Patola Soup ( sponge gourd )

Ingredients:

2 Patola  ( peeled and cut into round slices )

2 miswa ( flour vermicelli )

1 whole onion slice

4 garlic cloves minced

½ lb ground pork

½ lb shrimp peeled and devein

3 tsp patis ( fish sauce )          

1 knorr pork cube bouillon  or 1 cup pork stock

2 stalk of green onions chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

2 cups water

Procedure:

In a sauce pan sauté onion and garlic when brown add the ground pork  cook it until brown . Add the patola and fish sauce  sauté them for about a min. or two. Add water and bring it to boil while boiling add the shrimp and knorr bouillon or pork stock. Add the miswa ( you’ll know when it’s cooked when soup is thicken a little bit) add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with scallion . Serve.