butuanon's buntaa

"Buntaa/Buntaan"

Butuan is rich in culture and history, " the home of balangays" and " the ancient city of golden trading" a peaceful, and leavable place where people tend to come and discover more about the urban capital of Caraga, this progressive city is located in the at the northeastern part of Agusan Valley, Mindanao, while sprawling across Agusan River, butuanon are genius in terms of creating and innovating their own delicacies and this dish name buntaa is among those dishes that most butuanon are proud by bringing this to the rest of the places in the country, even most of the tourist who visited the city can't go back to  their own hometown without having fun and experiences while they are in the banquet for their meals. 

Crabs are prepared and eaten as a dish in several different ways all over the world.

the groups washed their crabs together in the washing area before they start getting the main ingredient found in the crab the " aligue "

the other ingredients for the buntaa dish are finely chopped, they [mise en place] this means "putting in place"to prepare all ingredients according to its standard cutting sizes and its portion or measurements.

this orange color is the main ingredients of the dish this is commonly called " aligue " this is the fat of the crab with its natural orange bright color to give the dish very palatable and good to look ate during food presentation.

the spices, like onion, garlic, tomato, red bell pepper and aligue the fat are combined together added with salt and pepper to taste and to give salty flavor, and bring mixed together with the young coconut. choose the  coconut that is young and soft and not too hard to bite.

they mixed together carefully until they aligue and other ingredients incorporate.

when the ingredients are combined.

place a spoon full of buntaa in a banana leaves, and wrapped it same as making a palagsing.

place it in the steamer and allow to cooked about 45 minutes.

after 45 minutes this is now the finished product the dish is very palatable, the color combination of the yellow orange plus the red bell pepper it gives a dish perfect for diet.

eat and paired this with hot rice or garlic rice, and don't forget the sawsawan to complete the meal.