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Lawot Lawot

Lawot Lawot is a creamy coconut vegetable stew with pork and bagoong alamang.

40 minutes · Serves 5

Ingredients for Lawot Lawot

  • 150 g pork belly, cubed
  • 300 g okra, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1/4 squash or buttercup squash, cut into roughly 1-inch pieces
  • 1 large bunch large-leaf spinach or alugbati
  • 2 bunches kangkong, tender stalks and leaves only
  • 3 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 200 ml coconut cream
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons bagoong alamang
  • Fish sauce or sea salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Oil

How to cook Lawot Lawot

  1. 1.Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
  2. 2.Add pork and brown evenly, then stir-fry bagoong alamang for 1 minute.
  3. 3.Pour in coconut milk, add squash, okra, and tomatoes, then bring to a boil and simmer for 8 minutes.
  4. 4.Stir in coconut cream, kangkong, and spinach or alugbati; cook for 3 minutes until greens wilt.
  5. 5.Season with black pepper and fish sauce or sea salt as needed.
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