Greek Rice

I saw and tasted this from a buffet restaurant and asked the waiter what is the name for that dish and he said Greek Rice, I browsed the internet about this, and there are lots of different recipes for this. This is my version of Greek rice.

Ingredients:
3 cups cooked rice
1 onion (minced)
1 carrot (minced)
red bell pepper (minced)
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup minced cooked chicken breast
2 tablespoons oil 
1/2 teaspoon chicken powder
Salt to taste

Preparation:
1. In a pan, over medium heat, saute onion until brownish, then add the carrots, bell pepper, chicken breast and chicken powder then simmer for 2 minutes.
2. Stir in the rice and mix well, then add salt to taste. 
3. Simmer for 2 minutes, add the raisins and mix well, then serve hot. 

You can add some green peas, pineapple tidbits, corn kernel and sweet ham for this recipe.

Fish Congee

Congee can be served as a meal, and depends how you prepared it. I served this as a complete meal to a person who loves this kind of food so much, because he said congee will not make you fat due to its water content, it makes you full but you have eaten less carbohydrates  because it is soupy, he said " that is why I like congee or porridge with more soup not too sticky". Since he avoided eating meat I used  fish for this recipe. It is yummy!

Ingredients:
Fried Fish Fillet ( bite size)
1 cup rice
1 onion
3 tablespoons ginger strips
minced spring onion
toasted garlic
fish sauce ( patis)
ground pepper
water

Procedure:
1. Saute the ginger until brownish then add the onion, when it's sauteed add the rice, fish sauce and ground pepper, allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes before adding enough water.

2. Simmer until the rice disintegrated making the soup thick but not sticky. Add the fried fish and continue simmering for 5 minutes, add salt if necessary.
3. Serve with minced spring onion and toasted garlic.

Bola Bolang Kanin

I've got the idea of this recipe from South American dish which they called "Bolinho de arroz" It is simple and easy to make and a good way to save your leftover rice and make it into something delicious for your snack.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups leftover rice ( bahaw)
1 canned tuna
3 eggs beaten
1 cup water
1 cup all purpose flour
1 onion chopped

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients very well, add water if it is too sticky.

2. Spoon a portion then deep fry over medium heat until golden brown then serve.

with spring onion

Don't waste food!! It's a part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftovers.

Lugaw, Tokwa't Baboy

Lugaw, tokwa't baboy is a popular dish in Luzon region of Philippines. I love this dish specially during rainy season, helps you stay warm :)

Ingredients:

1.5 cups rice
1 clove garlic ( minced and toasted)
1/4 cup ginger stips
3 stalks spring onions
salt and pepper to taste
fish sauce( patis=optional)
1 cup fried tokwa ( diced) "tokwa"
1 cup pork's ear (strips) "baboy"
1 litre of water
ground pepper

tokwa

baboy

Procedure for Lugaw:

1.  Saute the ginger until brownish then add the rice and saute it together with fish sauce, salt and pepper

2. Add the water, then cover ( stirring constantly so that the rice will not stick at the bottom of the pot).
3. Continue simmering until the rice is so tender making the porridge thick in texture.
4. Serve it hot with tokwa't baboy,  spring onion, ground pepper and toasted garlic.

Shrimp Nigiri Sushi

This is very easy to make and  a good way to start making sushi if you are a first timer, nigirizushi is a kind of sushi made by pressing the rice with a hand and putting the topping draped over it. The popular toppings for this kind of sushi are salmon, tuna and shrimps. Let us start with salmon, I will post more about this soon with different topping.

Ingredients
15 pieces shrimps
3 cups cooked sushi rice


Procedure:
1.Boiled the shrimps then deshelled it and put a cur in the belly to expand it when you are going to top it on rice.
2. With your hand get a certain amount of cooked sushi rice then form it into oblong by pressing it between the palms of the hand, then put the shrimp.


3. Repeat the same process until you attain your desired number of nigiri that you want to serve.

4. Serve it with your favorite sushi sauce.

Here is how to cook the sushi rice:

1. Wash the rice then put water, vinegar and sugar let it boil and cook like the normal rice that we eat during our meals.

2. When the rice is cooked let it cool, then prepare other sushi ingredients.

if sushi rice is not available just mix 2 cups of glutinous rice with 3/4 cup of normal rice.

Siomai Congee

My friends bought some siomai from a Japanese shop but they were not able to consumed it all, so I used it in my congee ( lugaw). Delicious!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup rice
1 clove garlic ( minced and toasted)
1/4 cup ginger strips
3 stalks spring onions
salt and pepper to taste
fish sauce( patis=optional)
some siomai
1 litre of water

Procedure:

1.  Saute the ginger until brownish then add the rice and saute it together with fish sauce, salt and pepper
2. Add the water, then cover ( stirring constantly so that the rice will not stick at the bottom of the pot).
3. Continue simmering until the rice is so tender making the porridge thick in texture.
4. Serve it hot with siomai, minced spring onion and toasted garlic.

Here is the link on how to make siomai 

Shrimp Fried Rice

I recycled some leftover rice  and make it into something special, since there are some shrimps in the refrigerator  I decided to make shrimp fried rice. I chilled the leftover rice so that it will be easy to separate.

I sauted 3 cloves of garlic then added 1 cup of shelled shrimps then sauted it for a minute before I added 2 beaten eggs stirring well to make it scrambled then I put the rice and mix well. Stirring occasionally until done then I put some minced bell pepper, salt and pepper to taste then stir a few minutes and that's it!
 Don't waste food!! It's part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftovers.

Sushi Pinoy Version

This is my Pinoy version of sushi made with mango and some vegetables. Very delicious.

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked sushi rice
1 cucumber ( cut into long strips)
1 ripe mango ( cut into long strips)
1 carrot ( cut into long strips)
toasted black sesame seeds
nori seaweeds


Procedure:
1. Place the seaweed over the sushi mat.

2. Put the rice and flatten evenly then put the strips carrot, cucumber and mango.
3. Roll it until the roll is firm and done.

4. Slice into serving pieces, then sprinkle with black sesame seeds and serve with sushi sauce.

Here is how to cook the sushi rice:

1. Wash 3 cups of sushi rice then put water, sushi vinegar and sugar let it boil and cook like the normal rice that we eat during our meals.

2. When the rice is cooked let it cool, then prepare other sushi ingredients.

if sushi rice is not available just mix 2 cups of glutinous rice with 3/4 cup of normal rice.

Salmon Nigiri Sushi

This is very easy to make and  a good way to start making sushi if you are a first timer, nigirizushi is a kind of sushi made by pressing the rice with a hand and putting the topping draped over it. The popular toppings for this kind of sushi are salmon, tuna and shrimps. Let us start with salmon, I will post more about this soon with different topping.

Ingredients
some salmon fillet
cooked sushi rice
wasabi (optional)

Procedure:
1. With your hand get a certain amount of cooked sushi rice then form it into oblong by pressing it between the palms of the hand, then put a small amount of wasabi then put the salmon fillet.

2. Repeat the same process until you attain your desired number of nigiri that you want to serve. Very simple and easy to make, right?

3. Serve it with your favorite sushi sauce.

 

Here is how to cook the sushi rice:

1. Wash the rice then put water, vinegar and sugar let it boil and cook like the normal rice that we eat during our meals.

2. When the rice is cooked let it cool, then prepare other sushi ingredients.

if sushi rice is not available just mix 2 cups of glutinous rice with 3/4 cup of normal rice.

Sushi with Crab Sticks

This is my first time to make sushi with crab sticks, I wish I could do it perfectly next time. :D The taste is perfect but some stuffs were not centered that is why I am not considering this as perfect, but as a first timer I am happy with the result. Try it.

Ingredients:
2 cups sushi rice
3 sheets nori seaweeds
6 crab stick
1 cucumber
1 carrot
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon sushi vinegar
2 cups water

ingredients are ready

Procedure:
1. First we need to cook the rice, wash the rice then put the water, vinegar and sugar let it boil and cook like the normal rice that we eat during our meals.
2. When the rice is cook let it cool, then prepare other sushi ingredients.
3. Slice the cucumber into julienne or like in the picture below, do not use the middle part because it is very watery. Do the same slice with the carrot.

4. Place the seaweed over the sushi mat.

nori seaweed

sushi mat

5.  Put the rice and flatten evenly, then put the crab sticks, carrot and cucumber.

6. Then roll it.

7. Slice and serve with a smile:-)

Simple Biko

Biko is an all time favorite rice dish of my family it is made from sticky or glutinous rice with coconut milk and sugar, I just  add some  garnishing to my biko because my Portuguese friends are not familiar with it, so I made it look attractive for them  by sprinkling it with sesame seeds and putting it with cashew nuts :-).

Ingredients:
4 cups glutinous rice
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
5 cups coconut milk

Procedure:
1. Cooked the sticky rice then set aside.
2. Then in a pot combine the coconut milk and sugar over medium heat stirring constantly until it boils.
3. Continue stirring until the coconut milk and sugar mixture thickens (latik), almost caramelize.
4. Add in the sticky rice and mix evenly, continue cooking until you reach the desired texture for your biko.
5. Serve it plain or with garnish like what I did. :-)

Brown sugar is not available when I cooked this, that is why I used white sugar.

Lugaw a la Arroz Caldo

Lugaw is a delicious Filipino porridge but this time I made a twist in this recipe by making it like arroz caldo
but no chicken added. Simple but delicious. Good for rainy seasons.

Ingredients:

2 cups glutinous rice ( malagkit)
1/4 cup ginger strips
1/4 cup fish sauce ( patis) optional
hard boiled eggs ( for toppings)
toasted garlic (for toppings)
spring onion ( for toppings)
water
ground pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and ginger then add the rice simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the fish sauce ( patis) and ground pepper simmer for a minute.

3. Add the water that is enough to cook the porridge. Cover and stir occasionally until cooked.
4. Serve it hot and put the toppings.

Fried Rice ( Leftover)

 

Starting today I will be posting dishes made from leftover food. There are some friends who requested this category so that they can get an idea and no food will be wasted. I made this fried rice from the leftover rice yesterday. 

Just break the rice apart until it is loosen then set aside.

In a pan saute 4 cloves of garlic then add the rice and stir occasionally.

 To make it more attractive I put some minced carrots and minced fried egg. I serve it with fried dried fish. We enjoyed eating it and saved the rice from going into the trash can.

budbud de nayon

I learned to cook this dish when I was 11 years old, because my father  always teaches me and my sisters how to prepare this. I wanna share this traditional budbud de nayon recipe o all of you, you might not know that this kind of dish is existing, but I am telling you that this really tastes good, the taste of the ginger and the creamy taste of coconut milk really blend well. This is like puto maya.

Ingredients:
3 cups glutinous rice (malagkit)
3 cups coconut milk
1/4 cup crushed ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar

Procedure:
1. Wash the glutinous rice then put in a pot together with all the ingredients.
2. Then cook it like a normal rice.
3. After cooking you can serve it.

Greeny Fried Rice

Greeny Fried Rice is a delicious fried rice full with green vegetables, and it is perfect for breakfast because it is loaded with energy giving veggies. This is my own version of fried rice which I cooked on March 13, 2012, I call it greeny because green is the principal color that I saw after cooking it. :D If you loved vegetable I am sure that you will enjoy this. Have a try:-).

Ingredients:
2 cups rice
1/4 cup ground beef
1/4 cup celery ( minced)
1/4 cup spring onion (minced)
1/4 cup parsley( minced)
1/4 cup green bell pepper (small diced)
3 cloves garlic
pepper and salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the ground beef, simmer for 2 minutes.
2. Add the rice and bell pepper, mix it well , dash with pepper and salt to taste.
3. Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir for a minute.
Serve it hot :-).

Lugaw (Filipino Porridge)

Craving for a Filipino porridge ( lugaw)  because it's a cold day. I added lots of ground pepper for a hotter taste and its really a bomb in the mouth, really yummy! Simple meal but it satisfied my hunger.

Ingredients:

1 cup rice
6 hard boiled eggs
1 clove garlic ( minced)
3 stalks spring onions
salt and pepper to taste
fish sauce( patis=optional)
8 cups water (add if needed)

Procedure:

1.  Saute the garlic until golden brown then remove and set aside ( we will use it later for toppings)
2. Pour in the rice and saute for a minute, then add salt and pepper and simmer for another minute. You can add some fish sauce ( patis) if it is available.
3. Add the water, then cover ( stirring constantly so that the rice will not stick at the bottom of the pot).
4. When it is already done add the eggs.
5. Serve it hot with minced spring onion and toasted garlic.

Special Arroz Caldo

Simply delicious! Will write here soon :D so sleepy now, good night everyone:-)

Ingredients:

2 cups rice
1 onion
1/4 kilo chicken
3 tablespoons ginger strips
1/2 cup fish sauce (patis)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 cloves garlic
salt  to taste

For Garnishing:

minced spring onion
hard boiled egg
toasted garlic
lime or calamansi

Procedure:

1. Saute the ginger then garlic and onion
2. Add the chicken and braise for a while, then add the fish sauce and ground pepper then simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add the rice and saute for few minutes allowing the flavor of the fish sauce to penetrate. Cover and simmer.
4. After few minutes of simmering add water that is enough to make the arroz caldo soupy until it is cooked.
5. Garnish it before serving. Mmmmmmm very yummy!

Garlic Fried Rice

A healthy fried rice for breakfast to start your day.

Ingredients:

2 cups rice
8 cloves garlic (minced)
olive oil

Procedure:

1. Heat the olive oil and toast the garlic until golden brown.
2. Stir in the rice and sprinkle with salt,  mix well until it's done.
3. Serve it hot.