Yesterday, I was craving for original Filipino food again so I decided to cook something I’ve never ever cooked before, not even in the Philippines (as if I cooked in the Phils :D). It was the monggos with dried fish! weeeee!…. :D
I invented the recipe. I didn’t look it up online or asked my mom or anybody. It was all common sense and memories from our old restaurant back when I was in highschool. I soaked the monggo (mung) beans overnight to soften it then cooked it in the pressure cooker for a few minutes. This I learned from our restaurant cooks back in hiskul while watching them prepare the ingredients for all the dishes they were going to cook. I then sauteed the spices and squash on a lil bit of pork fat then added some lean meat then the cooked monggo beans and previously fried dried fish (that I cooked outside of our house!) plus sikwa (found it in my garden) then let it simmer for a bit. Didn’t need to add much salt as the dried fish was already salty. That’s it. It turned out to be soooo good and it smelled so good. The dried fish gave the dish the kick.. as in manipa jud! I thought Kyle would like it but he didn’t and of course Brian would not even try. Oh well, more for me! :D Kinsay mangayo?!
Last week, I cooked pinakbet following my mom’s recipe (of course from hiskul) and it tasted good also. Now, I gotta think of another original Filipino dish for this week.
p.s. I don’t like to look at recipes online. Most of them don’t taste right. I prefer trying my own or asking my mom.
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