Pandan Fruit Salad

A fragrant and delicious fruit salad

Ingredients for 6 servings:
1 medium size avocado ( diced)
2 banana (diced)
1 cup diced Peach
2 cups diced watermelon
1 1/2 cup condensed milk
1cup evaporated milk
1 cup all purpose cream or Nestle cream
1 pack green color powdered gelatine
10 pieces pandan leaves

Procedure:
1. Boil the pandan leaves with 4 cups of water, then cook the gelatine according to each packaging procedure, but instead of using tap water, use the water from the boiled pandan leaves. Let the gelatine set, then slice into dice.
2. Mix all the ingredients, refrigerate for few hours then serve.

Note: You can add a little sugar if you want it sweeter, or add more condensed milk.

Steamed Prawns

The very easy way to cook the prawns, but still delicious and succulent!

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo prawns
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1 lime
onion
3 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Dash the prawns with salt and pepper, then squeeze some lime or calamansi then set aside.
2. Prepare the steamer by putting the water, garlic, onion, peppercorn, the empty calamansi or lime fruit that we squeezed and butter, bring to a boil.
3. Steam the prawns until cooked ( 4 minutes each side ) cooking time depends upon the size.
4. Once cooked remove from the steamer, then serve with your favorite sauce.

I served mine with sauteed onion and a little oyster sauce.

Paksiw na Pata with Atsuete

 A delicious pork leg paksiw with the aroma of annatto or atsuete, will surely win the hearts of your loved ones. So serve this now :-).

Ingredients:
 1 kilo pork leg (pata)
 5 cloves garlic (crushed)
 1/2 cup atsuete syrup ( saoked 2 tablespoons of atuete seeds in 3/4 cup hot water then drain)
 3/4 cup vinegar
 3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon peppercorn ( pamintang buo)
  salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. In a pot put the garlic, pata, soy sauce,peppercorn,  vinegar,atsuete syrup, salt and pepper then allow to simmer for few minutes.
3. Add the water and bring to a boil, simmer until it is tender stirring occasionally, once tender, increase the heat to high, to make the water evaporate, making the paksiw saucy.
4.Serve it with rice :-)

Utan Bisaya (Visayan Vegetable Soup)

Pagkalami sa utan Bisaya nga gipada sa akoang pag-umangkon nga si Karen M. Milan, nag-asuaso pa sa kainit, kini ang lami nga higipon, pangpabaskog pa sa lawas.


Mga Sagol:
1/4 kilo Kalbasa
1 karlang
2 talong 
1 bugkos alugbati
1 tasa kamunggay
1 kamatis
1/2 sibuyas
2 lusok ahos
4 tasa tubig
isda nga pangsubak
asin

Mga sagol-ingredients

Pamaagi sa pagluto:
1. Ibutang sa kaldero ang tubig, isda ug mga lamas unya pabukalon, kung mobukal na ilunod ang kalbasa ug karlang, pabukalan sulod sa duha ka minuto.
2. Ilunod ang talong ug pabukalan hangtod mohumok, ilunod ang alugbati unya timplahan ug asin.
3. Ilunod ang kamunggay unya patyon dayon ang kalayo. ayaw taklubi para dili malata ang mga gulay.
4. Pwede na haunon ug ipakaon.

English translation:

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo squash
1 yam
2 eggplant
1 bundle Malabar spinach
1 cup horseradish
1 tomato
1/2 onion
2 cloves garlic
4 cups water
grilled or fried fish
salt


Procedure:
1.In a pot put the water, fish and spices and bring to a boil, once boiling add the squash and yam,then boil for two minutes.
2. Add the eggplant and boil until tender, add the malabar spinach and season with salt.
3.Add the horseradish then turn off the fire. Do not cover.
4.Ready to be served.

I cooked on September 17, 2014 added with string beans, mushrooms and okra

Contributed by: Karen M. Millan

Mely's Kitchen Leche Flan

 Try this leche flan from my kitchen, the sweetness is just right. I hope you will like this.

Ingredients for 3  llanera:
1 big can condensed milk
1 big can Evaporated milk
8 egg yolks
6 tablespoon white sugar ( 2 tablespoons each oval mold or llanera)


Procedure:
1. Combine all the milk and yolks then mix well. Set aside.
2.Melt the sugar in a molder then caramelized it, let it cool.
3. Pour the milk and yolk mixture into the molder with caramelized sugar. Put in a steamer and steam for 45 minutes or until done.
4. When it is done, let it cool then refrigerate, remove from the molder then slice and serve.

Mely's kitchen Banana Split

A special sweet treat that is very easy to make.

Ingredients:
3 scoops Ice Cream ( any flavor of your choice )
1 Banana cut into halves
Chocolate syrup
whipped cream

Procedure:
1.In a boat bowl,put 3 scoops of ice cream, then put the split banana on both sides.

2. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.

3. Serve with love :-).

Pampabata

Pampabata is a word used to describe a food that is not really good for health, they jokingly tell you " you will be forever young" because you will not grow old if you are always eating pampabata, it means you will die young, but some people can not resist because it is tempting and delicious! This dish is the official "pampabata" recipe from my kitchen. EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Ingredients:
1/4 kilo pork's fat
1 onion ( cut thinly into rings)
1/2 piece bell pepper ( cut into strips)
3 cloves garlic
2 pieces calamansi
1 tablespoon patis or soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Put the fat in the pan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the oil comes out, then continue cooking it with its own oil until brownish and crispy, then remove and set aside.
2. In the same pan with the oil from pork's fat, add the garlic and saute until brownish then add the onion and bell pepper, stir until soften.
3. Add the toasted fats, then stir, add the soy sauce or patis, squeeze the calamansi and mix well, add salt and pepper to taste then turn off the heat.
4. Serve and eat in moderation :-).

Condensed Milk Sandwich

Just wanna share my childhood favorite sandwich, have you tried this before? If yes, are you still making this even now? For me yes!, once in a while I craved for this. Try it if you have not eaten this yet. You will surely like this.

All we need are the following:
bread
condensed milk

Slice the bread then spread the condensed milk., then serve.

Take a bite! Yummy!

Macaroons with Cherry

 A delicious macaroons that is made more attractive with cherries, this will be a good attraction at the dessert table if you have parties or special gathering with your loved ones.


Ingredients for 18 -20 pieces macaroons:
100 grams dessicated coconut
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 egg beaten
3/4 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup corn syrup
10 pieces preserved cherries ( cut into halves)


20 pieces macaroons paper cups

Procedure:
1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C, for 10 minutes.
2. Combine all the milk, coconut, egg and butter then mix well, then spoon a portion into a macaroons paper cup up to 3/4 full.
3. Bake at 180C for 25 minutes or until done.
4. Once done, remove from the oven, top with 1 slice of cherry and top it with corn syrup so that the cherry will stay on top.
5. Serve with a smile :-).

Hopiang Baboy

It's been a long time that I am looking forward to post a hopia recipe in my blog, because I have lots of friends who asked me a recipe for this, I do not know how to make it, so I talked to my friend who is an expert in hopia making, he has his own style of making it and it is consisted of 2 types of dough, the first part he called it PABALAT, the second part  he called it PALABO,  and here is his recipe.

Ingredients for Pabalat:
2 ¾ cups Bread flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup butter

Procedure for pabalat: Combine all the ingredients and knead until a good dough is formed. Set aside

Ingredients for Palabo:
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup corn starch
1/3 cup 3rd class flour

Procedure for Palabo: Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Set aside.

Ingredients for the Filling:

1 big onion
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp vinegar
2 cups pork fat diced
2 cups kundol (cut into small dice)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup third class flour

Procedure:
1.Marinate pork fat in sugar. Heat the vegetable oil then saute the onion then add the marinated fat, vinegar and kundol then simmer over slow fire until thick.Add flour when the filling is almost cooked. Mix well until fully combined and dry. Let cool.

To make Hopia
1. Flatten the PABALAT and put PALABO at the center. Roll and form into a ball.
2. Form the dough into cylindrical shape. Cut into 10-g portions.
3. Flatten each cut and place the prepared filling at the center then form into a ball. Press to flatten the dough.
4. Place the prepared hopia on a greased cookie sheet and brush with egg yolk.
5. Bake at 200C for at least 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Contributed by: Mr. Alex Adora