Sinigang (Sour Soup)
 

In the Philippines, sinigang is one of the best things you can eat on a cold rainy night. It's my comfort food - the hot steaming broth and sour-salty flavor is hard to beat. I realized, however, that for some Westerners, sinigang is not appealing at all. From the smell to the presentation to the flavor - I have received honest comments from friends that sinigang is just not pleasant.

Sinigang can be made with pork, beef, or fish. You also throw in veggies such as water spinach, radish, okra, eggplant, string beans, etc. For the flavor, you use tamarind (or a tamarind mix) and fish sauce. To give you a better idea, check out some sinigang recipes he http://recipe-finder.com/#!/search?q...plate=31f4d298.

My question is this: if you're not from the Philippines, do you have something similar to sinigang? Have you tried this dish? If so, what can you say about it? Really interested in what you have to say!

Sinigang (Sour Soup)
 

I don't know about sinigang but I've lived in Shanghai (China) and I
usually don't really enjoy local fish recipees. I think it's maybe a
matter of presentation/habits.

Though your text make me fancy taste sinigang :)

On 2011-04-16 13:13:08 +0800, Noemi > said:

>
> In the Philippines, sinigang is one of the best things you can eat on a
> cold rainy night. It's my comfort food - the hot steaming broth and
> sour-salty flavor is hard to beat. I realized, however, that for some
> Westerners, sinigang is not appealing at all. From the smell to the
> presentation to the flavor - I have received honest comments from
> friends that sinigang is just not pleasant.
>
> Sinigang can be made with pork, beef, or fish. You also throw in
> veggies such as water spinach, radish, okra, eggplant, string beans,
> etc. For the flavor, you use tamarind (or a tamarind mix) and fish
> sauce. To give you a better idea, check out some sinigang recipes he
> http://tinyurl.com/2vypk26.
>
> My question is this: if you're not from the Philippines, do you have
> something similar to sinigang? Have you tried this dish? If so, what
> can you say about it? Really interested in what you have to say!

Yes, I totally understand your sentiments about presentation. As for sinigang - I like it best with pork, so if you try it, start with pork. :)

Hi I like sinigang specially if it beef sinigang... wow though it is not healthy, because of the calories and fats. I used a free nutritional calculator to check how much calories fats etc that are in the whole recipe.

Speaking of sinigang... I am cooking pork sinigang today... hehe

it's really yummy especially if you put too many vegetables on it.

Aside from tamarind or the ready-to-use mixture, you can also use Kamias since it produces the same level of sour taste. This is somewhat similar to "paksiw" but the ingredient to make it sour is vinegar. Most "paksiw" dishes use fish since vinegar removes the fishy smell that is not really nice.

my favorite! pork sinigang is the best! =)

I have tried sinigang. It was a long time ago. I think it was pork sinigang. I love it. I love the flavors of it.

I don't think there are other similar western food that is similar to Sinigang. But I do agree that it is the best dish for a cold rainy night.

Soup of these kind is superb to take specially in late night parties where lot of fun and enjoy have to do. I really love to take it

I like it best when it's a pork and fish sinigang also especially when it's raining outside. The hot soup was perfect for the cold season.








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Can this soup be prepared by using Chicken. I want to try it with chicken.