Tinolang Tulya (Clam Stew)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups shelled clams
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 piece onion, sliced
• 1 small ginger sliced
• 1 bundle of onion leaves
• 5 cups water
• 2 pieces miswa
• Fish sauce to taste
• pepper (pino) to taste

Cooking procedures:

Leave the clams in a bowl of water for 10 minutes before cooking. In a pan sauté garlic, ginger and onion. Put the shelled clams and few of fish sauce then simmer for 2 minutes. Add water, onion leaves and miswa. Bring to boil for 3-5 minutes or until miswa is cook. Season with fish sauce and pepper to taste before removing from heat. Serve hot.

Nutritional highlights:

• Clams (raw), 3 oz. (84.9g)
• Calories: 63
• Protein: 10.9g
• Carbohydrate: 2.2g
• Total Fat: 0.8g
• Fiber: 0.0g
• Excellent source of: Vitamin B12 (42mcg) and Iron (11.9mg)