FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Pinamalhan is the Ilonggo way of making pinaskiw na isda . Its starts with the fish being cooked in vinegar or with sour fruits like batwan or iba (kamias). Making  pinamalhan  with the use sour fruits tends more subtle compared to the soured with vinegar. The recipe's quite simple as it just uses all- around spices and the method of cooking is just stewing.  Here's a basic recipe for Pinamalhan nga Salmonite sa Iba Ingredients 1 kilo salmonite, gutted and cleaned (Cut into half if medium sized or whole if small) 2 cups iba, sliced 1 medium size onion, sliced 1 tbsp. crushed black pepper 5 pcs. siling pansigang 1/2 head garlic, crushed 1 thumb size ginger cut into thin slices Oil Salt Procedures In a pan put garlic, onion, ginger and the sliced kamias at the bottom. Place the salmonite on top then add the green/red chili, spring onions and crushed black pepper.  Add half a cup of water and season with salt. Cover a...

There are a hundred and one ways to cook laswa. Basically, its just a mix of vegetables seasoned with salt, garlic and onions. It could come as plain all-vegetables or with seafood like shrimps and crabs. Commonly used vegetables for making laswa are tagabang (saluyot), kalabasa, okra, sitaw and talong. Check out this basic Laswa recipe. Yet this one makes use of kolitis or Chinese spinach instead of the usual tagabang. Kolitis is very nutritious as it is rich rich in dietary fiber, iron, calcium, phosphorus, riboflavin, niacin and many more. It also helps prevent from anemia, asthma (just boil the leaves), it has diuretic properties that prevents urinary troubles and diarrhea.  Its high high fiber content helps remove the toxins and eliminate waste easily. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, and iron which helps in enhancing production of mother's breast milk . Source Happy Eating!