“The pen is mightier than the sword.” - Jose RizalJose Rizal is the well-respected national hero of the Philippines. Rizal fight for the Filipinos during the Spanish colonization not by means of bloody revolution but in a peaceful manner by his writings. He wrote articles, poems and novels that depict the cruelties, graft and corruption of the government during his time. Through his intelligent ...
There to many ways to the cook Filipino adobo. Filipino hands cooking them.The long list of this Adobong Puti or White Adobo. White adobo is cooked without any trace of soy sauce. The most basic ingredients: vinegar and salt. This variation is the most favored by the Filipino since it is our traditional way of cooking adobo. The Spanish marinades came to approach our shores, ...
I been too pre-occupied lately. I still have one pending baking entry in my list. And my baking buddy, Princess and I made some almond cupcakes that topped with caramel frosting. The caramel was actually a shortcut because it is made from melted caramel candies. You will never believe me. This is where we got the inspiration for our buttercream salted caramel frosting. This blog has ...
Once I had lunch with my highschool friend. We just heard that their specialty dishes are local skewered meats and vegetables, They are being frequented by patrons for their barkada (group) meals and unlimited service of rice. I was really after the unlimited rice as I was so hungry that day. The restaurant's opening at lunch time .Placed our orders and waited for not less than 10 minutes ...
This is the very popular salad in the Philippines.Meat of young coconut fruit Filipino`s favorite. Coconut tree is symbol of “The tree of life"Coconut tree, which can grow up to nearly 100 ft tall, It thrives on sandy soil and in tropical climates. The coconut fruit is a fruit but rather considered a drupe, with the hard shell covered by fibrous outer layer. Examples of the drupes are olives,peaches,mangoes,almonds. ...
We had leftover chicken meat from roast chicken. I guess all of us were getting bored of the usual chicken and gravy or chicken sandwich. We have had to use up leftover roast chicken meat.I saw the photo of "Gumbo Biscuit Bake". I thought we could make gumbo without the biscuit. We still did not think much about consuming processed food, my favorite soup to bring to work was Chicken ...
That egg whites prevent the leche flan from turning creamy. and still creamy, the outcome has a lot to do with this preparation. I will do it slow and low "1-hr baking in a water bath on low temp of 295 deg F". Many think using the strainer is the best way to make it smooth. I made use of the pulse setting of a blender "short bursts" to make a mixture with minimal waste. You know how hard ...
Chicken made to "sit down" on a bed of salt. Whole chicken put in the top of a layer of rock salt and cooked in a covered by clay pot over a woodfire. The resulting in a fork-tender, succulent chicken reminiscent of the Chinese white or steamed chicken. I heard pinaupong manok from my friend. I went home to Bulacan during Highschool breaks. Family of butchers. The both of us always ...
Other of the Filipinos think of that when they heard the Kilawin food, they think it's a raw fish cooked in vinegar (deboned the fish soaked in the vinegar). Kilawin is the Kapampangan recipe in the Philippines. Kapangpangan also is a Filipino that the hometown is from Pampanga Philippines. Again that has pork and liver cooked in vinegar.That`s what we called Pork kilawin. Its very delicious ...
My Auntie Joy cooked the best Tokwa’t Baboy that I’ve ever tasted in my life. I am not saying that words because She’s my Auntie. It was really good i love the taste of it. I feel im safe since it was the cooked in our house. The one reason why I said that is because I am the kind of the hesitant to eat the Tokwa’t Baboy in the restaurants. The ingredients of this dish needs to be very ...
Patatim’s is the main ingredients are similar to pork adobo or chicken Adobo except that some includes the Banana blossoms. To be honest, I don’t know the difference between having it and not having of it. Since that ingredient is very rare to find, I cooked it without it. Others of the use Pork Braised Legs and some are the hind legs. For this particular moment, I used the hind legs.INGRIDIENTS:2 ...
What can't be cooked with the coconut milk? Majority of the vegetables in the Philippines that can be used as an ingredient to the sumptuous meal with the coconut milk. You can also cook the Pork, the Chicken and seafood’s. This time, please let me show you how to cook the Ginataang Sitaw. If you search online, there are too many English translations of the "Sitaw", some calls it Green ...
