Mama Sita's

Kare-Kareng Gulay

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Sliced banana blossoms, fried eggplant and beans stewed in a rich savory peanut sauce.

  • Cooking time: Cook 12 min
  • Yield: 3
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Ingredients: 12 ingredients
  • Steps: 8 steps

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Peanut-sauce vegetable kare-kare with eggplant and sitaw over rice in a black bowl
Kare-Kareng Gulay

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. In a pan, heat oil and fry eggplant until golden brown. Set aside.

  2. In a separate saucepan, saute garlic and onions until softened.

  3. Add the sitaw and banana heart and stir-fry for 30 seconds.

  4. Add the water and pechay stems. Bring to a boil.

  5. Pour the dissolved Mama Sita’s Kare-Kareng Gulay Mix. Stir, boil and let it simmer for 2 minutes.

  6. Add the pechay leaves, stir and continue simmering until the sauce thickens.

  7. Add the fried eggplant. Stir and simmer for 1 minute. Turn off heat.

  8. Serve with rice and bagoong.

Tip: Soak sliced banana heart in water with calamansi juice to avoid it from darkening.

Watch us cook it

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What makes it taste like this

Kare-Kareng Gulay Mix

Minanang Sarap, Natural na Sangkap.

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