Buko Pandan Salad

Buko pandan is a popular sweet salad in the Philippines that is so creamy and yummy made with young coconut meat and added with pandan and gelatine.

Binagoongang Sitaw

String beans cooked deliciously with shrimp paste. I hope you will try this.

Adobong Tokwa sa Gata

A healthy dish made from tofu contributed by Maureen Ava Fernandez. I will try this recipe soon.

Ingredients:
500 grams of Medium firm Tofu
1 can coconut milk
2 tbsp. of soy sauce
2 tbsp. of white vinegar
pinch of salt to taste
pinch of pepper to taste
Vegetable oil
Red or green chili pepper or Siling Haba
3 cloves of garlic
1 onion head

Procedure:
Fry the tofu ( tokwa) nice and golden brown
Set aside and cut it into  squares
Sauté  onion and garlic, put the fried tokwa , soy sauce and vinegar
don't stir let tokwa absorb  all the liquid from soy sauce and vinegar wait until reduced,
then add the  coconut milk, salt and pepper to taste . When almost done add the siling haba and serve.

Contributed By: Maureen Ava Fernandez

Mely's Kitchen Pork Steak

Simple and easy to cook dish yet very tasty. I am sure that everybody will love this.

Ingredients:
1 kilo  pork chop
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 onions sliced into rings
5 calamansi
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Marinate the pork chop with lemon, soy sauce and ground pepper for an hour. After an hour remove from marinating sauce then pan fry until brownish then set aside. Do not throw the sauce because we will use it later.
2. Saute the onion then add the pork chops, simmer for 2 minutes to allow the flavors of the onion and pork to blend well, then add the sauce, ground pepper and salt to taste and simmer until done.
3. Serve hot.

Ginataang Mais

A dish that's perfect for a snack or dessert.

Ingredients for 8 servings:
1 1/2 cups glutinous rice (malagkit)
8 cups water or thin coconut (add if needed)
2 cups fresh corn kernel
2 cups pure coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar ( add if needed)

Procedure:
1. Put the water, corn and glutinous rice in a pot then allow to boil until the rice is very  tender.
2. Add the sugar and salt then allow to boil for 5 minutes.
3. Add the coconut milk, let simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
4. Serve and enjoy :-).

Added with condensed milk

If using a canned corn just add it together with the sugar.