Recipes Using Ampalaya
Here are some useful recipes for ampalaya :
Ampalaya con carne
Ingredients:
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 medium (50 g) onion, sliced
• 200 g beef round, cut into strips
• 3/4 cup water
• 1-1/2 tbsp tausi (salted black beans)
• 1 can (140 g) Tomato Sauce
• 1 bunch (200 g) sitao (string beans), cut into 1-1/2″ long PCs.
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 large (300 g) ampalaya (bitter melon), seeded and thinly sliced
Cooking Instructions:
1. Saute garlic, onion and beef
2. Add water, tomato sauce and tausi. Simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Add sitaw, oyster sauce and pepper. Simmer for 7 minutes.
4. Add ampalaya. Cook for another 3 minutes. Serve hot.
Pakbet or Pinakbet
Estimated cooking time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1/4 kilo pork with fat, cut into small pieces
• 2 Ampalaya (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 tbsp of ginger, crushed and sliced
• 4 tbsp bagoong isda or bagoong alamang
• 3 tbsp of oil
• 1 1/2 cup water
• Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
1. In a cooking pan, heat oil and fry the pork until brown, remove the pork from the pan and set aside.
2. On the same pan, saute garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes.
3. In a casserole, boil water and add bagoong.
4. Add the pork in the casserole and mix in the sauteed garlic, onion, ginger and tomatoes. Bring to a boil and sirumer for 10 minutes.
5. Add in all the vegetables and cook until the vegetables are done, careful not to overcook.
6. Salt and pepper to taste.
7. Serve hot with plain rice.