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Filmed last February, Richard Gomez visited the Ormoc City Wet Market with a budget of PhP 500 for a new episode of his online series Goma at Home.

"We will see what we can buy with PhP 500 and what we can come up with. We'll look for fish. We'll look for vegetables," he says at the beginning of the video as he stands right outside the market.

The actor and politician challenged himself to buy ingredients for two dishes.

"We'll see if we can come up with two viands today and then we will cook it at home," he says.

He went around the market and was able to buy a kilo of shrimp for PhP 210, half a kilo of Mahi-mahi Dorado for PhP 160, half a kilo of coconut cream for PhP 60, some slices of squash for PhP 30, and ginger for PhP 20.

He still had PhP 20 to spare as the total came up to PhP480.

Richard's vlog resumes at home in his outdoor kitchen as he prepares to make the dishes.

He plans to make a soup from the shrimps and the squash with the addition of malunggay which he grows at home.

"This is very healthy and most of all, libre kasi nandito lang sa backyard namin. Pitas lang tayo ng pitas dito," he says.

Aside from this, he also plans to pan fry the Mahi-mahi Dorado fish.

Here's how to make his squash and malunggay soup.

Ingredients
1/2 kilo shrimps
1/2 kilo squash
1.2 kilo coconut cream
1 piece ginger
1 whole red onion
1 head of garlic
malunggay
salt
pepper
oil
chili flakes

Procedure
1. Prepare the shrimps by removing the heads and shells, then deveining them.
2. Keep the head and shells and boil them for stock
3. Saute red onions and ginger
4. Once onions are cooked, put in garlic and shrimps
5. Add salt and pepper to taste
6. Once shrimps are cooked, set aside
7. Cut up the squash and boil
8. Once squash is tender, put in the blender with shrimp stock and squash stock then puree
9. Once blended, add malunggay and a bit more of the shrimp stock then blend briefly
10. Put the mixture in a pot, add in the shrimps and bring to a boil under medium heat
11. Once boiling, add coconut cream then mix well
12. Add chili flakes and boil for a bit more before serving.

Watch the rest of the video to find out how he cooks the Mahi-mahi Dorado.

Richard opened his Goma at Home online series with a pork binagoongan recipe from his grandmother.

He followed it up with more recipes like carbonara, pork humba, and chicken salad sandwich spread.