Recipe#6: Sardines ala Sisig w/ Malunggay Bits

Ingredients:

2 150g. Cans of  Hot/Chili Sardines (remove the sauce and bones)

1 pc. Cucumber, chopped include the skin

2 onions, chopped

5 cloves of garlic, crushed

Ginger, crushed

Malunggay Leaves, thinly chopped

Butter Margarine

All purpose Cream

Chili (if you want more hot)

Soy Sauce

Salt and pepper to taste

1 egg for garnish

Cooking Directions:

1.) In a pan, Saute garlic, onion, ginger, and sardines in a butter

2.) Add soy sauce, salt and pepper

3.) Allow to cook for a 3 mins.

4.) Add Chili, Malunggay bits and Cucumber

5.) Stir constantly, then add all purpose cream

6.) Stir until golden brown, or slightly roasted

7.) Add egg on top, and cover

8.) Simmer until egg is cook and serve

Tip: you can also use Mayonnaise instead of all purpose cream, or you can also mix the scrumbled egg.

Recipe #5: Sauteed Bitter Gourd ( Ampalaya )

Ingredients:

1 pc. ampalaya or bitter gourd

1/4 ground meat ( or canned spicy meat)

Malunggay Leaves

1 onion, chopped

2 tomatoes, sliced

5 gloves garlic, crushed

Chili (optional)

Cooking oil

2 eggs, bitten

1 1/2 cups water 

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp. Patis ( Fish Sauce) or Soy Sauce

Ampalaya (Bitter Gourd): Removing the Bitterness

1.) Cut Ampalaya in the midle

2.) Remove the middle part of Ampalaya, the chopped

3.) Mash ampalaya with 1 cup of rock salt and water, soak for 30 mins. 

4.) Wash ampalaya and set aside

Cooking Directions:

1.) In pan, saute garlic, onion, tomatoes, ground meat in cooking oil

2.) Simmer for 5 mins.

3.) Add Ampalaya (washed), Malunggay Leaves, water, salt and pepper to taste

4.) Simmer for 10 mins. 

5.) Add egg and chili, cook for 1-2 mins and serve.

Tip: Do not cover the pan and stir only after the egg is cooked.

Recipe#4: Malunggay Tea

Ingredients:

Malunggay Leaves

Sambong (optional)

Kalamansi

Cooking Directions:

1.) In your favorite pan or kettle, boil Malunggay w/ Sambong leaves 

2.) Put some kalamansi juice and serve

Tip:  Drinking Malunggay as a tea is very nutritious,

It can be a home remedy for colds specially when mix with Sambong

And Kalamansi Juice

Recipe#3: Chicken Tinola w/ Malunggay

Ingredients:

1 kg. Chicken chopped (without the skin)

Malunggay leaves

1 Sayote peeled and slice

1 large onion slice

Garlic crushed

Ginger strips

1 chicken cube

Patis

Salt and Pepper to taste

Cooking oil

Water

Cooking Directions:

1.) Heat cooking oil in a pan

2.) Add the garlic, onion, ginger and chicken

3.) Simmer for 5 mins.

4.) Add water, patis, chicken cube, salt and pepper

4.) Simmer until boil

5.) Remove the excess fat of chicken floating

6.) Add the Malunggay Leaves and Sayote

7.) Simmer until boil and serve.

Tip: Remove the chicken skin for less fat

Recipe#2: Lumpiang Shanghai

Ingredients:

Malunggay Leaves Thinly Chopped

1/4 kg. ground chicken

1 large grated carrot

1 egg

1 large onion, chopped

5 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 cucumber, chopped ( include the skin)

Raisins

Lumpia Wrappers

Canola Cooking oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions:

1.) Mix all ingredients

2.) Wrap a spoonful in a Lumpia Wrapper

3.) Heat cooking oil and fry

4.) Serve

Tip: Try to wrap a sample first only and fry so you can still adjust the taste.

Recipe#1: Malunggay Nuggets

Ingredients:

Malunggay Leaves Thinly Chopped

1 large carrot grated

3 cans of 150g sardines (remove the sauce and the bones) crushed

3 cups flour

onions chopped

Garlic crushed

2 eggs

Water

 1 tsp salt

pepper to taste

2 tbsp. soysauce

 fish sauce (patis)

1 pack chicken breading

3 tbsp. Baking powder

Cooking oil

Cooking Directions:

1.) Mix all ingredients

2.) Heat oil in a pan and fry

3.) Drain and serve

Tip: It can serve as many as the family can have, some uncook can store in a sealed container and put in chiller and can last up to 3-4 days.

Malunggay "Moringa oleifera"

Malunggay "Moringa oleifera"
 The leaves are the most nutritious part of the plant, being a significant source of B vitamins, vitamin C, provitamin A as beta-carotene, vitamin K, manganese and protein, among other essential nutrients. Compared with common foods, it is particularly high in certain nutrients but most kids nowadays don't eat vegetables, even some of the adults. So I make some of nutritious recipe, easy to cook, and affordable Malunggay as the main ingredient for your daily meals.