Ingredients:
1 piece small Green Papaya, sliced
2 cups calabaza squash, sliced
Loofah (Patola), sliced
Lemon Grass (Optional)
3 medium tomatoes, sliced
10 to 15 small Okra
1 cup malunggay (moringa) leaves
4 cloves garlic, lightly crushed
1 thumb ginger, chopped
1 to 2 teaspoons salt
4 to 6 cups rice Washing
Procedure:
1. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in rice washing. Let boil.
2. Add garlic, ginger, and lemongrass. Boil for 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Remove the lemongrass. Add papaya and calabaza squash. Boil for 6 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes, okra, and loofah. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Put-in the malunggay and salt. Stir. Turn the heat off.
6. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.
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Unripe jackfruit
cooked in coconut milk :
1 lb unripe jackfruit; peeled and chopped
1 large onion, diced
5 cloves crushed garlic
3/4 cup tomatoes, diced
3 to 5 pieces red chilies
3 cups coconut milk
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup fried dried fish (daing), bones removed
Procedure:
1. Heat a wok or a cooking pot and pour-in the coconut milk. Bring to a boil.
2. Add the garlic and onions and cook for 3 to 5 minutes while continuously stirring the
mixture.
3. Put-in the tomatoes and red chilies. Continue stirring to prevent lumps from
forming.
4. Add the fried dried fish and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Pour-in water and allow re-boiling.
6. Add the chopped jackfruit then mix with the other ingredients. Simmer for 5 to 8
minutes.
7. Put-in the shrimp cube then stir to ensure that the ingredients are properly
distributed. Simmer until the liquid dries up.
8. Transfer to a serving plate then serve.
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CHOPSUY :
Ingredients:
1/4 lb shrimp
1/2 lb boneless chicken
1 teaspoon garlic
2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 piece cabbage, quartered
1 cup green bell pepper, sliced
1 cup red bell pepper, sliced
1 small cauliflower, cut into small pieces
1 ½ cup snow peas
1 cup carrots, sliced
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup chicken liver, sliced
Shrimp juice (derived by crushing the head of the shrimp) or use shrimp bouillon
1 1/4 cup water
salt and pepper
Procedure:
1. Sauté the garlic and onion
2. Add the boneless chicken and sauté for 2 minutes
3. Put-in the chicken liver and let cook for 3 minutes more
4. Pour in the shrimp juice and 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and
simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Add the shrimp then sprinkle some salt and pepper.
6. Add the oyster sauce and simmer for 2 minutes.
7. Put-in the cauliflower and cabbage then mix well
8. Add the carrots, snow peas, and bell pepper. Cover the pot and simmer for 5
minutes or until vegetables are cooked
9. Dilute the cornstarch in 1/4 cup of water then pour mixture in the pot. Mix well.
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