Monday, February 01, 2010

Atchara - Jon's style

This is an appetizer that is super appetizing and guaranteed to make your mouth water. Just not meant to be consumed in large amounts.

Ingredients:

2 pieces of bitter melon
1 long daikon
4 pieces of tomatoes
1 red onions
2 cup of vinegar (any kind)
6 table spoon of sea salt (or iodine salt)

Procedure:
Dice the bitter melon and sprinkle 2 table spoons of sea salt then mash and squeeze the bitter melon for 1 minute. Drain the juice well.Dice the daikon and sprinkle 2 table spoon of sea salt then mash and squeeze the daikon for 1 minute. Drain the juice well. Dice the onion and tomatoes and mix with the bitter melon and daikon. Add the remaining 2 table spoon of sea salt and vinegar and mix well. Let it stand for one day in the refrigerator. Mix every so often to assure the top part gets soaked in the vinegar.

Voila, you got yourself an appetizer that can also be called atchara in the Philippines.

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