Mama Sita's

Tortang Talong

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Grilled eggplant topped with sautéed ground chicken, potatoes, carrots, and bell pepper in Mama Sita's Pang-Gisa Mix, dipped in egg, and pan-fried in banana leaf. Simply serve with achara (pickled papaya relish).

  • Cooking time: Cook 16 min
  • Yield: 5
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Ingredients: 10 ingredients
  • Steps: 7 steps

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Tortang talong: eggplant topped with a savory chicken and vegetable filling, pan-fried in banana leaf
Tortang Talong

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Grill the eggplants with the skin on, then peel off burnt skin and lightly flatten the pulp with a fork.

  2. Heat oil in a wok and sauté the ground chicken meat, Mama Sita’s Pang-Gisa Mix, potatoes, carrots, and bell pepper. Cook until vegetables are tender.

  3. Remove from heat. Set aside to cool.

  4. In a bowl, combine flour and eggs.

  5. Dip one eggplant into the flour-egg mixture and then arrange this over a banana leaf.

  6. Place several spoonfuls of the chicken mixture over the eggplant and top with some beaten egg mixture.

  7. Slide the banana leaf over to a frying pan with hot oil and cook over medium heat until completely set. Serve with achara.

What makes it taste like this

Pang-Gisa Mix

Minanang Sarap, Natural na Sangkap.