Travel to Bicol | Pinangat Express EP35

Spicy Special Pinangat
This delectable dish is made from the freshest taro leaves, coconut milk, shrimp paste, chili, natural spices, and salt. Variants: Spicy with Pork Spicy without Pork All Natural.
Pinangat ng Bicol (Tilmok or Tinuktuk)
INGREDIENTS:
½ kg freshwater shrimp, peeled and seasoned with 1 ½ tbsp. salt
600g meat of young coconut (about 5 young coconuts), grated
2 onions, chopped
2 tbsp. grated ginger
6 cloves garlic
Few pieces of chilies
20 to 30 fresh taro leaves (should be intact with no holes)
kitchen string with which to tie each Pinangat
6 to 8 stalks of lemongrass (lower white portions only), smashed
3 to 4 cups of Pure coconut milk
For the sauce/ topping:
2 cups thick coconut cream
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 shallots, finely chopped
2 stalks lemongrass (lower white stalks), sliced
salt to taste
3 to 5 spring onions, finely chopped
INSTRUCTIONS:
Using a large knife or if you have a food processor, combine shrimp, grated young coconut, onion, ginger, garlic, and chilies and chop all of these ingredients until the mixture looks like cornmeal.
In an overlapping taro leaves (dahon ng gabi). Add 3 tablespoons of the mixture to the taro leaves. Wrap and tie each packet with a kitchen string or use the stalk of the taro leaves.
In a heavy-bottom pot, line it with the smashed lemongrass at the bottom and arrange the Pinangat pieces on top.
Pour the thin coconut milk over the Pinangat. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat, shaking it once in a while to prevent burning.
The Pinangat is cooked once the taro leaves are already soft or when almost all of the coconut milk has evaporated.
While the Pinangat is cooking, boil together in a separate saucepan the thick coconut cream, garlic, shallots, and lemongrass.
Season with salt and simmer until the mixture resembles a thick creamy sauce. Sprinkle the spring onions on top and remove from heat. To serve, arrange the Pinangat on a wide platter and top it with the sauce.
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