Tinolang Tahong

I cooked this today because I craved for it, since there is no red tide alert, I grabbed the opportunity and enjoyed this delicious mussel soup.

Ingredients for 4 servings
1/2 kilo mussels ( tahong)
thumb size ginger ( cut into strips)
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
3 cups water
spring onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, ginger and onion then add the mussels and stir well.
2. Add the boiling water, then simmer for a minute, add salt and pepper then simmer for 5 minutes or until done, put the spring onion and turn off the heat.
3. Serve hot with rice.

Misua with Patola

Misua is a thin noodles made from flour that is delicious to make into soup, there are different ways to make misua soup but one of the common one is with sponge gourd or ptola.

Bangus Belly Steak

The best for the whole family. This milkfish dish is so yummy, so make sure that you have enough rice for everybody.

Mussels with Oyster Sauce

Mussels that's so flavorful with oyster sauce.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/2 kilo mussels (tahong)
1 medium size tomato
1 small size onion
3 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic, then the tomato and onion, add the mussels and stir.
2. Simmer while stirring every now and then until cooked. ( Around 5 minutes)
3. Add the oyster sauce then mix well,  dash with salt and pepper to taste, simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Bopis

Today we cooked lechon ( whole roasted pig) and I asked the butcher to give me the innards that I can use for "bopis".  One of the ingredients for bopis is lungs but since most of my siblings will not eat it, I decided not to include it. Here is my simple way of cooking bopis.

Ingredients:
1 piece pork's heart ( boiled and chopped)
1/2 kilo pork's intestine ( fully cleaned, boiled and chopped)
1/4 kilo pork's liver ( chopped)
1 big tomato (diced)
1 small carrot ( minced)
1/2 cup minced radish
3 cloves garlic (minced)
thumb size ginger (minced)
1 onion (minced)
3 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 laurel/bay leaves
chopped chili according to your taste
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure
1. Sauté garlic, ginger, tomato and onion then add the pork's heart, liver and intestines, increase the heat, then give it a good stir.
2. Add all the ingredients then simmer until fully cooked stirring every now and then.
3. Serve hot and do not forget to smile :-)