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One of the most healthy recipes  is porridge a la Manado or Tinituan, open to all ages, can be an excellent food recipe for dinner or lunch can be one of: the fasting recipes, a vegan recipes or a vegetarian  recipes (using: the version I  of sauce with chili or without chili) and without sauce can be very well a recipe for babies from 6 months up.

It is an easy recipe to prepare, contains vegetable products and is a recipe low calorie, and not talking, very delicious, is a recipe how my sons say: Yummy recipe.

Indonesia not only has ethnic and cultural diversity, but also has culinary diversity. One of the favorite dishes of different groups from children to parents, is porridge a la Manado. One of my family's favorite soft porridge is Tinituan or porridge a la Manado. I must say that, my family is composed by  three boys, of different ages between 3-18 years, very discerning when it comes to think about food, they get bored easily  of any recipes or dislike some kind of dishes, but them will eat non-stop the Manado porridge, what is one of the favorite culinary recipes of them.

If you are on holiday in Manado (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) cannot leave, without tasting the porridge Manado, with unique taste, flavor and aroma, just smell his aroma, you will adore and you be dream to eat again, Manado porridge. Because this porridge it’s different from the other porridge and has a distinctive flavor. If you think the significance of the name,  Tinituan means chaotic mix. And this seem at first sight, when you will have in face a bowl of porridge Tinituan. In a bowl of porridge Tinutuan there are different types of vegetable, so that it appears "chaotic". But do not judge before, you will be discover, a real source of pleasure in one bowl of Manado porridge or Tinutuan, that's for sure.

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Ingredients of Manado porridge or Tinituan:

• 100 grams of rice, washed;
• 2 pieces of corn (fresh) or canned sweet corn kernels;
• 200 grams of yellow sweet potatoes, cut into small (or potatoes rules, when you do not have a yellow sweet potato);
• 200 grams yellow pumpkin, diced;
• 100 grams water spinach (spinach river, water morning glory, water convolvulus) or in case you can not replace spinach leaves are selected, washed and cut it into strips lengthwise;
• 20 pieces of fresh mint leaves are selected, wash and finely chop;
• 3 stalks of green onion (shallot onions can be 4 pieces of 1 onion suitable size  ), cut into thin slices or small pieces, up to case;
• 1 units Lemongrass, sliced ​​thin;
• 1 teaspoons salt (or more up to your taste);
• 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar;
• 1 teaspoon bouillon powder;
• 1 liter water.

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Sauce - version I:

• 4 pieces of red chili, thinly sliced;
• 6 pieces bird eye chili, thinly sliced;
• 4 shallot onions (in case you do not have a shallot -onion, can be 1 small onion) finely chopped;
• 1-2 tomato cut into pieces;
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice;
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or up to taste);
• 2-3 tablespoon oil.

Sauce - version II:

• 3-5 pieces anchovies;
• 4 pieces of red chili, thinly sliced;
• 6 pieces bird eye chili, thinly sliced;
• 4 shallot onions (in case you do not have shallot - onion, can be 1 onion small) finely chopped;
• 1-2 tomato, cut into pieces;
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice;
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste);
• 3-4 tablespoon oil.

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Method of preparation Manado Porridge:

In a saucepan 2l, we introduce 1l of water and rice, when the rice is almost boiled we introduce: leaves of lemongrass, corn, sweet potato and pumpkin. When they all are boiled , we add: water spinach leaves, half the onion and mint leaves. Boil for 10 minutes and then add salt (according to our taste), sugar and bouillon powder.

In one little frying pan, we fry the remaining onion in 2-3 tablespoons oil until onions and gets yellow - brown color.

In porridge obtained in saucepan we add the yellow - brown onion and mix until is homogenized.

Sauce - method of preparation version I:

3-4 tablespoons hot oil, add chopped onion and cook, add the onion is golden red chili, chili bird’s eye, tomatoes, lemon juice and salt. Fry for 5-6 minutes on low heat, adding 50 ml of water, the sauce has thickened stop the fire.

Sauce - method of preparation variant II:

Anchovies are cleaned, remove bones as possible, wash and cook until they are crisp and cut into small pieces. Remove and add to sauce variant I. The sauce is prepared as variant I just add bits of crispy anchovies. While cooking.

Porridge a la Manado  is served with sauce. Variant  I of sauce can be served for children, vegetarians, during fasting and by vegans (from sauce recipes can out red chili and bird's eye chili for children and for persons what don't like or cannot eat spice). Porridge a la Manado  or Tinituan without sauce, can be served to children from 6 months up. For those who cannot eat chili, chili sauce recipe can remove the red bird eye chili. So, from babies to grandparents, from omnivores to vegans (vegetarians), for persons who like the hot dishes to persons who eat normal, the nice dish over the fasting food, porridge a la Manado (Tinituan) is one of perfect recipes, a low calorie recipe, recipes fast and easy to prepare, but above all is an extraordinarily tasty and healthy recipe.

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