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Here is an Ilokano/Ilocano specialty dish that is very tasty and nutritious, it is called "Sauteed Vegetables in Real Tomato Sauce and Fish Sauce". When my husband first introduced this dish to me in the first months that we were together I was very surprised that it is a very tasty dish. I eat a lot of rice with it whenever my husband is cooking it.

This is my first time cooking this dish (which my husband taught me step-by-step of cooking). At first, I was very intrigued by how this dish is cooked when my husband taught it to me I learned that the secret to the tastiness of this dish is because of the real tomato sauce combined with fish sauce and some fried meat. Also, my husband told me that I can use either fried fish fried meat, or grilled fish. In dried fish, the three best fried fishes to add to this dish are Tilapia, Milk Fish, and Blue Scad Mackerel. In the case of fried meat, my husband said to only use pork.

Also, my husband said that the other secret to this dish is less water so that the taste will be concentrated on the sauce.

# Ingredients - Bitter Gourd / Bitter Melon (1 pc small) - Sweet Potato (3 pcs, small) - Eggplant (2 pcs, round, small) - Okra (2 pcs, small) - Tomato (3 pcs, small) - Onion (half, medium) - Fried Pork (about 30 grams) - Green Pepper (2 pcs, small) - Fish Sauce/Paste (3 tbsp) - Cooking Oil # Preparing the ingredients I just sliced the bitter melon/gourd into two section

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I just peeled and sliced the sweet potato

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I just removed the upper part of the eggplants

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I just washed the Okra

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I just sliced the tomatoes

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I just peeled and sliced the onion

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I prepared the fried pork https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23wWyKG1ibhCX7kbK21U61jjR7P5o6VUcmYGcez7AEiModpQxeLuYG52HthXysMFQcLka.jpg I prepared the green pepper https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23viJdqjzkkxwrBNyE4uaiuwn92F5HckCnyyv7B4ii7qfqByeVr46fB1k5scf3kxFCAAm.jpg I prepared the fish sauce https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23uFcNq3TFGuu5bJ2o7hmM9iDcFNSayhAnPEztYbNVirMGUb5hMYmeEfKurB2TkJqjJNT.jpg # How to cook # 1. I just sauteed the onion in a cooking oil https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23wMWc6Fc5reTfZp474EAoFLWUeAPzHTgAZHmX2jja3bw9WnUWUSTRaHjnQmkXpRN48Sv.jpg # 2. After sauteing the onion I added the tomatoes and added some water then I let it boil until it rendered sauce https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23xKrG71wZZ2XtDQhbp4EqsmYxz5MRKVWJFWEgpmwsF8Nc6hqtrEGqjQhRuejDqVrsJac.jpg # 3. When the tomatoes were already saucy I added all the vegetables https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23x17Dob9H7BvR4MKmkQwygqSxFR9hSBgB87t3wD3FrrYfLpUcGn7tPxL8ima1Njj3RxY.jpg # 4. I added the fish sauce https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23wMY9q1E8G9QMVuJC4dsfc4ixzj6t97bo8L9CUF7QgrBmXENKUcMR9VkkATXdYwSWiTb.jpg # 5. I added the fried pork and let them boil until they were all cooked https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23wgKmqpt8CzM2cxJKER7zyaVQAh7ojZMvbjuK13ZD8Mv92QxRpZDfUASeCmR6TeprbWf.jpg # 6. When the vegetables are all cooked I turn off the heat https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23xAVy1jEWB18DeyCh67dKPPcoFNGHUcqeEJq3khMhwm9mXE7HiRt61U9nSN4zts6TvA8.jpg # 7. Put some in a bowl and serve hot with rice https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/chenee/23tSeuqGdxhDNgiZw2Uu6nyDQ7N6dsmXUYqfLKAPnHJAw2Za8KWbXjwHJa2YqAPi8hoGx.jpg

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