Shrimp Adobo in Coconut Milk

Here's a Filipino recipe I've tried yesterday.  I learned this through searching recipes with coconut milk online.  I so love this recipe and I'm sure you'll love it too!

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic

20 pieces sitaw (string beans) cut into 3-inch length
patis (fish sauce) or salt to taste
1 pound large fresh shrimps, unshelled
2 twelve-ounce cans coconut milk

COOKING PROCEDURE

In a medium-sized pot, mix the following : vinegar, water, pepper, garlic and patis or salt. Add shrimps and marinade for an hour. Cook in the same pot with the lid off, turning the shrimps often until the almost dry. Add the string beans and coconut milk. Allow the sauce to thicken.

Good for two servings.

Pangasius in Fish Masala

I’ve tried this Indian recipe last night, Pangasius in Fish Masala.  It is very easy to prepare, even a novice like me was able to do it, and great for those on a diet too.  Here’s how I did it :

Ingredients :

1 kilo Pangasius white fillet

2 tablespoon red chili sauce

2 tablespoon Fish Masala

1.5 cups water

Salt to taste

Procedure :

Mix the chili sauce, fish masala, water and salt in a bowl.  Place the Pangasius white fillet in a pan and pour the other ingredients on top of it.  Cook it on low flame until the sauce becomes paste like. 

That’s it, you now have Pangasius in Fish Masala!

Funny experience in buying Abaya

          All women here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wear Abaya.  It is the cultural dress or folk costume for many countries of the Arabian Peninsula such as Saudi Arabia.  Abaya’s are long loose black dress that covers the whole body except the hands, feet and face.  It is paired with a veil that covers the whole face except the eyes.

         When I got here in KSA, I only have one Abaya with me which I bought from an Indonesian boutique back in the Philippines.  I am not a Muslim and I don’t wear Abaya back in my home country.  Since wearing an Abaya is a requirement for women here especially when going out, so I thought of buying another one as substitute for the used one.

        While my husband and I were at a mall in Al Khobar,  we went to the ladies section and started looking for an Abaya.  I got peeved as all Abaya’s were too big for me, even the smallest size in the ladies section were still big for me.  Hubby suggested we go to the children’s section and look for one in there that might fit me.  I thought he must be joking but when I finally found an Abaya that perfectly fits me at the children’s section, it made me laugh.