Ginataang alimasag with Sitaw at Kalabasa is a vegetable dish composed of Calabaza squash and string beans.The vegetables are cooked in coconut milk or coconut cream. Different kinds of seafood — sometimes meat is used to cook this dish to add more flavor.
Ingredients
4 lbs fresh blue crabs (alimasag)
1 lb squash , sliced into cubes
1 bunch string beans (about 3 to 4 cups), cut into 2.5 inch length
3½ cups coconut milk
1½ tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 medium onion, sliced
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Instructions
1.Heat a cooking pot and pour cooking oil.
2.Saute garlic and onion.
3.Add fish sauce and coconut cream, and then let boil.
4.Put-in the ground black pepper, and then cook for 10 minutes in medium heat until the liquid
reduces.
5.Put-in the crabs and stir. Cook for 10 minutes.
6.Add the squash (kalabasa) and cook until the squash becomes a little soft.
7.Add the string beans, stir, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
8.Turn the heat off and transfer to a serving plate.
Serve with hot steamed rice.
