Pinais na Kabute Wrapped Steamed Mushrooms Recipe is so delicious, The recipe was quick an d easy and tasted fantastic. Serve for your family and friends, from ABS-CBN Food Entertainmnet, Recipe from Myrna D. Segismundo

Yield 6 parcels

Ingredients:

500g fresh mushrooms in season (fresh shiitake, enoki, straw mushrooms

1 tsp | 5g salt

1 tsp | 5g ground black pepper

3pcs banana leaves and spine or string for securing the packet

1 1/2 cips | 360 ml water

Garnish:

8 limes or lemon wedges or calamansi halves

Method:

Remove stems of mushrooms. Wipe both the mushroom caps and stems with a damp cloth and slice into bitesize pieces.

Toss the mushrooms and stems in salt and black pepper.

Cut banana leaves into 6 (21 x 21 cm | 8 x 8 in) pieces. Pass the banana leaves quickly over an open flame.

If using the banana leaf spine, trim first then cut 31-cm | 12-in long strips. You will need 6 pieces. If using string or twine, do the same.

Place a handful of mushrooms in the center of each banana leaf and fold in the 4 sides, each side overlapping to close the parcels. Secure each parcel with the banana spine string. The finished parcel should be 10 x 10 cm | 4 x 4 In.

Cooking:

Pour water into a pot and heat. Steam the parcels over medium heat for 5 minutes, after which remove them from the pot.

Cook just in time to serve at the table.

Serve Suggestion:

For ind ividual serving, cut and remove the spine/string, but do not open the packet. Arrange each parcel on a plate with lime, lemon wedges, or calamans; halves to squeeze over the mushrooms.

Parcels shou ld be opened at the table and the mushrooms eaten hot.