From Kitchen to the Hearts: Paksiw na Puso ng Saging (Banana Blossoms) and Eggplant Pancake, or Is It a Torta? Y'all Can Decide!

Week ago, May 12 to be exact, I heard mama saying that there's already 3 eggplants growing in the yard. I got so excited about it because it's 3, and at the same time though there still a gap of time, its first and third eggplant grows after the first one was harvested so seeing 3 growing there at the same time made me really excited.

Here's that beauty! Look at those tiny cute eggplants hanging for their dear life. Lol. The eggplant on the front is already big while the other two is still kinda small.

They all look so healthy no? The only problem mama faced with her eggplant was the red ants. They are so consistent, seriously. Though they only eat its leaves, but what if they damage all of the leaves? Aigoooo. But anyways, i'm really so happy to see this eggplant thriving

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And so after a week, or today...mama finally harvested the three eggplants. Actually two of them is still really small but she decided to pick them up as well, she said they may age too much so its better to harvest them while it is still young and still has its soft insides. But the truth is she really wants to make Tortang Talong, lololol. Because you know, if she harvest just one, then she won't be able to make much (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

So i'll be sharing that here. The way she cook her Tortang Talong is different. For the ingredients, she only used 3 eggs, some seasoning, ground pepper, onion, garlic and our freshly picked 3 pieces of eggplants and cooking oil.

Instead of grilling the eggplant, she cut them into thin and small sizes just like this. After that, she beat 3 eggs, put the minced garlic, onion, ground pepper, seasoning and the eggplant all together and mix, mix, mix until they're all well combined.

So next is frying them, using low heat, she cover it while frying it to make sure the eggplant will be cook. Flip it over after 2 to 3 minutes, well, as long as the eggplant already soften from that side then its good to go

But why this lowkey look like a chocolate pancake? Hahaha. Don't be mistaken guys, its eggplant pancake -wait, i should just call it that instead of tortang talong no coz it literally look like one ಠ◡ಠ. But wait, mama didn't use flour in it though, so what now? Eggplant Omelette then? Aigoooo, what is this!

Now, let me also what we have at home. This is Paksiw na Puso ng Saging (banana blossoms). It is sour and has soup and seriously guys it is so good in rice. Anything that is fried or dried is good with this. This is just actually incomplete version because some has more ingredients in it. But the recipe of this is the banana blossoms, salt, vinegar, onion, garlic, black whole pepper, and seasonings, water too.. Cooking this took 30 to 40 minutes, just until everything softens. Have you heard about this dish?

And this is kind of an experiment according to Mommy D but she made crispy banana blossoms fritters. Instead of regular flour, she used glutinous rice flour and it is so good, so crispy and a good snacks. The saltiness is just right, I love it seriously. For the ingredients, she used the banana blossoms from the Paksiw so it is also cooked. *Then she used salt, garlic, onion, minces of course, ground pepper, seasoning, water abd glutinous rice flour. The consistency is kinda thick, not watery. And the result is just glorious!

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