Sauteed Bottle Gourd

Bottle gourd or upo in Filipino language is a kind of vegetable that is watery and light in taste, but cooking it with a right combination of other ingredients, we can make a delicious dish from it, like this recipe it's simply sauteed with pork and added with annatto ( atsuete) to enhance the color and aroma, presto! a delicious dish that you can not resist.

Ingredients:
1 whole bottle gourd
1/2 kilo pork
4 cloves garlic
1 piece onion
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon annatto powder or 1/2 cup annatto extract ( atsuete)
salt and pepper to taste

Bottle gourd

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and continue to saute until half cooked. Then add the soy sauce, atsuete, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for 2 minutes.

2. Add the bottle gourd and simmer until tender then turn off the heat.

3. Serve it hot and do not forget to smile :-).