DIFFICULTY: Easy
Makes 8 to 10 servings
Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 kilo small bangus
1 cup olive oil
2 cups tomato sauce
2 red onions, sliced thinly
5 whole tomatoes, deseeded
2 tablespoons ginger, sliced thinly
2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
2 pieces bay leaf
10 pieces peppercorns
2 pieces Siling labuyo
2 pieces Siling green
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons sugar
2 cups water
Stuffing:
1 carrot, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
5-7 sprigs spring onions
Layered Veg:
1 onion, sliced
2 carrots, thinly-sliced
1 cucumber, deseeded and sliced
Procedure:
- Cut open each bangus. Season each with pepper. Put a piece of carrot, bell pepper, tomato and spring onion inside. Carefully fold and set aside.
- At the bottom of your pressure cooker, add the olive oil. Layer half of the onions, cucumber and carrots.
- Add the stuffed bangus next. Layer the remaining onions, cucumber and carrots on top.
- Add the tomato sauce, water, onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, siling labuyo, siling green, salt and sugar.
- Cover and cook in your pressure cooker under low heat for 1 hour. – Turn off the heat. Open the pressure cooker after allowing the pressure to dissipate, about 10 to 15 minutes.
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