Traditional Pork Sinigang sa Sampaloc by Chris Urbano
Author: Chris Urbano
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Filipino
Its one of the rare dishes that has a bit of all the flavours - salt, sweet, sour , and bitter. While normally sinigang is more on the sour side, the singang with pork and sampaloc is right sa interseksyon ng sour / savoury / salty.
Ingredients
750grams Pork neck
1 large onion
½ bulb garlic
1 inch ginger
2pcs aubergine (talong)
1 bunch water spinach kangkong / pechay
1 bunch snake beans (sitaw)
2 pcs taro root (gabi)
Okra
4 medium tomatoes
500 grams Sampaloc (Tamarind)
6 pcs siling pang sigang
Procedure
Boil sampalok in a saucepan until soft, reserve the sampalok water + crush / drain sampalok to extract all the sour goodness.
While sampalok is boiling, fry garlic, onion, then pork to braised and add 1 litre of water and bring to boil
Add patis, salt pepper and tamarind extract, simmer soup for around 20 minutes
Add chilli, tomatoes and radish and boil for another 5 minutes
Add eggplant and snake beans and simmer for another 5 minutes
Add pechay and remove from heat
Serve with fresh cooked rice
Recipe by Maputing Cooking at https://maputingcooking.com/recipe/pork-sinigang-sa-sampaloc-chris-urbano/