acid and potassium”

So, add egplant to  your food sinigang now.

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