Paano Magluto Ng Sinigang Na Hipon

Ang Sinigang ay isang uri ng putahe na may sabaw at maraming pwedeng gamitin dito bilang base na sangkap pero ang ibabahagi ko ngayon ay sinigang na hipon. Masarap talaga ang sinigang mapatag-araw o tag-ulan man. Kung nag aaral ka pa lang magluto, subukan mo ito, napakadali lang gawin.Dinagdagan ko ito ng kabuti (mushroom) para lalong sumarap.
Mga Sangkap:

• 1/2 kilo hipon
• 1 sibuyas (hiniwa)
• 1 kamatis (hiniwa)
• 200 gramo kabuti
• 40G sinigang  mix
• 8 tasa tubig
• 1 tali kangkong
• asin panimpla

Paraan ng Pagluluto:

1. Ilagay sa kaldero ang tubig, sibuyas, kamatis at kabuti, pakuluin ng 10 minuto.
2. Ilagay ang labanos at hipon, pakuluan sa  loob ng 2 minuto, timplahan ng asin, ilagay ang kangkong at ituloy ang pagpapakulo sa loob ng 30 segundo.
3. Ilagay ang sinigang mix, haluing maigi at patayin ang apoy pagkatapos ng isang kulo.
4. Ihain habang mainit pa.

Paano Gawin Ang Kinilaw Na Tuna

Ang kinilaw na isda, lalo na ang Tuna ay popular na putahe sa Mindanao. Gawa ito sa hilaw na isda na hinugasan ng suka at tinimplahang maigi kaya masarap talaga. May iba rin na ang ginagawang kinilaw ay karne pero ang gagamitin ko ngayon ay tuna.

Mga sangkap:

• 1/2 kilo tuna (malinis at hiniwa na)
• 1 malaking pipino ( hiniwa)
• 1 sibuyas (hiniwa)
• 1/2 kutsarita luya (tinadtad)
• 2 kutsara katas ng calamansi
• suka
• asin panimpla
• sili
• maraming pag-ibig 😀

Paraan ng paggawa:

1. Hugasan ng suka ang isda, pagkatapos ay pigain ng kaunti para maalis ang suka.
2. Sa isang malaking bowl ay pagsama-samahin ang lahat ng mga sangkap at timplahang maigi ng asin at suka.
3. Lagyan ng sili bago ihain.

English Version

Ingrdients:

• 1/2 kilo tuna ( cleaned and sliced)
• 1 big cucumber ( sliced)
• 1 onion (sliced)
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger (minced)
• 2 tablespoons calamansi or lemon juice
• vinegar
• salt to taste
• some chili
• lots of love 😀

Procedure:

1. Wash the tuna with vinegar and squeeze to remove excess vinegar.
2. In a big mixing bowl combine all the ingredients and mix well, season with vinegar and salt.
3. Serve with hot chili.

How To Cook Crab

There are many ways of cooking crab, but I will be sharing the common way of how Filipinos cook it. This is really delicious.
Ingredients:

• 1 kilo crabs (cleaned well)
• 3 cups pure coconut milk
• 1 cup water
• 3 cloves garlic
• thumb size ginger
• 1 onion
• 1 bunch water Spinach ( kangkong)
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. In a wok put the garlic, ginger, onion, water and 2 cups coconut milk then bring to a boil.
2. Add the crab, simmer until cooked while stirring occasionally.
3. Add the water spinach, 1 cup coconut milk, salt and pepper then simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Serve hot with rice.

Paano Magluto Ng Adobong Bangus

Talagang malikhain ang mga Pinoy pati sa pagluluto, nakakagawa tayo ng mga putahe higit sa nakasanayan ng mga sangkap, tulad ng adobo sanay tayo na baboy at manok ang inaadobo, pero naadobo din natin ang bangus at talaga namang masarap din tulad ng adobong baboy at manok. Subukan nyo po.
Mga Sangkap:

• 1 bangus (linisin at hiwain)
• 1/2 tasa suka
• 1/4 tasa toyo
• 1/4 tasa tubig
• 3 butil bawang (dinikdik)
• 1 onion (hiniwa)
• 2 dahon laurel
• asin at paminta na panimpla

Paraan ng Pagluluto:

1. Ilagay sa kaldero ang bawang at sibuyas, saka ilagay ang isda, suka, toyo, laurel at paminta, takpan ang kaldero at lutuin sa katamtamang init ng apoy, kapag kumulo na hinaan ang apoy at ituloy ang pagluluto hanggang sa maging half cooked na ang isda.
2. Ilagay ang tubig at pakuluin ito hanggang sa maluto ang isda.
3. Ihain kasama ng kanin at mag-enjoy.

English Version
Ingredients:

• 1 milkfish (sliced and cleaned)
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 1 onion (sliced)
• 2 pieces laurel/bayleaf
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. In a pan put the onion, garlic then the fish, vinegar, soy sauce, laurel and pepper then cover and cook over medium heat, when boiling, lower the heat then simmer until half cooked.
2. Add the water and continue cooking until done.
3. Serve with rice and enjoy.

Be careful in adding salt because there is already soy sauce. You can add the salt towards the end of the cooking, if necessary.

Milkfish is the Philippines national fish.

How To Cook Squid With Coconut Milk

Madali lang lutuin ang ginataang pusit, next time ibahagi ko paano magluto ng pusit na adobo sa gata, itong ibabahagi ko ngayon ay simpleng ginataan lang. Sa pagluluto ng pusit para hindi makunat dapat 5-8 minuto lang, kapag lumampas jan ay kukunat na sya kapag pinakuluan mo ng matagal.

Mga Sangkap:

• 1/2 kilo pusit (malinis na)
• 1 sibuyas (hiniwa)
• 1 kutsara tinadtad na luya
• 1 tasa kakang gata (pwedeng gumamit ng mga nakalatang gata)
• 2 dahon laurel
• asin panimpla

Paraan ng Pagluluto:

1. Igisa ang luya at sibuyas saka ilagay ang pusit at laurel, timplahan ng asin at haluing maigi. Takpan at lutuin sa katmtamang init ng apoy sa loob ng 5 minuto.
2. Ilagay ang gata at patayin pagkatapos ng isang kulo.
3. Ihain kasama ng kanin.

English Version
Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo squid (well cleaned)
• 1 onion (minced)
• 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
• 1 cup pure coconut milk (you can use bottled coconut milk)
• 2 bay leaves
• salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute the ginger and onion then add the squid and bay leaves, season with salt and give a good stir. Cover and let simmer for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally.
2. Add the coconut milk and turn off the heat after a boil.
3. Serve with rice.

How To Grill Squid Perfectly

Marami akong kakilala ayaw nila ng pusit dahil makunat daw, ang pusit ay hindi makunat kapag marunong kang magluto nito, kaya lang kumukunot dahil naovercooked ito. Subukan mong lutuin ng sakto lang (5-10 minutos), sigurado ako na iyo itong babalik balikan, ang sarap kaya. :-)
Mga Sangkap:

• 1 pirso malaking pusit
• 1 maliit kamatis ( hiniwa)
• dahon ng sibuyas
• asin at paminta na panimpla

Paraan ng Pagluluto:

1. Linisin ang pusit at timplahan ng asin at paminta.
2. Ilagay sa loob ng pusit ang kamatis at sibuyas dahon.
3. Painitin ang ihawan, kapag mainit na ilagay ang pusit (dapat katamtaman lang ang apoy). Lutuin ang pusit ng 3 minuto  at kapag binaligtad ay 3 minuto uli, huwag i-overcooked para di kumunat.
4. Kapag luto na ay hiwain at lagyan ng toyo at kalamansi bago ihain.

English Version
Ingredients:

• 1 big squid
• 1 tomato (chopped)
• spring onion
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Clean the squid and season with salt and pepper.
2. Stuff the squid with tomato and spring onion.
3. Heat the grill, when it's hot put the squid and cook for 3 minutes over medium heat, then flip it and cook for another 3 minutes.Do not over-cooked, so that it will not be chewy.
4. Slice and serve with soy sauce and lime or calamansi.

Sardines with Mushrooms

Sometimes when you are in a hurry and no menu planned ahead of time, you just grab what is in the pantry, just like what I did today. We still enjoyed it, satisfying sardines and mushroom dish.

Ingredients:

2 cans sardines
150 grams button mushrooms (sliced)
1 onion (sliced)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute the onion then put the sardines and let it simmer for a minute.
2. Add the mushroom then stir, season with salt and pepper, cook until done.
3. Serve and enjoy.

Grilled Mackerel

Easy to cook.

Ingredients:

2 slices mackerel Belly
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Season the mackerel with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
2.Heat the griller then grill the mackerel until done.
3. Garnish then serve.

I sprinkle it with sesame seeds and a combination of soy sauce and lemon juice.

Shrimps With Sweet Chili Sauce

There are lots of available sweet chili sauces at the supermarkets,  so I tried using it with shrimps and it came out good. It tasted delicious. Just wanna share this simple way of doing it.

Ingredients:

500 Grams shrimps
1 cup sweet chili sauce (bought from grocery)
2 cloves garlic
spring onion for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic then add the shrimps and stir well. Increase the heat to high and keep on stirring until shrimps are fully cooked.
2. Add the sweet chili sauce then stir and turn off the heat.
3. Garnish with spring onion and serve it hot.

Glorious Prawns

A tangy and succulent prawns that's perfect for any season. I added some fried spinach leaves when I serve it.

Ingredient:
1/2 kilo prawns ( cleaned)
1 onion
5 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 tablespoon soy Sauce
1 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup water (Add if necessary)
salt and pepper to taste
Spring onion or spinach for garnishing

Procedure:
1.  Saute the garlic and onion then add the prawns and allow to simmer for a  minute or until the color changed.
2. Add the lemon juice, honey and soy sauce then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the water, salt and pepper to taste then simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add the peanut butter and give it a good stir until fully mixed then simmer until done.
5. Garnish with spring onion or spinach then serve it hot.

Ginisang Tahong

Isa sa mga lamang dagat na mayaman sa protina at omega 3 ay ang tahong, bukod sa masarap ay madali pang lutuin. Kahit simpleng luto lang dito ay masarap na, tulad nito.

Mga sangkap:
1 kilong laman ng tahong
1 sibuyas ( hiniwa ng pino)
3 butil ng bawang (dinikdik)
2 kutsarang butter o mantika
1 kutsarang luya (strips)
asin at paminta ayon sa iyong panlasa

Paraan ng Pagluluto:
1. Igisa ang bawang at luya hanggang medyo matusta saka idagdag ang sibuyas at ituloy ang pagigisa hanggang sa lumambot.
2. Ilagay ang tahong at patakan ng asin at paminta ayon sa iyong panlasa at haluing maigi, takpan at hayaang kumulo ng 5 minuto o hanggang sa maluto.
3. Hanguin at ihain na mainit. :-) 

Pwedeng lagyan ng dahon ng sibuyas kapag ihahain na.


Para maalis ang laman ng tahong, ay pakuluan ang buong tahong at kapag naluto na ay isa isang alisin ang laman.

Homemade Fish Ball

Today I will be sharing how to make real fish ball, I am talking of using fish meat as a basic ingredient and not just flavoring, so this fish ball is really delicious compared to the  ready to cook ones that we can buy from the market. All we need are the following:

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish ( any kind)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 onion finely chopped
1 beaten egg
chopped spring onion
salt and pepper

Procedure:

1. Steam the fish and shred it then remove all the bones,  when this process is done add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

2. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before making it into balls( this way is easier to form into balls).
3. Preheat the oil and when you are ready, use your hand to get a portion from the mixture and form into balls. Deep fry it until golden brown. ( if the mixture is too dry you can add a little water)
4. Serve it hot with your favorite dipping sauce.

How To Cook Breaded Shrimp Perfectly

Cook breaded shrimp like a pro by following this simple recipe :-).

Ingredients for 3 servings:
15 pieces medium size shrimps ( de-shelled and cleaned)
1 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice
1/2 cup flour
2 beaten eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs ( Panko)
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Butterfly the shrimps by cutting at the back side, then 

sprinkle with calamansi or lemon juice, salt and pepper to 

taste, mix well. Roll over the flour.

2. Dip in a beaten egg.

3. Roll over the Panko, this kind of crumbs will give the shrimp a perfect crispy texture.

4. Deep fry until done then remove from the oil and let rest on a paper towel to remove excess oil. Serve and enjoy.

Panko is a flaky bread crumb used in Japanese cuisine as a crunchy coating for fried foods. 

Paksiw na may gatas

Out of my curiosity, I cooked this Paksiw with milk and it's delicious! Try it.

 Ingredients:
1/2 kilo fish
thumb size ginger (sliced)
3 cloves garlic ( crushed)
3/4 cup vinegar
1 cup evaporated  milk
salt and pepper to taste
Spring onion 

Procedure:
1. In a cooking pot put the vinegar, all the spices and fish cover and bring to a boil.
2. Let simmer until it is fully cooked.
3. Add the milk, salt and pepper to taste, then simmer until done.
4. Garnish with spring onion then serve hot with rice.

Ginataan na bagongon

Are you good at eating these shells called bagongon or telescope shell in English? I am a good eater of telescope shell because we always have it since I was young, I love sucking it when the meat of the shell and the flavor of the coconut milk touched your tongue and pallate together, "Lami" (yummy).

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo bagongon
thumb size ginger
1 small onion
1 cup thin coconut milk ( ikalawang piga)
1/2 cup pure coconut milk ( kakang gata)
1 bunch swamp cabbage ( kangkong) or talbos ng camote
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Cut the tip of the shell then wash well.

2. In a pot put the thin coconut milk, ginger, chili and onion then stir and bring to a boil, when boiling add the telescope shell (bagongon) then simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the swamp cabbage ( kangkong) and simmer until half cooked then add the pure coconut milk and salt to taste then simmer until done.
4. Serve and enjoy. :-)