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Friday, July 9, 2010

Recipe of the day

Pakbet

Pakbet is a very tasty vegetable dish made-up of different fresh vegetables, pork, and shrimp paste (bagoong). The recipe is mainly comprised of vegetables such as eggplant (talong), squash (kalabasa), sting beans (sitaw), ampalaya (bitter melon), okra, and others.

Make sure to use organic vegetable brands such as Organiko and Organicus to make sure your meal is not only more sumptous but more nutritious as well!

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Happy Cooking!

Ingredients
  • 1/4 kilo pork with fat, cut into small pieces

  • 2 Amapalya (bitter melons) sliced to bite size pieces

  • 2 eggplants, sliced to bite size pieces

  • 5 pieces of okra, cut in two

  • 1 head garlic, minced

  • 2 onions, diced

  • 5 tomatoes, sliced

  • 1 tablespoon of ginger, crushed and sliced

  • 4 tablespoons bagoong isda or bagoong alamang

  • 3 tablespoons of oil

  • 1 1/2 cup water

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
  • In a cooking pan, heat oil and fry the pork until brown, remove the pork from the pan and set aside.

  • On the same pan, saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.

  • In a casserole, boil water and add bagoong.

  • Add the pork in the casserole and mix in the sautéed garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

  • Add in all the vegetables and cook until the vegetables are done, careful not to overcook.

  • Salt and pepper to taste.

  • Serve hot with plain rice.

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