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Ampalaya is a bitter gourd and a very common recipe in the everyday Filipino kitchen. The recipe described here is one of the healthiest recipes among the Filipino foods. Ingredients needed to prepare the Ampalaya recipe are:

1. Ampalaya (bitter gourd)
2. sliced onion
3. garlic (pounded)
4. sliced tomato
5. 3 eggs (beated)
6. salt
7. oil

Instructions how to prepare Ampalaya na may Itlog – Bitter Gourd with Egg:

Start with slicing he ampalaya (bitter gourd) into half moons. You may put salt to reduce the bitterness of the Ampalaya. Leave the salt on the Ampalaya for several minutes and squeeze the juice out of the Ampalaya.

Put the Oil into a wok and heat it up. When it’s hot enough add the garlic and the sliced onion into the wok. make sure the garlic is golden brown then add the Ampalaya. Let the Ampalaya together with the Tomatos,  Sliced Onion and garlic fry for several minutes then add the beated egg. Mix everything well together until the egg is is golden brown. To bring more taste to the recipe you can add some salt and pepper.

Pinakbet is a popular Filipino dish typically coming from Ilocano Philippines. Pinakbet or pakbet is a recipe made of Filipino vegetables and popular among vegetarian Filipinos. The unique flavor of ampalaya and bagoong (shrimp paste) and other vegetables make his dish surely a remarkable delicious dish.

To prepare Pinakbet or Pakbet you need the following ingredients:

• One ampalaya (bitter melon), sliced
• ½ lb sliced pork cut into small pieces
• Two eggplants, sliced
• One Onion, Diced.
• Three Tomatoes, Chopped
• One cup of water
• Three pieces of garlic minced
• Three table spoons of oil
• Two cups of diced okra
• Two cups of cut beans
• Three tablespoons of bagoong alamang (salty shrimp paste)
• One table spoon of ginger.
• Salt and pepper to taste

Find below the Cooking instructions for pinakbet.

First heat the oil in a pan and add the sliced pieces of pork until the color is brown. When this is done, remove the pork from the pan and place it aside. Use the same pan to stir the tomatoes, ginger, onions and garlic for several minutes until the tomatoes are wilted. Add the squashed okra and stir fry for a few minutes before adding the remaining vegetables. Add the water and add the bagoong and cook in till it boils. Adjust the heat and add the pork. Let the casserole simmer for about ten minutes but make sure it won’t be overcooked. Finally you can add some salt and pepper to bring it to a perfect taste. The pinakbet dish is done. The best way to serve the dish is hot and with plain rice.

A well known Filipino dish. Giniling can be made in many different ways and u can give your own touch to the dish. It is typically a sweet dish and inexpensive to make.

The ingredients needed for this recipe are:

• 1 lb. ground pok
• 2 tbsps. Olive oil
• 2/3 garlic cloves, peeled and mashed
• 1  red onion, chopped
• 2 tbsps. fish sauce
• 2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 3 tbsps. tomato paste
• 1-2 tbsps. soy sauce
• 1/2 c. water
• 3 small potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1  red bell pepper, , seeded and diced
• 1/2 c.  peas
• 1/4 c. raisins
• salt and pepper

Find below the Cooking instructions for Giniling na Baboy.

Heat the olive oil in a Wok or big pan. When the oil reached cooking temperature you can add the mashed garlic and let it fry until it’s medium brown. Add the chopped red onions and cook it till it’s transflucent. Once it is, you may add the ground beed and cook it till the pink of the meat if gone. For the taste you can add some fish sauce and let it fry for a few minutes so the meat can absorb the fish sauce. Next you can add the diced tomatoes and let it cook for approximately 2 minutes so the tomatoes will be soft enough to mash into the meat. After this step you can add the soya sauce  and tomato paste. Mix everything together and add the water. Add the diced potatoes and carrots which have to cook until it’s soft/tender. This may take quite a while but afterwards you can add the peas, raisins and the red and green bell pepers and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Finally add some salt and pepper to bring the taste to your needs.