Alimango Cooked in Coconut Milk

Ginataan, is a Filipino term which refers to food cooked with gata - the Filipino word for coconut milk. Literally translated, ginataan means "done with coconut milk". Due to the general nature of the term, it can refer to a number of different dishes, each called ginataan, but this time our recipe is Ginataang Alimasag or Crab cooked in Coconut milk.

Ingredients:

* 6 medium size of Crab

* Squash

* Squash Flower / Bulaklak ng Kalabasa

* Yardlong Beans/Sitaw

* Spinach

* Coconut milk, 1 whole coconut

* Garlic

* Onions

* Chillis

* Fish Sauce

Cooking Procedure:

* Saute' garlic and onions, add fish sauce and coconut milk

* Let it boil then add the crabs

* Once the crab turned orange color, add the squash,  squash flowers and the spinach

* Let it cook for few minutes and turn off the fire and add the chillis.

* Please make sure that the vegetables are half cooked, overcooked veggies don't taste well.

This recipe is very easy to do and serves 6 people.  Eat it with steamed rice.