Bitter can be good. Well at least in the case of the bitter vegetable Ampalaya. This original Pinoy classic delicacy is packed with nutritious and delicious goodness perfect for diabetic and high-blood individuals. The nutritional value of Ampalaya (bitter melon) far more outweighs its bitterness and enough for one to ask for more.
Don’t forget to use Organiko and Organicus for your Ampalaya! Available in all leading supermarkets nationwide.
(photo from filipinofoodlovers.com)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 kilo of beef sliced thinly
- 2 to 3 big Ampalaya
- 3 big eggs
- 3 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1 onion sliced
- 2 tomatoes cut in cube
- some cooking oil
- half a cup of beef broth (beef bouillon dissolve in half a cup of hot water)
- salt & pepper
Instructions
The most important part of cooking this dish is taking off the bitterness of the ampalaya.
- Start by cutting it into two and taking off the seeds with the help of a spoon.
- Slice them thinly diagonally.
- Boil some water and pour this over the sliced ampalaya.
- Add one big spoonful of rock salt.
- Let it stand for few minutes until the water has cooled down and you can handle with your hand the ampalaya.
- Squeeze off all the water from the ampalaya with your hands.
- Heat off the pan with cooking oil then add up the garlic, onion and tomatoes.
- Stir them well add the beef as if you are stir-frying all the ingredients.
- Put the ampalaya , add the water and cover.
- Do not stir it for the first five minutes.
- Add the eggs beaten like an omellette.
- The turn off the fire.
- The eggs will be cooked by the heat of the vegetable.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
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