Simple Palabok

Palabok is a popular snack item in the Philippines, one of my favorites :D.If I have ample time I will share m recipe for this without using the ready-mix sauce.

Ingredients:
200 grams bihon (boiled and drained)
2 hard boiled eggs
2 cans smoked tuna or 1 cup tinapa
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1/2 cup mince spring onion
1 big packet Mama Sita's palabok mix (follow the instruction in the package)

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the smoked fish, let simmer.
2. Add the dissolved Mama Sita's Palabok Mix then simmer until the sauce thickens, turn off the heat and set aside.

3. In a serving platter arrange all the ingredients then serve.

Stir Fried Beef with Vegetables

Stir fried beef with vegetable is a delightful beef dish that you will surely love. Savory sauce that you cant resist. Try it.

Ingredients:
250 grams beef ( cut thinly into bite size)
200 grams broccoli
200 grams cabbage
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1 carrot
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce ( optional)
salt and pepper to taste
water ( depends how tender the beef is)

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the beef, stir fry until it turn to brownish in color then add the soy sauce salt and pepper, simmer for few minutes.
2. Add water and continue simmering until tender.
3. Add carrots and broccoli then simmer for few minutes then add the cabbage and oyster sauce, simmer until done.
4. Serve hot.

Pritong Atay at Balumbalunan ( Fried Liver and Gizzard)

This is one of the street foods in Bangkok, Thailand, specially in Onut soi 10 where I lived some few years ago. Every time I passed by at the booth selling this, I walked slowly and observed them cooking it, I saw limes, flour so I already had an idea what they put, then I tried cooking it and that's it, simple and easy, here is how to do it.

Ingredients:
200 grams chicken liver
200 grams chicken gizzard
1 tablespoon lime or calamansi juice
salt and pepper
1/2 cup flour

Gizzard and Liver

Procedure:
1. Marinate the liver and gizzard with lime juice, salt and pepper for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes roll over the flour for breading then deep fry until golden brown.
3. Serve hot.

Tortang Tuna

Torta has different meaning in the cooking world for example, torta in Spain is different from torta of Mexico, and some various countries. I love torta and I am referring to a Tagalog torta which is consist of egg, flour and the base ingredient for it. This one is made of tuna and I love this tortang tuna so much. Try it.

Ingredients:
1 can tuna
1 onion chopped finely
2 eggs
1/2 cup flour
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients then chill or refrigerate for 30 minutes before frying.
2. Spoon a portion and deep fry until golden brown.
3. Serve hot.

Chocolate Muffins

I am not an expert at baking but I am craving for some muffins last week that's why I tried this one. I baked the simple recipe and just put some frosting to make it attractive :D I am not being biased but it tasted good. Enjoy baking my friends.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of cocoa powder
   1 cup all-purpose flour
   2 eggs
   4 tablespoons butter
  150 ml milk
 1 tablespoon of baking powder


Proceure:
1. Sift the chocolate powder, baking powder and flour then set aside.
2. Mix the eggs, sugar, milk and butter then mix very well for 2-3 minutes.
3. Then slowly add the sifted ingredients. ( flour, baking powder and chocolate powder) after mixing it very well, pour n a muffin cups.
4. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celcius then bake for 20 minutes or until done.
5. Let it cool then decorate and serve.

Tulingan Paksiw

One of the best dishes for fish is to paksiw it, if you avoid high calories food then better cook the fish this way than fry it. Paksiw is a kind of cooking in the Philippines by stewing the base ingredient with a vinegar and some spices.

Ingredients:
1 regular size skip jack tuna or tulingan
some ginger
onion
cayenne pepper or siling haba
1/2 cup vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the ginger, onion, vinegar, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, then cover and let it boil, allow to simmer for few minutes to infused the flavor of all the ingredients.
2. Add the fish then cover and let simmer until done.
3. Serve hot.

Fish Congee

Congee can be served as a meal, and depends how you prepared it. I served this as a complete meal to a person who loves this kind of food so much, because he said congee will not make you fat due to its water content, it makes you full but you have eaten less carbohydrates  because it is soupy, he said " that is why I like congee or porridge with more soup not too sticky". Since he avoided eating meat I used  fish for this recipe. It is yummy!

Ingredients:
Fried Fish Fillet ( bite size)
1 cup rice
1 onion
3 tablespoons ginger strips
minced spring onion
toasted garlic
fish sauce ( patis)
ground pepper
water

Procedure:
1. Saute the ginger until brownish then add the onion, when it's sauteed add the rice, fish sauce and ground pepper, allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes before adding enough water.

2. Simmer until the rice disintegrated making the soup thick but not sticky. Add the fried fish and continue simmering for 5 minutes, add salt if necessary.
3. Serve with minced spring onion and toasted garlic.

Adobong Kangkong

Adobong kangkong is an original Filipino recipe, a popular vegetable in the Philippines, swamp cabbage or kangkong in Tagalog is available all year round, therefore you can cook this dish anytime you want it. Enjoy cooking.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo Swamp cabbage ( kangkong)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
onion
garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then increase the heat before adding the swamp cabbage because the intense heat makes the vegetable retain its natural color and I like it that way.
2. Add the swamp cabbage or kangkong and soy sauce, then stir it until cooked.
3. Add vinegar, salt and  pepper then simmer until done.
4. Serve hot.

Salmon Sinigang

This is one of the best seafood sinigang that I've ever cooked . I prepared this for some special friends who love sinigang. Sinigang is a kind of stew in the Philippines that is well known for its sour flavor due to the tamarind or sampalok that's used in it. Every Filipino likes sinigang. My family's all time favorite, either chicken, beef,  pork or fish as long as it is sinigang, expect that the pot will be emptied :D.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo salmon
some okra
some string beans
some swamp cabbage ( kangkong)
1 onion
3 tomatoes
1/4 cup fish sauce ( patis)
1 cup tamarind juice or 1 small pack Sinigang mix

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the onion, tomatoes, fish and fish sauce, cover and simmer until the fish absorbed the flavors.
2. Add water that is enough for serving ( around 1 litre), then let boil and simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the okra and string beans and let simmer for a minute, then add the swamp cabbage (kangkong) and let simmer until cooked.
4. Add the tamarind juice or sinigang mix then let simmer until.
5. Serve it hot.

You can add some eggplant and chili for this recipe.

Bola Bolang Kanin

I've got the idea of this recipe from South American dish which they called "Bolinho de arroz" It is simple and easy to make and a good way to save your leftover rice and make it into something delicious for your snack.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups leftover rice ( bahaw)
1 canned tuna
3 eggs beaten
1 cup water
1 cup all purpose flour
1 onion chopped

Procedure:
1. Mix all the ingredients very well, add water if it is too sticky.

2. Spoon a portion then deep fry over medium heat until golden brown then serve.

with spring onion

Don't waste food!! It's a part of God's blessings. Learn to recycle the leftovers.