Lima Beans With Shrimp

Homesickness... the hardest part of being thousands of miles away from your family.  Sometimes, when I am homesick, I  make some food that  reminds me of home.  One of those many that I miss about my Mom is her  Lima Beans menu.  We call it percoles in bicol term.  Here's a simple and easy recipe.

You will need.

• 1 bag of baby lima beans (frozen) - the best alternative to fresh ones
• 1 can of coconut milk (13.5 fl.oz)
• a pack of frozen shrimp
• 1 medium size sliced onions
• a piece of ginger about thumb size, crushed
• hot peppers (optional) I love mine soooo hot
• a teaspoon of shrimp paste (bagoong), optional
• fish sauce, optional, you can use salt.

Procedure:

• Put the  coconut milk in a pan then add the onion, ginger, shrimp paste, fish sauce, and peppers. 
• Wait till it boils while stirring occasionally, then add the lima beans.  
• Add the shrimp last as it cooks  fast.  I usually add  the shrimp when I am about to  turn off the heat of the stove.  

Hubby knows when I am homesick because I cook these "odd food".  Odd just because I seldom make them in our kitchen lol.  A bag of Lima beans  serves me for a long time as I divide them in a small container, each container  is good for one serving, and then I put them in a freezer.  When I crave for it, I just take one out from the freezer,  nuked it and  I have an instant ulam with rice!