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Tahong in Coconut Curry Sauce

Yields4 ServingsTotal Time40 mins

Show off your cooking muscles with these mussels!

 1 tbsp cooking oil
 2 -inch ginger peeled and julienned
 ½ white onionminced
 2 lemongrasswhite part only, pounded and sliced
 1 cup coconut milk
 ½ tsp curry powder
 ½ cup light beer
 ½ kg fresh musselscleaned thoroughly
 2 siling mahabasliced
 1 bunch cilantrosliced, plus more for garnish
 patis ground and ground white pepperto season
 ¼ lemonto taste
Sauté aromatics
1

Heat cooking oil in a large pan and sauté ginger, onion, and lemongrass for a minute until aromatic.

Mix sauce
2

Add the coconut milk, curry powder, and light beer. Mix and let the sauce simmer for three minutes.

Add mussels
3

Toss in the mussels. Stir from time to time to avoid the aromatics from burning. Discard pieces that won’t open. Season with fish sauce and ground white pepper.

Final touches
4

Add in siling mahaba and chopped cilantro five minutes before turning off the heat.

Serve
5

When done, transfer to a serving platter and garnish with more cilantro. You can serve with crusty bread on the side.

Nutrition Facts

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