we were booked on a flight to legazpi city (albay) tomorrow, thursday, nov.7, but we cancelled the trip due to the incoming super typhoon, "yolanda". those of us who are now in their late forties or early fifties couldn't escape associating this with the 1970's howler, "yoling" - a name that remains of what we remember about super typhoons when we were growing up.
bicolandia, (of which legazpi city is a part of), of course, is well-known for its ginataan dishes. although, i'm not too sure if this pinoy hot pot is a bicolandia dish. but it has gata and sili - a mainstay in bicolandia food.
so, if we cannot go to bicolandia, we will let bicolandia come to us!
gear up for "yolanda" - be safe, everybody!
ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork belly, sliced into bite-size cuts
20 strands, string beans or sitaw, cut into 2-inch segments
3/4 cup kakang gata of 1 niyog, grated
2-3 cups ikialawang gata of same niyog
6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 large onion, peeled and sliced
1 thumb-size ginger, whacked on kitchen tile with flat side of kitchen knife
(or something to that effect)
3 siling labuyo or any red sili
2 tsps bagoong alamang
1/2 tsps patis
dash of salt and pepper
procedure:
PUT ikalawang gata, garlic, onion, ginger, siling labuyo, bagoong alamang, and patis in a wok or saucepan
BOIL 1 minute
ADD pork slices
SIMMER until liquid is reduced to half its original quantity
ADD string beans
SIMMER for about 10 minutes or until desired softness of string beans is achieved
ADD kakang gata
BOIL for 1 minute
(ADD water if more sauce is desired.)
ADD salt and pepper to suit taste.
serve warm with rice.
good eats !!!
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