Garlic Shrimps

This recipe is one of the fastest dish to cook.  I've got the idea of this recipe when I was in Thailand, although this is not a Thai cuisine, but I always see it at some restaurants there, it is maybe because shrimps in Thailand are so affordable compare to other countries that I have visited. I said to myself this recipe is so easy because I can see how simple the ingredients are. Now I am sharing this simple recipe with you. I hope you will try it and let me know about the result. I will be glad to hear from you :-)

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo shrimps ( cleaned)
8 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tablespoons lemon juice or calamansi juice
2 tablespoons Sprite(softdrink)

Procedure:
1. Marinate the shrimps in lemon juice and sprite for 10 minutes.
2. Saute the garlic until almost brown
3. Add in the shrimps with the marinating sauce stir until it is done.
4. Serve it hot with rice.

Fish Curry

I made this recipe for all of you who are avoiding  to eat meat. I think this one is a good fish recipe that you will surely like, the curry makes the fish more flavorful.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish ( fried)
2 medium size potatoes
1 medium size carrot
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
3 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 glass water
1 glass coconut milk
olives (optional)
2 calamansi

Procedure:

1. Squeeze the calamansi on the fish, then sprinkle with salt, fry it and set aside.
2.Saute ginger, garlic and onion
3. Add the  curry powder, saute for a minute.
4. Add the fish, potatoes and carrots, simmer for few minutes
5. Add the water and cover until the vegetables are cooked.
6. Add the coconut milk and let it boil, then simmer for 2 minutes.
7. Serve it hot and do not forget to smile :)

Note: You can use any kind of fish

Bam-i

A touch of Chinese cuisine, but Bam-i is a Visayan dish , its a version of pancit-bihon in Luzon. It is one of my favorite dishes when it comes to noodles. I like the combination of these noodles, both are smooth and firm. In the places that I've visited, most of the time fresh egg noodles( pancit) is not always available as well as bee-hon ( bihon) so this is my version of this recipe.

Ingredients:

2 packs instant noodles ( cooked without the flavoring)
100 grams vermicelli noodles ( sotanghon)
3 cloves garlic
1 pc small onion
1 pc carrot ( strips)
1 small chuchu or sayote ( strips)
1/2 kilo cabbage
4 tablespoons soy sauce
3 pieces chicken hotdog
1 glass water

(vermicelli)Sotanghon

Procedure:

1. Saute onion and garlic
2. Add the sliced hotdog, pour in the soy sauce simmer for a minute.
3. Add the water and let it boil.
4. Put the vermicelli cover for few minutes
5. Put the carrots and chuchu simmer for 2 minutes ( just add water if necessary)
6. Put the cabbage and the cooked instant noodles mix it well.
7. Serve it hot and sprinkle it with spring onion.

Hotdog Sandwich

Hotdog sandwich is one of the famous snacks around the world, although it is not certain where it originally got its name, but as early as 13th century in Germany there is a sandwich similar to hotdog sandwich, they used frankfurter  sausages and put it in a bun and give to people during imperial coronations and soon it became well known allover the world, the proof is wherever we are it can be available in a snack counter. Wherever it originated, I am glad that I knew how to do it because it is very easy  and I do it in my own style, here is one of the recipe of hotdog sandwich that I wanna share.

Ingredients:

1 hotdog sandwich bun
1 hotdog
1 tablespoon mayonaise
1 teaspoon ketchup
1 tablespoon corn
1 1/2 tablespoon of potato fries (Piknik)

Procedure:

1. Slice the bun
2. Mix the ketchup and mayonaise,  spread it on the bun
3. Put the hotdog.
4. Sprinkle the corn and potato fries

Nilagang Baka

Nilagang baka ( beef stew)= for me, this is the easiest way of cooking beef. Stewing in Asia is different from other continents. Stewing specially in Philippines uses only plain water or rice washing without putting any soup thickening ingredient like tomato sauce in some other countries. Simple and easy to prepare but the savor will surely satisfy your hunger.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo beef
1/4 kilo Chinese cabbage or pak choi
1 small size onion
a pinch of whole black pepper
8 glasses rice washing ( add water if necessary)
thumb size ginger
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. In a pot put the rice washing, ginger, onion, and black pepper then bring it to a boil.
2. Put the beef and simmer until the meat is tender.
3.  Increase the heat to high then add the Chinese cabbage, salt and pepper to taste and  simmer for 2 minute.
4. Serve it hot.

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Pesang isda = Fish stew with fish sauce

Simple but yummy, if you want something soupy for a fish. Good to sip on a cold day. This recipe is well known to most Manilenyo, because other island in the Philippines has their own style of fish stew ( tinolang isda in Mindanao, Nilagpang in Visayas) God willing I will post those soon. For the mean time here is the pesang isda recipe.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish
1/4 kilo Chinese cabbage
3 glasses rice washing ( pinaghugasan ng bigas)
thumb size ginger ( strips)
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons fish sauce ( patis)
1/2 teaspoon whole black pepper
salt to taste
3 cayenne chilli pepper ( siling haba)

Procedure:

1. Saute ginger, garlic and onion
2. Put the fish sauce( patis) and fish and black pepper, simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add the rice washing and let it boil. Put salt to taste.
4. When the fish is already cooked. Put the Chinese cabbage and chili,  simmer for 2 minutes.
5. Serve it hot and with rice.

Mely's Kitchen Appetizer

I made this Appetizer while I'm frying a fish for lunch. I look for something that I can partner with the fried fish so that it will not be so dry or plain. And I came up with this appetizer. It is delicious and the taste blends well.

Ingredients:

1 medium size tomato
2 tablespoons almonds
2 tablespoons cashew nuts
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 spoon sunflower seeds
half of a small size green bell pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 stalks spring onion (minced)
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Mix all the ingredients except for spring onion
2. Sprinkle with spring onion
3. Serve it with your main dish.

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Ingredients Part 1

Some photos of the
ingredients that I use in cooking

Cashew Nut

Yellow lemon

Onion

Cayenne chilli pepper

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Green beans

Celery

Chinese Cabbage

Corn

Cinnamon

Whole black pepper

Chuchu

Cucumber

Garlic

Ginger

Parsley

Mung bean or mongo

Aniseed

Tomatoes

Green onion or Spring onion

Sweet Potato

Calamansi

Green Lemon

Bell Peppers

Olives

Tainga ng Baboy A La Sisig

Exotic but yummy . A must try recipe.

Ingredients:
2 pork's ear ( cooked and chopped)
1/4 cup chopped jalapeno ( siling haba)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
6 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1 tablespoon liver spread
1 big  lemon or 5 calamansi
spring onion for garnishing.
1/4 cup water ( add if needed)
1 egg ( optional)

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic and onion then add the pork's ears then simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the soy sauce, ground pepper and lemon then simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Put the liver spread, mix well and simmer for another 2 minutes.
4. Pour in the chopped chillis, simmer for 2 minutes
5. Crack an egg, garnish it with spring onion.

Creamy Salmon

It is a rainy Saturday and not too much inside the fridge except for a fish, sausage and pork. I have eaten pork yesterday so I chose fish. How will I cook it? Because I am feeling lazy and sleepy today,  I just put it in the microwave and after 4 minutes its done! Just that, so I made a sauce to go with it and my own appetizer( will be posting it as another recipe).

Ingredients:

1 slice of salmon ( good for 1 serving)
2 tablespoons all purpose cream
1 tablespoon water
a dash of salt and pepper
a pinch of oregano flakes

Procedure:

1. Fry the fish or microwave it for 4 minutes ( Set aside)
2. Mix the all purpose cream and water, dash it with salt and pepper
3. Pour over the fish and sprinkle it with oregano flakes.
4. Serve with your favorite side dish.

It is creamy delicious! I will have it again soon. Yummy!