Sinigang Na Baboy

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork spare ribs
• 2 packs Tamarind Soup Base
• 1 big tomato
• 1 big red onion
• 2 pcs gabi (taro)
• 3 pcs chili peppers
• Salt or fish sauce to taste
• Vegetable of your choice:
• Eggplant
• Radish
• String beans
• Kangkong (swamp cabbage)

Procedure:

• Boil approximately 2 to 3 liters of water.
• Put in the meat, tomato and onion. Let the meat cook.
• When the meat is tender, you can mix in the gabi or taro. Let it cook.
• When the taro is cooked (it should have a consistency of a cooked potato), you can take it off the stock and mash it and put it back. It will help thicken the soup.
• Put the Tamarind Soup Base as a substitute for the real tamarind. Let it boil once again.
• When its boiling, you can add the vegetable,except for the kangkong (swamp cabbage) if you have some.
• When the vegetable is almost cooked, you can add in the chili peppers.
• When the chili peppers are cooked, turn your heat off, and add your kangkong (swamp cabbage), and cover it.
• Serve hot.