Home Cooked Gising-Gising by Arn

A long time ago, before this blog even existed, I remember enjoying this healthy green side dish from Recipes by Cafe Metro (Greenbelt 2).  It looked simple enough so I attempted to cook it myself.  Besides, I had my fair share of cooking coconut milk based dishes.

This is one of the simplest yet gratifying side dishes ever created.  Paired with anything fried and salty – excellent!

Here’s how I interpreted the dish in my small kitchen.

• Baguio Beans – get the bundled ones from your favorite grocery store.  At Rustan’s its like 15 pesos only.
• Coconut milk or powder – any will do, fresh is great.  I don’t like powdered one from Knorr – its too sweet and I don’t know why
• Garlic and Onions
• Ground Beef – not much needed
• Green chillies
• Ginisa flavored mix – I used the one from Maggi.  It stores better because its in granules.  Plus, it tastes better.

That’s it – you’re ready!

1. The prep: Finely chop the baguio beans.  Do the same for your garlic (half a clove) and onions (half).
2. Mix the coconut powder with water – read instructions
3. Pour them all into a pan and wait for it to boil, include the ground beef and green chillies.  In some versions, I cooked the ground beef separately.  I just slice the green chillies in half so I can still spot them and take them out.  Decide on how hot you want the dish to be by using less chillies or adding more.  Don’t take it out completely because its flavor mixes will with the coconut milk.

The taste came really close to the one from Recipes by Cafe Metro so I’m happy with this one.  Try it out!  For me, fried dried squid is the best partner for this dish.

I topped it off with some garlic bits

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