Ginisang Patola with Sardines and Misua
Quick and easy recipe to incororate canned sardines into a vegetable dish. The sardines is a substitute to ground pork or meat which is perfect this Holy Week. This is best served with fried fish.
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 6 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 bulb Onion chopped
- 4 Pieces Ripe Tomatoes chopped
- 1 can 155g Canned Sardines
- 3 cups Water
- 750 grams Patola or Fresh Loofah peeled and sliced
- 50 grams Misua
- Fish Sauce and Black Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- Sautee garlic, onion and tomatoes in olive oil. Cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until the tomatoes and tender. Press the tomatoes with the back of your wooden spoon.
- Add the canned sardines. Slightly chopped the sardines with your wooden spoon or you can leave in as is.
- Add water and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the patola and let it simmer until the patola is cooked.
- Add the misua and season with fish sauce and black pepper. Simmer for another 5 minutes.