Lukot Salad

This is not a green colored rice noodles, but this is a secretion from a sea slug which the Visayans called "Lukot"  Have you tasted this before? You should try this delicious salad.

Read more about lukot: http://www.mysmartschools.ph/web/dumiykinakain/lukot.html

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo lukot  (wash very well)
1/2 cup vinegar
1 small cucumber
1 onion (sliced)
1 tomato (sliced)
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon sugar
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.  Combine all the ingredients and mix well.
2. Serve. 

You can garnish it with any fruits and vegetables that you like.

Braised Shrimps

A succulent shrimp bits recipe that goes well with steamed or fried rice. Easy to cook too.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/2 kilo shrimps ( cleaned and chopped)
1 onion ( chopped)
3 cloves garlic ( chopped)
1 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice
1/2 piece bell pepper ( chopped)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and all the remaining ingredients then braise over high heat for 2-3 minute then turn off the heat.
2. Sprinkle with spring onion then serve it hot.

Shrimp Rolls

An easy to cook recipe that can't go wrong, 100% guaranteed :-) This is very good during special gatherings.

Ingredients for 3 Servings:
12 pieces medium size shrimps ( cleaned and shells removed)
12 pieces Spring roll wrapper ( lumpia wrapper)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the shrimps with salt and pepper then wrap each shrimps in a spring roll wrapper, make sure it is sealed tightly. 

2. Deep fry until golden brown then serve it hot.

Stir Fried Shrimps and Mushrooms

Shrimps can be cooked quickly that's why when my 2 friends arrived yesterday, just in time for my dinner, I cooked this and invited them to join me. We had a good dinner with this dish together with egg omelette and rice :-).

Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/4 kilo shrimps
4 pieces fresh button mushroom ( sliced)
3 cloves garlic
1/4 piece bell pepper
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then increase the heat to high and add the mushrooms and stir fry for a minute.
2. Add the bell pepper,shrimp, salt and pepper then continue to stir fry for 3 minutes or until done then turn off the heat.
3. Sprinkle with spring onion then serve with a smile :-) .

Buttered Crayfish

Have you tried eating crayfish? For me it is yummier than the shrimps, it is so juicy and really nice.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo crayfish
2 talespoons butter
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
3 tablespoons calamansi or lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Heat the butter then add the garlic and saute until brownish, then add the onion and continue to saute until soften.
2. Add the crayfish then simmer for 2 minutes , add the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, then simmer until fully cooked
3. Serve with a smile :-).

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Steamed Prawns

The very easy way to cook the prawns, but still delicious and succulent!

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo prawns
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1 lime
onion
3 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Dash the prawns with salt and pepper, then squeeze some lime or calamansi then set aside.
2. Prepare the steamer by putting the water, garlic, onion, peppercorn, the empty calamansi or lime fruit that we squeezed and butter, bring to a boil.
3. Steam the prawns until cooked ( 4 minutes each side ) cooking time depends upon the size.
4. Once cooked remove from the steamer, then serve with your favorite sauce.

I served mine with sauteed onion and a little oyster sauce.

Garlic Scallops

Scallop is:
Delicious!
Succulent!
EXPENSIVE! But I still bought it for my blog's sake :D.

Ingredients:
5 scallops
3 cloves garlic
1 calamansi or lime
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon toasted garlic for garnishing
spring onion

 

Fresh Scallop

Procedure:

1.Open the shells and remove the meat, wash well. Wash the empty shells properly and boil with water and allow to dry.

2. Heat the butter then saute the garlic, add the scallop meat and stir, squeeze the lime then add salt and pepper to taste then stir until cooked.

3. Arrange the empty half shells and put back the cooked scallop's meat and garnish with spring onion and toasted garlic then serve,.

Baked Mussels

Make this baked mussels the center of attraction  at your dining table, easy to prepare but looked special and delicious, that will surely capture the eyes of the diners. Try it.

Ingredients for 3 servings:
12 pieces green  mussels ( tahong) Cleaned and boiled ready in half shell
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup thick cream or all purpose cream
1 teaspoon minced carrots
1 teaspoon minced red bell pepper
1/2 cup grated quick melting cheese
ground pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Combine the cheddar cheese, cream cheese, all purpose cream, carrots, bell pepper and ground pepper,mix very well, then put the mixture on top of every mussel meat in a shell.

2. Preheat the oven at 180C, sprinkle grated quick melt cheese on top of each mussels then bake for 15 minutes or until done.

3. Serve it hot.

Daing na Bangus

Daing na Bangus ( marinated milkfish) is the most popular dish for milkfish in the Philippines, it tastes so good specially if your marinade is strong and tasty.

Ingredients:
3 regular size milkfish ( cleaned)
1/2 cup vinegar or calamansi juice
1 head garlic ( crushes)
1/4 teaspoon crushed  black pepper
1/4 teaspoon peppercorn
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well then let it stand for an hour.

 

 2. After marinating it,  fry until golden brown.

 3. Serve hot with rice and enjoy :-).

Creamy Shrimps

Make sure that the rice is enough for everybody when you serve this creamy shrimps because it will surely boost your appetite, the cream made the dish so irresistible .You will crave for more.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/2 kilo shrimps
1 onion
1 teaspoon ginger strips
4 cloves garlic
3/4 cup Nestle cream or all purpose cream
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup water
some spring onions

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, then add the ginger and onion, continue to saute until soften then add water and simmer then add the shrimps and simmer until cooked.
2. Add the cream, spring onion, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
3. Serve it hot.

Dilis Kinilaw

I always see this kinilaw everytime we go to the beach where anchovies are very fresh, there are some vendors offering this dish to the cottage occupants. This is a good appetizer and goes well with grilled pork.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo anchovy (dilis)
1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
1/2 piece red onion ( sliced thinly)
spring onion
salt to taste
1/2 cup vinegar

Fresh Anchovy

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish by removing the head and the innards then wash well.
2. Combine all the ingredients well, and you can add some chili and calamansi or lemon juice before serving.

Bolinaw Inun-unan

Bolinaw is a Visayan term for anchovy (dilis) while Inun-onan is a Cebuano term for Paksiw. I do not like this viand before but everytime my older sister cooked this and encouraged me to eat because it is good for health, I obeyed her and I love eating this fish. Last week I remembered about anchovy and I researched about its health benefits and I felt grateful to my sister who taught me to eat anchovy. According to what I've read it's rich with omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, calcium, iron and other vitamins and minerals that is good is reducing the risk of hear diseases.
This is the reason why I cooked this today, enjoy this easy to cook nutritious fish dish.

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1/2 kilo bolinaw (anchovies)
thumb size ginger ( cut into strips)
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon peppercorn ( pamintang buo)
4 cloves garlic (crushed)
finger chili or siling haba
salt and pepper to taste

Bolinaw-anchovy

Procedure:
1. Put everything in a pot then cook over medium heat allowing to simmer until the soup almost dry then turn off the heat.

2. Serve it hot with rice.

Hot and Spicy Crab

Crab stewed in coconut milk with a kick of hot and spicy flavor will surely boost your appetite. Quick and easy to prepare so please give it a try :-).

Ingredients:
1 kilo alimango
2 cups thin coconut milk ( Ikalawang piga)
1 cup pure coconut milk ( kakang gata)
thumb size ginger
1 onion
5 pieces or more cayenne pepper or siling haba
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the crabs,thin coconut milk, cayenne pepper, ginger, onion, salt and ground pepper, cover and cook over medium heat allowing to simmer for few minutes until the crabs turned reddish.

2.Let simmer for few minutes until fully cooked, then put the spring onion and pure coconut milk and simmer for half a minute then turn off the heat.

3. Serve it hot with rice.

Sinigang sa Mangga

Surprisingly yummy :-). Have you cooked like this before? Let me know.

Ingredients for 4 servings
1/2 kilo Salmon
5 cups water
3 green mango or more ( make sure its really sour)
2 tomatoes
1 onion
2 cups spinach leaves
cayenne pepper or siling haba
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. In a pot put all the ingredients except the water and spinach, then cover and let simmer until the salmon is half cooked.

 2. Add the water and bring to a boil for few minutes until the salmon is fully cooked then add the spinach, salt and pepper to taste and simmer until done and turn off the heat.

 3. Serve it hot.

Ginataang Hipon

Easy to prepare shrimp dish for everybody specially to those who are just learning how to cook, you can try this and get a perfect result :-).

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo shrimps
1/2 cup pure coconut milk
3 cloves garlic
1/2 onion
1/2 piece bell pepper
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion

Procedure:
1. Saute the  garlic and onion then add the belle pepper and shrimps and simmer for 2 minutes over high heat stirring constantly.
2. Add the coconut milk, spring onion salat and pepper to taste then simmer until cooked.
3. Serve it hot.

Prawns with Oyster Sauce

 This is simple and easy to prepare, but the oyster sauce made this dish so scrumptious. "Extra rice please " that's what we've said while eating this. :-)

Ingedients:
1/2 kilo prawn
1 onion
2 tomatoes
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
ground pepper to taste
some spring onion

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, onion and tomatoes then add the prawns and stir until it turned dark oranged.
2. Add the oyster sauce, ground pepper and spring onion then simmer until cooked.
3. Serve it and do not forget to smile :-).

Fried Roe

 Roe or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes and as a raw ingredient. The roe of marine animals, such as the roe of lumpsucker, hake and salmon, is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids.
Info from  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe

Today there are lots of roe at the market which is very fresh, so I bought some, since it's been a long time that I don't have it. I cooked it simply by just frying it.

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo roe
1 tablespoon lemon or calamansi juice
salt and pepper to taste
oil for frying

English = Roe
Tagalog= itlog ng isda
Visayan- bihod

Procedure:
1. Slice the roe into bite sizes then sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil then fry it until cooked.

3. Serve it with rice and enjoy!

Hot and Spicy Seafood

 If you love hot and spicy flavor, then you must try this recipe.

Ingredients:
3 crabs
1/4 kilo shrimps
1/2 kilo clams
1/2 cup Chili Sauce ( I used my homemade chili sauce)
4 cloves garlic
1 onion
salt and pepper to taste

seafood

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the seafood and stir until the color changed.
2. Add the chili sauce and simmer for 2 minutes then stir.

3. Add salt and pepper to taste then stir and cover until cooked.

4. Serve it hot.

Click the link for the chili sauce recipe.
 http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2013/11/how-to-make-chili-sauce.html