A year-round kind of vegetable, it is famous for its bitter-tasting characteristic. Both the leaves and its fruits are used as a vegetable, and it has many medicinal uses as well. It is an excellent source of vitamin B, iron, calcium and phosphorus. It is known to stimulate digestion. In Pangasinan, a pinakbet dish is not pinakbet without ampalaya.
This is my personal website representing my kitchen. In my kitchen, I have a COLLECTION of RECIPES which have been enjoyed by my family and friends for years. My purpose in creating this blog is to share these recipes with all my kababayans who are away from home and missed their moms' home cooking. For those who have family members who prefer non-traditional Filipino dishes, I have RECIPES for them too, hence, PINOY-AMERICAN..MaMely. FYI, "Pinoy" is an informal demonym referring to Filipinos.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
#25_ The Miracle of Ampalaya
One of the many medicinal uses of ampalaya that my sister Mila had found out is to cure pimples. Yup, in her youth, Mila's face was blemished by ugly pimples and she jumped at anything she heard of that would treat her pretty face. She was soooo delighted when somebody told her that if she ate ampalaya everyday for awhile her pimples would go away. So, she became a culinary expert using ampalaya as the main ingredient: Ampalaya omellete in the mornings, ampalaya guisado for lunches, boiled ampalaya for dinners and who knows what else she concocted using ampalaya. Eventually, after many weeks of eating this bitter-tasting main ingredient, I think her pimples got tired of the ampalaya, they went to someone else's face!
Itutuloy! (to be continued!)
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You are a funny lady MaMely! Re: pimples getting tired of ampalaya hence going to another person's face. That's one more reason to eat ampalaya. They say it's good for diabetes too. (Virginia Rodriguez)
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