00:00You're lucky if you can feed a pig or a cow.
00:07But here in Bag-Ao and Cagayan,
00:10they don't have to spend a lot to feed a delicious meal.
00:15Salad, Adobo, Dinengdeng, all of that.
00:18The main ingredients are just next to each other.
00:22Are you intrigued to know what this is?
00:28What I'm talking about
00:29is a type of mushroom with a scientific name,
00:31Gallella Rufa.
00:34But in Cagayan,
00:35it's known as the pig's heart.
00:40Our wonder, Carmi,
00:42is used to cooking it.
00:45She says it's good for the stomach
00:47because it can be obtained from anywhere.
00:50Cagayan people are fond of exotic foods
00:54like abaleng, abal-abal,
00:57and rare mushrooms.
01:02The pig's heart is fruitful from August to December.
01:06You can't buy it in the market,
01:08that's why it's obtained by hand.
01:12That's why today,
01:13Carmi will cook it for her family.
01:28This is where we walk
01:30to get the pig's heart.
01:35Hello, KaWonders!
01:36I'll show you how to get the pig's heart.
01:40They usually grow here
01:42in dead trees.
01:48As you can see,
01:49it really looks like a pig's heart.
01:51It's jelly-like and spongy.
01:53The dish that Carmi will cook
01:55is dinengdeng with pig's heart.
02:00Let's also add this.
02:02Ube.
02:07Carmi will boil the ube
02:09until the soup thickens.
02:10She'll also add shrimp,
02:12another type of mushroom,
02:14and the main ingredient,
02:16the pig's heart.
02:18The pig's heart is a type of mushroom
02:20and the main ingredient is the pig's heart.
02:24She'll boil it
02:25until the ingredients are cooked.
02:34It's delicious.
02:35I didn't know it was a mushroom.
02:37It's perfect with rice.
02:39It's delicious as a dish.
02:42It's soft.
02:43Mushrooms like the pig's heart
02:47have a lot of fiber
02:50that helps with digestion.
02:53It also has protein.
02:56It can replace
02:58our ordinary proteins.
03:18Ingredients and cooking tips
03:20in English on the page.
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