Ingredients:
6 large sinkamas
1/4 cup small onions (sibuyas tagalog)
3 cloves garlic
1 inch piece ginger
1 large sweet green pepper
1 large sweet red pepper
2 small red hot peppers
How to Prepare:
Peel sinkamas and cut into finger-size pieces. Soak overnight in strong salt solution with a pinch of alum.
Wash sinkamas and drain. Peel small onions and garlic. Leave onions whole, slice cloves into two, lengthwise. Peel ginger and slice into thin strips. Cut sweet peppers into two, remove seeds and slice into strips about 1/2 inch in width. Leave hot peppers whole.
Arrange in clean glass jars.
Prepare a solution of 3 parts vinegar to 1 part sugar with salt to taste. Boil in non-aluminum container and pour hot over sinkamas mixture. Seal jars tightly.