Arroz Con Coliflor Y Brocoli Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 head garlic, crushed

2 medium onions, chopped

2 c California rice

4-5 c soup stock

1/4 kg cauliflower, divided into florets

1/2 c garbanzos, cooked

1-2 tsp curry powder

a pinch of saffron

salt and pepper, to taste

2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

For the soup stock

Beef or Pork bones, or a combination

1 carrot, cut into 1-inch pieces

2 stalks celery, roughly chopped

1 large onion, quartered

1/2 tsp peppercorns

COOKING PROCEDURES:

1. In a casserole, put all the soup stock ingredients together and add enough water (at least 6 cups) to cover. Simmer over low fire for 2 hours. Strain the broth.

2. In a paellera or a large, heavy skillet, heat the olive oil and sauté the garlic and onions. Add the rice and cook until it becomes opaque.

3. Add the soup stock. Arrange the cauliflower, broccoli, and garbanzos on top, sprinkle the curry powder and saffron, and season with salt and pepper. Cook the rice for about 20 minutes. Garnish with the sliced eggs. Makes 5 to 6 portions.

 Shared from Bake Me a Cake by Ginny Roces de Guzman


 

Angel Hair Pasta with Mushrooms and Ricotta Recipe

Angel Hair Pasta with Mushrooms and Ricotta Recipe is an Italian food which is light and taste good.

Ingredients:

6 oz angel hair pasta

8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced

1 leek, white and light green parts only, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

Salt, to taste

1/2 C vegan ricotta

1/4 C toasted croutons, crushed

1/3 C flat-leaf parsley leaves

4 Tbs olive oil, divided

Ricotta:

14 oz extra firm tofu, drained and pressed

1/3 C nutritional yeast

1/2 C to 1 C fresh basil leaves

1 tsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

2 Tbs lemon juice

Croutons:

2-3 slices French bread, toasted, then chopped and crushed

Cooking Procedures:

 To make ricotta: Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend well. You’ll only need about 1/3 to 1/2 C, so either refrigerate the rest for a few days for another meal, or freeze it.

Cook pasta according to package instructions; reserve 1 cup of the pasta water, then drain. Heat 2 Tbs of the olive oil and add the mushrooms; cook until browned. Add the leeks and garlic and cook about 1-2 minutes. Season with salt. Toss the pasta with the mushroom mixture, reserved pasta sauce and remaining 2Tbs of olive oil.

Top with little dollops of the ricotta and some parsley. Enjoy! 

Eggplant Omelette Recipe

Eggplant Omelette also called as "tortang talong" in Filipino.

Eggplant Omelet Ingredients:

3 eggplants (talong); grilled, broiled, steamed, or roasted
3 -4 eggs; well beaten
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking oil

Cooking Procedures:

Grill the eggplant until wilted. When cooled, peel off skin (retain stem for handle).  Flatten eggplant using the back of the fork. Set aside.

Beat eggs in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Submerge eggplants one at a time in eggs. In a pan, fry the omelet until golden brown on one side, then flip using a spatula and fry the other side. Put on a platter and serve. 

Cooking Tips:

You can add shredded cheese or ground beef or pork (sautéd with garlic and onion) or combination on top of the omelet before flipping.

Also, make sure to pour additional beaten eggs over the cheese or ground beef to cover before flipping and frying the other side of the omelet.

Pinakbet Recipe

Pinakbet Ingredients:

1/4 kilo pork ribs, sliced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 ginger root; cut in chunks and crushed
1 tomato; sliced
2 cups squash; cut in cubes
1 eggplant, sliced
1 ampalaya
5 okras
3 cups water
Bagoong isda
Salt to taste
Cooking oil

 

Cooking Procedures:

In a casserole, sauté garlic, and onion in oil. Add pork, then season with salt. Continue sauteing until edges of pork turns brown and renders fat. Add the ginger and tomatoes. Stir well for few minutes, then add water and bring to a boil. Add ampalaya, eggplants, okra, squash, and string beans. Season with bagoong according to taste. Simmer until all vegetables are cooked. Serve hot!

Ginataang Laing Recipe

TARO LEAVES IN COCONUT MILK

LAING INGREDIENTS:

25 taro (gabi) leaves; shredded
1/2 kilo pork; diced or thinly sliced
1 tablespoon garlic; minced
1 tablespoon onion; minced
1 tablespoon ginger; chopped
2 tablespoons shrimp paste
3 green chili pepper (siling haba)
1 can coconut milk


COOKING PROCEDURES:
Arrange the taro leaves in a casserole. Spread on top the pork, ginger, garlic, and onion. Add coconut milk but do not stir. Cover, bring to a boil, then simmer until pork is tender. Add more coconut milk when mixture gets too dry or if necessary. Add shrimp paste and chilli pepper. Simmer, then remove from fire when little sauce is left. Serve hot!


COOKING TIPS:
Do not stir the ingredients while cooking so that itchiness of the taro will not spread on the dish, otherwise it will cause an itching sensation in your tongue when eating this cuisine.

Hot and Sour Shrimp Recipe

Hot and Sour Shrimp is cooked and served with watercress and walnuts.

Ingredients:

1 lb Large uncooked shrimp, -peeled, deveined, -butterflied

4 tb Dry Sherry

1 tb Grated peeled fresh ginger

1/2 c Chicken Stock or canned -broth

2 tb Soy sauce

2 tb Catsup.

1 tb Cornstarch

1 tb Rice vinegar or white wine -vinegar

1 tb Sugar

1 ts Oriental sesame oil

1/4 ts Cayenne pepper

6 tb Peanut oil

2 tb Chopped walnuts

3 bn Watercress, trimmed

2 md Bell peppers, cut into -1-inch squares

2 Garlic cloves, minced

8 Green onions, cut -diagonally into -1-inch-long pieces

Cooking Procedures:

A light marinade of Sherry and ginger flavors the shrimp, which are stir-fried with red bell peppers and green onions. Watercress makes a colorful bed for the shrimp. Combine shrimp, 2 tablespoons Sherry and grated ginger in large bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Mix remaining 2 tablespoons Sherry, chicken stock, soy sauce, catsup, cornstarch, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and cayenne pepper in small bowl. Heat 2 teaspoons peanut oil in wok or heavy large skillet over high heat. Add walnuts and stir-fry for 1 minute. Transfer walnuts to plate using slotted spoon. Add watercress to wok and stir-fry until just wilted, about 1 minute. Divide watercress among plates. Add 2 teaspoons peanut oil, bell peppers and garlic to wok and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add remaining 2 teaspoons peanut oil, shrimp mixture and onions and stir- fry for 1 minute. Stir stock mixture, add to wok and cook sauce until clear and thick, stirring frequently, 2 minutes. Spoon sauce and shrimp over watercress. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve.

Makes four servings; about 265 calories per serving.

 

Bibingka Cassava Recipe

Bibingka Cassava Ingredients:

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup evaporated milk (fresh milk can be substituted)

7 cups raw cassava, grated (or frozen) - cassava are now available in most groceries in cities with a large Latin American or Asian population.

1/4 cup butter, melted

banana leaves (available frozen in Philippine stores; or use cookie sheet or something) 

For the topping

1 cup thick coconut milk (available in Asian stores)

2 tablespoon flour

1 can condensed milk

2 egg yolks2 tablespoons grated cheddar cheese

Cooking Procedures:

1. Beat eggs and sugar till lemon colored. Add the rest of the ingredients. Pour into a greased 9x9 in pan lined with banana leaves (or cookie sheet).
2. Mix coconut milk with the flour. Add condensed milk and cook over medium heat till thick. Add eggyolks and mix well. Return to heat and cook 5 minutes more. Pour over baked bibingka. Sprinkle with the grated cheese and broil till golden brown. 

Beef Caldereta Recipe

Beef Caldereta Ingredients:

1 1/2 kilo beef, cut in chunks
1 potato; quartered (fry in 3 minutes)
1 carrot; cut in 1 inch chunks (fry in 3 minutes)
4 cloves garlic; pounded
1 onion; chopped
1 can liver spread or ground liver
1 tomato; quartered
1 can tomato sauce
15 green olives (stoned or pitted)
1 tablespoon pickles
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 grated cheese
1 bell pepper; chopped
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 stems kinchay (celery); chopped
1/2 cup soy sauce
Cooking oil (Olive oil preferred if available)
MSG (optional)

Cooking Procedures:

In a bowl, marinate beef in soy sauce and ground black pepper for 1 hour.

In a saucepan, sauté garlic and onion. Add the marinated beef, tomato, and kinchay. Continue sautéing until all liquid has evaporated and meat starts to render fat. Add water enough to cover the beef. Boil until beef becomes tender.

Add tomato sauce and pickles. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add cheese, peanut butter, liver spread, potato, green olives, and carrots. Simmer for 5 minutes. Drop the bell pepper. Simmer for 1 minute before serving. Serve hot!

 

 

 

Pork Afritada Recipe

Pork Afritada Ingredients:

1/2 kilo pork belly (liempo); cut into desired pieces
2 potatoes; quartered
1 carrot; sliced in 1 inch thick
4 cloves garlic; minced
1 bell pepper; sliced
1 onion; chopped
1 can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon of fish sauce (patis)
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon flour
2 bay leaves
Cooking oil

Cooking Procedures:

In a skillet, fry carrot and potatoes in 3 minutes. Set aside.
Sauté garlic and onion in a saucepan. Add pork, spice with salt, and continue sautening until meat renders fat and changes in color. Add carrot, potatoes, bell pepper, and bay leaves. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add fish sauce and tomato sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add water and continue cooking until a saucy consistency is achieved. Add and stir well with flour to thicken the sauce. Season with salt and pepper according to taste. Serve hot!

Pork Menudo Recipe

Menudo Ingredients:

1 kilo pork; cut in 1/2-inch chunks
1/4 kilo hotdog; sliced 1/2 inch slices
1/4 kilo liver; sliced in 1/2-inch chunks
1 potato; diced (fry in 3 minutes)
1 carrot; diced (fry in 3 minutes)
2 stems kinchay (celery); chopped
1 onion; minced
4 cloves garlic; minced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup raisins
1 can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Cooking Oil
Sugar

Cooking Procedures:

Marinate pork in soy sauce and ground black pepper for 1 hour.

Boil liver for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Sauté garlic and onion. Add marinated pork and kitchay. Continue sauteing until all liquid has evaporated and meat starts to render fat.

Add tomato sauce and simmer for 15 minutes. Add liver, hotdog, potato, raisins, and carrot. Continue cooking in medium fire for 5 minutes or until done.

Season with little sugar (if desired) according to taste. Serve hot!

Pork Sizzling Sisig Recipe

 

Pork Sisig Ingredients:


1 kilo pork head (face, ear, cheek, tongue)

1/4 cup liver; broiled and cut in cubes
1 tablespoon garlic; minced
1 small onion; chopped
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon red bell pepper; chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup pork or beef stock
2 kalamansi; sliced
3 siling labuyo; chopped
Salt or fish sauce to taste

Cooking Procedures:

Grill pork’s head to remove any remaining hair. Boil until tender, debone, and then cut in small cubes.
Sauté garlic, onion, red bell pepper. Add liver and pork. Season with salt, vinegar, and pepper. Add stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then simmer until little sauce is left. Adjust seasoning according to taste.
Garnish with kalamansi, and siling labuyo on a sizzling plate. Squeeze the kalamansi and stir the chopped siling labuyo over the plate if desired.

Lumpiang Sariwa Recipe

Lumpiang Sariwa Ingredients:

1/2 cup ground pork
1/4 cup shrimp; chopped
1/4 cup cooked ham, chopped
2 cups carrots; shredded
2 cups cabbage; shredded
2 cups sayote; shredded
1 cup baguio beans; shredded
1 tablespoon onion; minced
4 cloves garlic; minced
1 cup ground peanuts
Lettuce leaves
Lumpia wrapper
Salt to taste

Cooking Procedures:

Sauté garlic, and onion. Add ground pork, ham, and shrimp. Simmer until it changes color. Season with soy sauce and sugar. Add vegetables and continue cooking until it is done. Balance seasoning with salt according to taste. Set aside the mixture. 

Lumpiang Sariwa Sauce Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cloves garlic; minced

Sauce Cooking Procedures:

Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a saucepan except the garlic. Boil in a very low fire, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens. Add the garlic. Set aside.

Final Lumpiang Sariwa Cooking Procedures:

Place on top of the lumpia wrapper a leaf of lettuce and 3 tablespoons of the mixture. You may roll up folding one end and leaving other open or just roll up and place in the platter. Serve with sauce and minced peanuts.

 

 

Chopsuey Recipe

 

Chopsuey Ingredients:

4 cloves garlic; minced
1 onion; chopped
Chosse four (4) meat ingredients from the list:

• 1/4 kilo pork; sliced sliced into small pieces (preferred)
• 1/4 kilo shrimps; shelled (preferred)
• 1/4 kilo chicken giblets & liver; sliced to small pieces (preferred)
• 2-3 chicken wings, cut into small pieces
• 1/4 kilo pork's liver; sliced
• 1/4 kilo hotdog sausage; sliced

Choose eight (8) vegetable ingredients from the list:

• 1 piece red bell pepper; sliced (preferred)
• 1 medium carrot; sliced into thin circles (preferred)
• 1/4 kilo cabbage; cut into thin ribbon-like shreds (preferred)
• 2 stalks of leeks; cut into 2-inch portions (preferred)
• 3 stalks celery; cut into 2-inch portions
• 1/4 kilo cauliflower; divided into flowerettes
• 1/4 kilo sayote; peeled and sliced
• 1/4 kilo snow peas (sitsaro); stringed
• 1/4 kilo bok choy; cut into 2-inch portions
• 1/4 kilo mushrooms; cut in 2-inch portions
• 1/4 kilo young corn about 2-inch long
• 1/4 kilo baguio beans; stringed

2 cups chicken or pork broth
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Salt to taste
Cooking oil

Cooking Procedures:

Saute garlic and onion, then add the meat ingredients. Cook for 5 minutes. Add broth and salt to taste. Add cornstach to thicken the sauce. Bring to a boil, then add the vegetables. Cook until done.

Cooking Tips:

Add vegetables in the order of their respective tenderness. Add first those that are longer to cook than those easier to get tender.


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