Kare-Kare

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon garlic, minced

1 large onion, chopped

1 small puso ng saging (banana blossom)

4 eggplant, sliced

1 bundle string beans (sitaw), cut into 2-inch pieces

1/2 cup achuete seeds (annatto seeds), soaked in 1 cup water

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 kilos ox tripe, washed with salt and boiled

4 cups water

1 cup peanuts

1/2 cup rice, (ground), toasted

1 bundle pechay leaves

salt, to taste

1/2 cup shrimp paste (bagoong alamang), to serve