''Tortang kalabasa'', also known as squash fritters, is a
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
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omelette
In cuisine, an omelette (also spelled omelet) is a dish made from beaten eggs, fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around fillings such as chives ...
made by mixing mashed or finely-grated
pumpkin (''calabaza'') with flour, water, egg, salt, and pepper. Other ingredients like minced vegetables can also be added. It is very similar to ''
okoy
''Okoy'' or ''ukoy'', are Filipino crispy deep-fried fritters made with glutinous rice batter, unshelled small shrimp, and various vegetables, including calabaza, sweet potato, cassava, mung bean sprouts, scallions and julienned carrots, oni ...
'', but the latter is made with
glutinous rice batter rather than eggs. Regardless it is sometimes known as squash ''okoy'' or ''okoy na kalabasa''.
See also
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Tortang talong
''Tortang talong'', also known as eggplant omelette, is an omelette or fritter from Filipino cuisine made by pan-frying grilled whole eggplants dipped in an egg mixture. It is a popular breakfast and lunch meal in the Philippines. A common ...
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Tortang sardinas
''Tortang sardinas'', also known as ''tortang tinapa'', sardines omelette, or tinapa fritters, is a Filipino omelette made by mixing shredded ''tinapa'' (smoked sardines) with eggs. It can also include tomatoes, onions, garlic, salt, ground bla ...
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Tortang carne norte
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Poqui poqui
''Poqui poqui'', also spelled ''puke puke'' or ''puki puki'', is a Filipino eggplant and scrambled eggs dish originating from the Ilocos Region of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is very similar to '' tortang talong'' in that the eggplan ...
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