Sinigang na Bangus (Milkfish)

Sinigang na Bangus, all I can say is that the belly of the Milkfish/Bangus will drive you crazy. lol I mean it, everytime we cook the dish we cut the Milkfish (about a foot long) in 4 portions so that everyone can have a little belly on their part. :D haha Surreal, but true. haha

In this dish you can use tamarind/sampaloc or kamias, but I prefer kamias the extra fruity flavor really compliments the fish. It also has the same ingredients as any other Sinigang dish, but the procedure is the same as the shrimp sinigang you put the fish last cause it cooks faster.

Ingredients

• A medium size bangus about a foot long (cleaned and cut in 4 parts)
• 1 Medium Radish (Labanos) - Chopped
• 1 Onion - Sliced
• 1 Tomato - Sliced
• 1 Stack of String Beans (Sitaw) - Cut (2" length)
• 5pcs of Okra - Cut in half  
• 1 - 2 Stack of Water Spinach (Kangkong) - Cut (2" length, remove the bottom part which is hard just take the soft part of the Water Spinach)
• 3 - 4 pcs of Long Green Chili/Finger Chili (Siling Mahaba)
• 500g of Kamias
•  Salt and Pepper to taste
• 500ml of Water

Procedure

•  Kamias Procedure
• Clean the kamias remove the edges
• Chop the kamias in a centimeter thickness
• Boil the kamias separately, cook until soft
• Mash the kamias, add a cup of the boiled water
• Strain the mixture, set aside
• In a large pot add the 500ml of water, bring to a boil
• Add onions, tomatoes, long green chili/finger chili and radish
• Add salt and pepper, Cook for another 10mins, medium heat
• Now add the kamias mixture, remember to taste the broth while adding the mixture so it would not be too sour
• Add the string beans, cook for another 5mins.
• Add Okra, cook for 5mins
• Add the Bangus/Milkfish, let it boil for about 2-3mins
• Finally add the water spinach, cook for another 10mins (low heat)
• Do not stir because the fish might broke into pieces
• Now the dish is ready to serve and best eaten with fish sauce as a condiment, get the long green chili's and mash it with a 2 tbsp of fish sauce. Enjoy :)
• Be careful in handling the fish it breaks apart easily

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