You can really play around with this recipe. Enjoy it basic, sans ground pork and just the eggplant dipped in beaten eggs. But if you want to be extra then here are some ideas for you.
- Go seafood. In place of pork, you can throw in crab meat, chopped shrimp or even flaked dried fish. Impress even more by adding fish roe and crab fat (taba ng talangka) on top.
- Instead of ground pork, go for something that’s well seasoned like longganisa. Slice open the Filipino sausage, take the meat out of the casing, saute until cooked then add that to the egg.
- Take inspiration from a vegetable fritter (okoy). Peel and shred a pumpkin or potato, making sure they’re thin so they cook about the same time as the egg.


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