Yesterday I made a delicious pinakbet. Since I don't have all the ingredients I decided to make my own version. Would you like to try it?
What is pinakbet by the way? According to wikipedia.com, Pinakbet or pakbet is a popular Ilocano dish, from the northern regions of the Philippines, although it has become popular throughout the archipelago. The word is the contracted form of the Ilocano word pinakebbet, meaning "shrunk" or "shriveled". The original Ilocano pinakbet uses bagoong, of fermented monamon or other fish, while further south, bagoong alamang is used. The basic vegetables used in this dish include native bitter melon, eggplant, tomato, ginger, okra, string beans, lima beans, chili peppers , parda and winged beans. As its name suggests, it is usually cooked until almost dry and shriveled and the flavors of the vegetables are emphasized.
Ingredients:
eggplant,
potato,
okra,
string beans,
ham,
minced onion,
crushed garlic,
cooking oil,
salt to taste,
soy sauce
scallion
carrot
Instructions:
1. Wash all the vegetables, cut them into desired size. And set aside.
2. Prepare the frying pan, put a spoon of cooking oil on it and when it’s hot already, put the ham, cook it until it is brown and crispy. Take it out from the frying pan and set aside.
3. Add a little of cooking oil in the frying pan and fry the onions, crushed garlic, when it’s brown and crispy, add the brown crispy ham, and mix.
4. Add now the vegetables, put the potato first, wait for some seconds until it is half cooked.
5. Add the eggplant, wait until it is half cooked also.
6. Put the remaining vegetables. Mix once and then cover. Wait for 2 seconds.
7. Add half cup of water and put small amount of salt
8. Serve hot with rice!
