Sinigang na Managat

This is a very simple dish that does not require green leafy vegetables. When you cook this, you will learn that this dish offers fullness of flavor to your taste buds.

Any dish which use Managat fish (red snapper) is considered superb. The Managat was once regarded as pest because it feasts on the milkfish fingerlings in the fishpond. However, its exquisite flavour made it one of the first-class fish, thus, expensive of course.

In this recipe, I used batuan instead of sampalok or any sinigang mix. Batuan is the souring agent commonly used by Ilonggos in most of their soup dishes.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Managat, sliced
3 pcs tomatoes, quartered
2 pcs onions, sliced
10 pcs batuan
3 stalks onion leaves, diced
3-5 pcs siling haba
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Put 3 cups of water to a pot. Put the tomatoes, onions and batuan then bring to a boil. Then, put the Managat fish and wait until it becomes tender. When the fish is cooked, put in the siling haba and onion leaves. Season with salt.

It is better if you eat this meal with a sweet n salty combination of spices.

To do this, sautee chopped garlic, onions and tomatoes in a litle amount of oil. Put 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, then, put a teaspoon of sugar.

The salty-sweet flavor will be best with the sour soup of Managat.