Alamang Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shrimp paste
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 2 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1/2 pc chilli pepper (optional)
• small pork meat (optional)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 Tablespoon vinegar
• seasoning- msg

Procedure:

1. Chop the garlic finely, the onion & tomato as such:
2. Heat the pan/ or wok then add the cooking oil. Then the pork meat.
3. When the garlic is brown (do not burn it), add the chopped onion and tomato and stir like a really great chef. After 30 seconds add the shrimp paste - Now don't mind the smell, its normal the first 5 minutes.
- Pour in about 1/3 cup water.
It should yield something like this: bubbles appear indicating that the salt level is high.
4. When it start to boil, add 1 tablespoon vinegar. Then the sugar. Continue stirring.
5. Increase the heat & continue to cook.
6. Serve with green mango, Kare kare, or Turnip (Singkamas), or whatever you feel like dipping into it. ENJOY.