Law Uy Recipe
A Filipino vegetable soupcalled Law Uy (Utan Bisaya) that is mixed with eggplant, squash. Spinach leaves,okra and different vegetables.
Ingredients
- 2 pieces Chinese Eggplant, diagonal sliced
- 1 piece Patola / Luffa, sliced into round piece
- 8 pieces okra, cut into 2 to 3 inches long
- 8 pieces Green Long Beans, cut into 3 inches long
- 1.5 cup squash, cubed
- 2 cups spinach leaves
- 3 stalk lemongrass
- 3 pieces spring onion, cut into 3 inches long
- 3 pieces Tomatoes, quartered
- 1 piece medium red onion, quartered
- 1 thumb-size ginger
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 5 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pour 5 cups of water on the pot.
- Add the lemongrass, ginger and red onion. Wait till it boil
- Add the squash. Let it simmer for 3 to 5 minutes or when it become soft
- Add okra and green long beans. Give a quick stir. Let it simmer for 3 minutes
- Add spring onion and tomatoes. Stir to mix
- Add eggplant. Mix to sir and let it simmer for 2 to 3 minutes
- Add spinach leaves. Stir to mix and let it simmer for 5 minutes
- Add the patola. Let it simmer for 1 minutes before turning off the heat.
- Serve it with rice
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Notes
Peel off the skins of the patola before cooking them
The spinach leaves and squash takes the longest time (5 minutes) to boil while the patola takes the shortest time (1 minute)
For vegan friendly, replace chicken with vegetable bouillon cube
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 260kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 14gFat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 311mgFiber: 13gSugar: 14g
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