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Kare Kare Pata (Oxtail Stew)

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup sibuyas Tagalog (native onions), sliced
1/2 cup tomatoes, sliced
1-1/2 cups water
1/2 cup ube (purple potato), cubed
1 large carrot, cubed
1 cup broccoli, chopped
1 small eggplant, thinly sliced
1/2 cup sitaw (yardlong beans), cut into 2-1/2 inch pieces
2 teaspoons bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
1 siling labuyo (hot chili pepper)
1 tablespoon dayap (native lime) juice
1 cup alokon flowers and young leaves
1/2 cup malunggay (horseradish) leaves
1/2 cup ampalaya (bitter melon) leaves

Cooking Method:

Saute garlic and sibuyas Tagalog in hot olive oil in a large saucepan. When garlic is brown and sibuyas Tagalog is transparent, add tomatoes and water. Boil for 2 minutes. Add ube and cook over medium-high heat for 9 minutes. Add carrots, broccoli, eggplant, sitaw, bagoong alamang, siling labuyo and dayap juice and stir. Cook for 3 minutes on medium heat. Toss in alokon and cook for 2 minutes. Stir. Add malunggay and ampalaya leaves and cook briefly until wilted. Serve with rice.