INGREDIENTS:

Chopped garlic – 3 cloves

Chopped ginger – thumb size

Chopped red onions – medium size

Sliced tomatoes – 3 medium size

Spring Onions – 3 stalks (Separated the whites from the greens)

1 ½ kilo of mussels/tahong

Lokot/Seaweed (optional)

Vegetable oil

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon white sugar

½ liter water

 

PROCEDURE:

1. First is we need to clean the mussels. remove the hair by trimming it using a knife. Then rinse them with water 3 times.

 

2. Using a large pot, drizzle a bit of cooking oi. Then toss the onions stir for a few seconds, followed by the garlic and ginger.

 

3. Then pour the mussels in. Stir for a minute to make sure each of these shell fish gets the proper heat.

 

4. Then lets add the tomatoes, followed by the white spring onion stalks. Then add ½ a liter of water. Then our lokot. And we will let this cook for about 4 minutes.

 

5. Then stir again making sure each ingredients are cooked. Add the salt, and a sprinkle of white sugar to balance the flavor.

 

6. Let it boil again for 2 minutes. And we are done!

 

7. Serve hot and enjoy it as a starter or pair with a steamy bowl of rice.