Bitter Melon With Pork (Guinisa – Filipino)

• 1 lb. pork sliced
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 small onion sliced
• 1 medium tomato diced
• 7 shrimps, fresh or dried
• 4 bitter melon sliced
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. monosodium glutamate
• 1 tbsp. Patis or shoyu
• 1 cup water

Cook pork with garlic in a skillet until slightly brown. Add onion, tomato, shrimps and melon. Sprinkle with salt and monosodium glutamate. Add shoyu, water, stir and cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until tender. Serves 6.