Tahong with Gata

Ingredients:
2 lbs mussel , soak in water sprinkle with salt. rinse and clean
1 can coconut milk
1 large onion, cut into 8 pieces
4 stalks lemon grass
Scallion, cut into 2 1/2 inch lengh and slice thinly lengthwise for garnish

Procedure:
1. Pour coconut milk in a saucepan. Add onion, lemon grass and lime leaves. Bring to boil.
2. Reduce heat and simmer until mixture is reduced to more than half or when the sauce is relatively thick.
3. Bring the sauce to a high temperature and add the clean mussel stirring to coat each mussel with sauce.
4. Remove mussel that have opened to a separate bowl, and continue to stir until all mussel have opened. If a lot of water comes out of the mussel and sauce is watered down, remove all the mussel and reduce the sauce some more.
5. Pour the thick sauce over mussel. Garnish with sliced scallion.

Source: GlobalPinoy