Manong Ken's Recipe of the Month - July 2001


Ampalaya Omelet


    Ingredients

    • ampalaya
    • onion
    • garlic
    • tomato
    • 3 eggs
    • salt
    • oil
    Preparation

    Slice onion, set aside.
    Pound garlic, set aside
    Slice tomato, set aside
    Beat eggs, set aside.

    Slice ampalaya (bitter melon) into halves, then slice crosswise. If ampalaya is very bitter, you may want to reduce the bitterness by rubbing salt on the ampalaya slices, let it stand for awhile, then squeeze the juice out of the slices.

    Heat oil on a frying pan. Once the oil is hot, add garlic and onion. Once the garlic is brown and the onion transparent, add beaten eggs. Let it spread on the pan. Immediately add the tomato and ampalaya slices to the egg. Fold.

    Serve with white rice or fried rice.

    You can also work this as scrambled egg with ampalaya. Just scramble the egg when addding the amplaya and tomato slices. (Good when you don't know how to fold the omelet or when it breaks ... it happens to me all the time.


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