Let's have lunch! "Linaga", anyone?! :-)



Linaga  can be stated in English as a stew.
It's cooked with beef or pork with the touch of the fruity sour flavor of  batwan.
Big chunks of unripe langka are added to the  Linaga.

LINAGA
Ingredients:
1/4 kilo batwan
1/4 kilo petchay
1/4 kilo hilaw na langka (unripe langka), diced
4 pieces Knorr beef cubes
1 kilo beef/pork, cut into serving size
2 pieces onions, sliced
1/2 medium size garlic, pounded
1/2 cup cooking oil

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onions.
2. Put the beef/pork and mix for 2 minutes.
3. After a few minutes, put some water.
4. Let it simmer until the beef/pork gets soft.
5. Put langka, salt, and Knorr beef cubes.
6. If the langka is soft enough, put the batwan.
7. Take out the batwan from the broth if its skin is already open.
8. In a small bowl, press the softened batwan to bring out the juice.
9. Strain the batwan and put the juice into the pot.
10. Simmer for a few minutes.
11. Put the petchay.
12. Simmer for a minute and add the chili peppers.
13. Mix, simmer, and serve.

(*If batwan is unavailable, use 1 pack Knorr Sinigang in lieu of 1/4 kilo batwan.)

batwan fruit

Its taste is sour but not acidulously pungent.

Batwan  is an important souring arsenal of cooks in Negros Occidental and some parts of Panay. It is also abundant in some parts of Visayas and Mindanao.

Batwan  is a small round fruit and being under the genus garcinia, is a close cousin of mangosteen. It actually looks like green and stunted mangosteen.

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18 Comments

Mj Diaz Robb said…
baw ginutom ko kaau.. L A N G KAAAAAA lol
Ritchill Dahay said…
Linaga? Bawwwww isa pa ni nga nahidlwan ko na gid grrrr... To do list man ni ah heheheh
Eric Tata Piansay said…
Maka tilaw naman ko sina nga lina-ga next month! ga laway man ta ba! hehe
Jose Marcus Suanico said…
Binli lang ko langka palihug...
Helen Nabua said…
wahhh.... Gamantinir lang ko langka nga canned. I want the freh one sa linaga. Namit Day Sally.
Gabriel Lobaton said…
amo ni ya ang bulong sa tugnaw..sa hitsura pa lang gutom ka na..
Felix B Colinco Jr said…
Palihog lang save sang tul-an... Kitkiton ko para mabaid akon ngipon.... Uuk
Genevieve Susan Billones Bayona said…
Namit ba!
June Gumban said…
baw sampat gid ni subong sa amon grabe tugnaw sa desyerto,,,ok gid si dai Sally kay indi na ko mabudlayan mangita menu...gakagutman ko kon wala sia gina post...food morning to you halin diri sa riyadh saudi..
kelly said…
Hi,very nice blog.
Doc Faustino said…
NAMIT!
Lee Riza Cortez Orbe said…
damgohon ko na lang ni anay ah. tulo man laway ko ba.
Sally Hasegawa said…
missed that too
Rafie Jalandoni Dadivas said…
Amo pa guid ni ang guina hidlawan ko! Maskin tapos na ko panyaga burrito, nami man gihapon mag higop caldo! Namits guid, dai Sal!
Grace Golez-Florendo said…
Sal, may recipe ka sini?!? oh please pass it to me man ay kay I miss this, i tried the kanding nga sinampalukan, daw amo amo man sini ang sabor but i like this gid ya! thanks Sal!
Jim Panlilio said…
mmmmmmm!!! ;)
yum! ;
Anonymous said…
Mayo na lang kay may internet na subong. Sang una mahulat ka pa sang free recipe sa likod sang delmonte label....hahhah.. Pro salamat gid sa pag-share mo. Kabay pa may makit-an ko dri nga BATWAN sa Cebu. God Bless.
Unknown said…
hi blogger,

good day! nice one! haha :)

thanks,
;)

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