Sinigang na Kandule sa Miso

¼ kg kandule, cut into serving pieces
¼ cup miso
1 pc tomato, sliced
1 pc onion, sliced
1 cup mustassa leaves
3 cups water
2 stalks lemon grass
2 slices ginger
2 pcs finger chilies
1 cup sliced eggplant
1 cup sliced okra
½ cup sliced radish
3 tbsp patis
2 tbsp fresh tamarind puree or
tamarind juice (see sinigang na baka recipe)


Boil water. Add onion and tomato. Press and crush using the back of the ladle.
Add the fish, lemongrass, ginger and let it boil.
Add the radish, eggplant and okra. Season with fish sauce and let boil.
Add the miso and tamarind puree or juice.
Lastly add the finger chili and mustasa leaves.
Simmer to cook.


To prepare tamarind puree: Boil 4-5 large green tamarind pods in ½ cup water. Crush cooked softened tamarinds with for and sieve to extract puree.