I thought I'd combine pumpkin, moringa and carrot and cook these two ways. The crunchy veggie patty and veggie roll; "ukoy" and pritong lumpia respectively to us Pinoys.
Preparation of Ukoy.
Mix half of following ingredients:
Grated Carrots
Moringa leaves, sun dried half a day to remove bitter taste
Pre-sautéed minced pork
Add to the mixture a tsp of cooking wine, egg, corn starch, salt and pepper and form that into patties and fry. It would have been great if I had baby shrimps to top the ukoy but since this is a spur-of-the-moment decision, I had to make do with what I had in my ref.
Preparation of veggie roll:
In a tablespoon of oil sautee the other half of the veggies, add a reasonable amount of the pre-sautéed minced pork and season with salt and pepper. Let it cool awhile and wrap into a roll and deep fry.
I was walking with a neighbor this morning and we got into talking about the challenges of cooking for two especially the idea of avoiding leftovers. Oftentimes it is a trial and error to cook just enough, I don't want to be short also. Rewind 5 to 10 years when veggies were still so affordable, I used to buy a lot and cook a lot too.
Recently however, veggies are putting more dent in our marketing budget that to be practical, I now count the number of string beans, pieces of eggplants, miniature bitter gourd, bunches of leaves, etc. I will need for the week. Veggies wilt, you know.
We are lucky that Jim's backyard okra plants give us around 6-8 pieces daily. "Why, that's great", my neighbor replied. It is really great since oftentimes okra at the market are no longer tender. This was when she told me that she makes veggie patty with moringa leaves, pumpkin and egg.
I thought I'd try her idea two ways. Hence the ukoy and the "fritong lumpia".
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