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Law-Uy

Law-uy is a vegetable-rich soup with fried pork, taro, and saluyot.

40 minutes · Serves 5

Ingredients for Law-Uy

  • 200 g fatty pork, cubed
  • 4 medium Asian taro, cut into 1/2-inch sections
  • 1/4 butternut squash, cubed
  • 1 bunch saluyot
  • 1 long patola or luffa, sliced
  • 12 okra
  • 2 eggplants, sliced
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, pounded
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 1 thumb-size piece ginger, thinly sliced and pounded
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 cups water
  • Salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Cooking oil

How to cook Law-Uy

  1. 1.Season the pork well with salt and pepper. Fry it in oil in a wok until golden, then remove it from the pan.
  2. 2.In the same wok, cook the garlic, onion, and ginger until fragrant.
  3. 3.Add the water, taro, and pounded lemongrass. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. 4.Add the eggplant, squash, okra, and fried pork, then continue simmering for 5 minutes.
  5. 5.Add the patola and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the saluyot for the final minute, adjust the salt and pepper, and serve.
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