Recall your Mother's Best Meal

After a busy day at work or school, we cannot wait for one of our mom's delicious lunch or supper.For me, some of my mom's best menu consists of Pork Sinigang (buto buto or liempo), pork chop, beef steak, chop suey.On special occasions, she cooks her famous pancit palabok, rice cake(biko), lumpiang sariwa and bopis. In addition, of course, New Year is not complete without her Bulalo (Filipino beef bone marrow soup)

I always remember my mother preparing our food everyday, going to the market to buy anything that will fit to her tight budget but she always make sure that get all the nutrition we needed and at the same enjoying the food she is serving us.Mom's scrumptious meals are always something to look forward to .But now that I am a mother myself, I make sure that my children enjoys my cooking just like when I was a kid.This post reminds me too of my mom's birthday next month .She will be 70 years old and will be throwing a big party.Sadly,me and my kids cannot be there  on her big day.Happy birthday mother dear!We love you.

Pork Sinigang

Ingredients:

1 kilo pork, cut into chunks

2 pcs. onions,sliced

2 big tomatoes, quartered

1 bundle kangkong, cut into 2 inches long

1 bundle sitaw/string beans, cut into 2 inches long

2 pcs. raddish,sliced

3 pcs. gabi(taro)

4 pcs. jalapeño pepper(siling pangsigang)

3 tbsp fish sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

10 pcs tamarind or 1 packet sinigang mix

Coooking Instructions:

Boil sampalok in water until soft ,strain to get all the juices and the water out of the tamarind,set aside.

In a large pot, boil pork. remove scum .Add tomatoes ,onion,taro and continue boiling until the meat is tender.

Add the tamarind extract or the sinigang mix. Put enough amount according to your taste. Add fish sauce ,salt and pepper to taste.

Add the remaining vegetables. Let it boil for 2 minutes or until the vegetables are done but not over cooked.

Serve hot with rice .