Ginisang Upo is one of my favorite vegetable recipe using bottle gourd or "upo". This simple vegetable can be considered as an everyday food that good source of iron, calcium, phosphorus and vitamin B. This recipe is made of bottle gourd sauteed in garlic, unions, tomatoes and ground pork for additional flavor.
Preparing this recipe is very easy, It will only take you less than half hour to complete everything and I'm sure you would be in love with this recipe.
For those who don’t have any access to bottle gourd, you can use Chayote (sayote) as a substitute.
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized typically 1/2 kilo, Upo (White Squash) , sliced
- 1/4 kilo, ground pork
- 5 cloves, garlic, crushed
- 1 medium sized, onion, diced
- 2 medium sized, tomatoes, diced
- 2 tablespoon, cooking oil
- 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper
- salt to taste
Cooking Procedures
- Heat the pan and put the cooking oil.
- Sauté the garlic, onions, and tomatoes in medium heat.
- Put-in ground pork then simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add the ground black pepper.
- Add the Upo (White Squash), cover the pan, and simmer for 6 minutes.
- Add salt to taste.
- Serve hot with plain steamed rice and fried fish for best eating result.
- Share and enjoy!
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