Pastel de Lengua

Tasty, juicy and creamy is what I can described for this beef tongue recipe. So perfect with steamed rice and the meaty and nutty  taste of the tongue will make you crave for more Try this easy to make recipe.

Ingredients:
1 beef tongue ( or pork)
2 big potatoes ( sliced)
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1 big carrot ( sliced)
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup Nestle Cream
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Clean the tongue then boil until tender.  Slice to your desired thickness.
2. Saute the garlic and onion then add the sliced tongue, salt and pepper then continue to saute for 2 minute, then add the water and simmer.
3. Add the potatoes then stir well, let simmer until half cooked, then add the carrots and mushrooms, simmer until cooked.
4. Add the Nestle cream and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
5. Serve it hot.

Contributed by: Miss Loida Dumandan

Bread Cup Pizza

A simple treat that taste great.

Ingredients:
10 bread slices
5 hot dog ( sliced  slantingly)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 onion ( sliced into rings)
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 teaspoon sugar

Procedure:
1. Remove the sides of the bread, then press it unto muffin cups and bake in a pre-heated oven for 3 minutes at 180C. This is to harden the bread and have a crusty texture.

2. Mix the tomato sauce and sugar, then spread it over the baked bread, put the sliced hot dog, onion and sprinkle with cheese.

3. Put back in the oven and bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve it with a smile.

Braised Shrimps

A succulent shrimp bits recipe that goes well with steamed or fried rice. Easy to cook too.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/2 kilo shrimps ( cleaned and chopped)
1 onion ( chopped)
3 cloves garlic ( chopped)
1 tablespoons lemon or calamansi juice
1/2 piece bell pepper ( chopped)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the shrimps and all the remaining ingredients then braise over high heat for 2-3 minute then turn off the heat.
2. Sprinkle with spring onion then serve it hot.

Pork Sinigang with Tanglad

I am just curious about the result of sinigang with lemon grass or tanglad since tanglad is very popular with tinola. I like the aroma of tanglad in a soup and I found out that sinigang with tanglad is also the best, the perfect taste of sinigang together with the aroma of tanglad is a perfect appetite booster. Try it.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/2 kilo pork
1 bunch swamp cabbage ( kangkong)
8 pods okra
2 stalks lemon grass ( tanglad)
6 cups water
1 big tomato
1 onion
1 small sachet Sinigang Mix
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the tanglad at the bottom, then the onion, tomato and pork, cook over medium heat. Just allow to simmer until the natural juices from meat will come out, simmer for 5 minutes, then mix well.
2. Add the water and bring to a boil, when it is boiling, reduce the heat and just let it simmer until the meat is tender.
3. When the meat is tender add the okra and simmer until half cooked then add the chili and  kangkong, simmer until done, add the sinigang mix,  let simmer for a minute, add salt and pepper if necessary then turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot.

Shrimp Rolls

An easy to cook recipe that can't go wrong, 100% guaranteed :-) This is very good during special gatherings.

Ingredients for 3 Servings:
12 pieces medium size shrimps ( cleaned and shells removed)
12 pieces Spring roll wrapper ( lumpia wrapper)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Sprinkle the shrimps with salt and pepper then wrap each shrimps in a spring roll wrapper, make sure it is sealed tightly. 

2. Deep fry until golden brown then serve it hot.

How to Cook Tapioca in 10 Minutes

I've already shown how to cook tapioca perfectly , but due to lots of questions I received about cooking tapioca, I tried some experiment on how to cook it in a shorter period of time to avoid consuming too much gas or electricity I was amazed by the result that it worked this way.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo tapioca
 5 litres water

Procedure:
1. Put the water in a big pot then bring to a boil, when it is boiling increase to heat to high then drop the tapioca while stirring the water to avoid it from sticking to each other. Let simmer for 10 minutes while stirring occasionally.
2. After  10 minutes turn off the heat, and just leave it covered for 2 hours, without opening it so that the heat will continue cooking the tapioca.
3 After 2 hours and it's already transparent, drain it and wash with water and use your hand to separate the lumps. Drain and this is now ready to be used for different recipes.


You can use this method in cooking small sago.

Stir Fried Shrimps and Mushrooms

Shrimps can be cooked quickly that's why when my 2 friends arrived yesterday, just in time for my dinner, I cooked this and invited them to join me. We had a good dinner with this dish together with egg omelette and rice :-).

Ingredients for 3 servings:
1/4 kilo shrimps
4 pieces fresh button mushroom ( sliced)
3 cloves garlic
1/4 piece bell pepper
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then increase the heat to high and add the mushrooms and stir fry for a minute.
2. Add the bell pepper,shrimp, salt and pepper then continue to stir fry for 3 minutes or until done then turn off the heat.
3. Sprinkle with spring onion then serve with a smile :-) .

Chicken Tanglad

A simple chicken dish that's budget friendly and smells just like tinola because of the lemon grass. Have you tried this before?

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1/2 kilo chicken
1 big stalk lemon grass ( tanglad) Tied
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
3 cups water ( add if needed)
salt and pepper to taste
spring onion for garnishing

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the chicken and braised it until it's a little brownish, then add the water, salt, pepper and tanglad, bring to a boil then simmer until the meat is fully cooked then turn off the heat.
2. Garnish with spring onion and serve it hot and enjoy the aromatic sauce.

Mely's Kitchen Pork and Chicken Adobo

I need to feed 20 persons that's why I put an egg as an extender to my pork and chicken adobo since I do not have carrots and potatoes. Nothing's left after the dinner and my friend's were satisfied. :-).

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken
1 kilo pork
2 dozens cooked quail's egg
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup vinegar
4 cloves garlic
1 small onion
1 small bell pepper

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the chicken, pork, ground pepper, vinegar and soy sauce, . Cover and let simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat. After 5 minutes, stir and mix well, continue to simmer until the meat is tender.

3. Continue to simmer until fully cooked, then increase the heat to make the sauce thicker then turn off the heat, put the eggs and serve.

Tipid Lumpia

This spring roll is very economical yet yummy, I cooked this for my friends who are practicing their program presentation when I visited them, so I volunteered to prepare them something to eat. They were surprised how I made lots of lumpia with just few ingredients :-).

Ingredients for 30 pieces regular size shanghai:
30 pieces Lumpia wrapper
1/4 kilo potato
1 big carrot
1 big onion
3/4 cup ground beef
3/4 cup flour
2 beaten eggs
chopped spring onion ( according to your taste)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Shred the carrot, potato and onion, then mix with ground meat, eggs, flour, pepper, spring onion and salt.

2. Wrap in a spring roll wrapper then deep fry until golden brown.

3 Serve it hot.