OKOY

Ukoy or Okoy recipe is a well known filipino appetizer of for a side dish for lugao or goto. The main ingredient here is a mongo sprout but grated calabasa can be used also as a subtitute. here is my method of cooking for this crispy filipino food - ukoy.









Ingridients:
BATTER:

• 1 cup of gold medal all purpose flour
• Cooking oil  
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp iodized salt
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• atsuete oil
• Shrimp juice (do this by pounding shrimp shell and head using mortar and pestle with a little water (1 1/2 cup or just use blender)
• 1 egg beaten

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• 2 cup of mongo sprout
• 1 cup of spring onion, chopped
• 2 pcs tokwa, cut thinly flat
• 1/4 kg shrimp

SAUCE or DIPPING:

1/2 cup of vinegar
1/4 cup soysauce
1 tbsp of crushed garlic
Siling labuyo

Direction of Preparation for Ukoy:
In a bowl, mix mix all purpose flour, cornstarch, baking powder,salt,pepper,beaten egg, ground pepper, and 1 1/2 cup of beaten egg, mix briskly to form batter. In a saucer, plce a little amount of mongo sprout and top with spring onion, shrimp and slice of tokwa and add a scoop of batter just enough to the cover topping. In a pot, heat cooking oil and fry batter unti it becomes golden brown and crispy. For the dipping, just mix all of the ingredient. Served ukoy recipe while hot and crispy with a dipping, best served as a side dish for Goto.

     

    
   Ito ang una naming niluto.Kakaiba itong okoy na ito dahil sa halip na karaniwang sangkap nito tulad ng kalabasa ang ginagawang okoy, iniba namin ang recipe, togue ang ginawa namin.Nung una nag-aalangan kami dahil baka hindi maging maayos ang kalabasan pero ganon talaga hindi kailangang as is na kung ano ang alam mong sangkap nito,iyon na ang gagawin at lulutuin mo.Kailangan mong lumikha ng bagong recipe,mag-isip ng pamalit na sangkap sa pangkaraniwang sangkap na lulutuin  mo.Sabi nga,   sa pagluluto,kaylangan mong maging creative.Hindi yung luto ka lang ng luto.Kaya ito ang naisip namin,okoy na togue. Masarap naman sabi ng ibang nakatikim. Pero para sa akin, hindi masyado. Parang may kulang, may hinahanap akong lasa na magpapa-oo sa akin na masarap nga. At iyon ang hindi ko nalasahan. Siguro dahil ayaw ko lang ng togue, hindi kasi ako nasasarapan sa lasa nito. Kaya nagtataka ako na nasasarapan ang iba.:) Sa kabuuan naman, ayos ang lahat mula sa paghahanda nito upang lutuin hanggang sa pagpi-plating. Ayos at nasarapan din ang guro namin dito. Kaya satisfied na rin ako sa niluto naming ito. Maganda rin ang nakuha naming marka dito.