Boiled fish with vegetables or Tinolang isda

Every time I miss my mum's expertise in cooking I love to try this recipe....She's very resourceful and creative especially in cooking vegetables.
She cooks whatever vegetables she gets from the farm and what we already have in the kitchen.

When I had my vacation in the Philippines everybody in the house was surprised because I wanted to eat more vegetables instead of those meaty food. I told them that I'm already some kinda bored eating meat and I cook my own food here.

They couldn't believe that I'm already an expert cook here in the land of smiles hehehe...
Kidding aside I learned to love cooking, love to experiment whatever my taste buds like.

For everybody who likes to eat vegetables, I wanted to share this tasty, easy to prepare and healthy food, Tinolang isda. But eating vegetables alone is little difficult I know but this dish is prepared along with fish so you surely will enjoy this !



Ingredients

Fresh fish - 652 grams (any fish as preferred)
Shallot - 1 medium size
Ginger - 1 medium size
Tomato - 2 medium size
Pumpkin - 1 cup sliced
String beans - 1 cup sliced
Onion green leaves - 1 tablespoon sliced
Soya bean soy sauce - 1 1/2 table spoon
Salt - (as preferred)
Clean water - 2 cups

Preparation Time

25 - 30 minutes

Serves

3 - 5 people

Utensils Required

Cooking pot
Ladle
Cups
Spoon
Serving bowl

Preparation

• Wash the fish very well 3 to 4 times

• Boil 2 cups of clean water in a pot, first boil add sliced ginger, sliced shallot, sliced tomatoes, soya soy sauce and a little drop of iodized salt, cover the pot and let it cooked well
  

• Add the fish and slightly boil it, then add vegetables and let it cook, avoid stirring so that the fish will not get pulverized

• Finally add sliced onion green leaves and serve

Fried mashed banana or Maruya

Ingredients

Ripe banana - 1 bunch / 20 pcs (Saba variety)
Glutinous rice flour - 2 cups
Fresh eggs - 4 pcs
Vegetable cooking oil - 250 ml
Refined sugar (white) - (as preferred)



Preparation Time

45 minutes to 1 hour

Serves

8 - 10 people

Utensils Required

Cooking pan
Ladle
Spoon
Egg beater
Mixer (a big bowl or any container for mixing ingredients)

Preparation

• Wash and peel off the riped banana and mash very well, then beat the 4 eggs and slowly pour into the mixture of mashed banana already made
  

• Gradually add the rice flour and mix it and mash well into above mixture until it become sticky

• Heat the pan and pour 250 ml vegetable cooking oil

• Be sure that the vegetable cooking oil is heated very well so that the mashed banana won't stick to the pan

• Scoop the mashed banana mixture with spoon and fry until the color becomes golden brown

• Finally, serve it with little drops of refined sugar and a glass of fruit juice

Tasty....yummy....try this....sure you will like this !!!!

Chicken adobo - Filipino dish

Ingredients

Chicken meat (preferably thighs) - 652 grams
1 Knorr chicken cube
2 Tablespoons distilled vinegar
3 Tablespoons maggi soy sauce
1 Teaspoon refined sugar (white)
1/2 Teaspoon iodized salt
4 Cloves minced garlic
1 Head sliced onion
A little black pepper

Preparation Time 25 - 30 minutes

Serves

2 - 3 people

Utensils

Chopping board
Kitchen knife
Cooking pan
Ladle
A container for mixing ingredients
Serving ware (plate)

Preparation

• Clean the meat very well with salt and vinegar and rinse 2 times ( so that it won't be smelly)
• Drain the water and put into a mixer container
• Put the ingredients - sliced onion, minced garlic, salt, sugar, black pepper, vinegar, soy sauce and mix everything very well
• After mixing, put into a cooking pan in medium heat then let it boil
• First boil, add one knorr chicken cube and let it boil until it become sticky ( there should not be liquid remaining )
  
• Finally, be sure that the meat is cooked well and serve hot
  

A promise - Pad Thai

Dear Josie,

I kept up my promise, here's the recipe of Pad Thai.
I shared this dish with my friends....they liked it very much....I can't send it to you because you are faraway....but one day we will meet in real and then I will cook a better one for you. Well, my Pad Thai was little overcooked...hehehehe...Enjoy!

Thanks.


Ingredients

Rice noodles - 300 grams
Fresh shrimps in medium size - 60 grams
Egg - 1 pc.
Ground peanuts - 2 tablespoons
Cooking oil - 3 tablespoon
Pad Thai sauce pack (included in rice noodle)
Lemon - 1 pc.
Celery, Onion green leaves (for garnishing)
bean sprouts, banana blossom (as preferred)

Preparation Time

20 - 30 minutes

Serves

2 - 3 people

Utensils Required

Cooking pan
Ladle
Kitchen knife
Chopping board
Serving ware (or large serving plate)


Preparation

* Cook rice noodle in about 4 cups of boiling water for 2 - 3 minutes or until noodle is slightly cooked.
* Drain and take aside.
* Stir-fry 60 grams of shrimps and 1 egg in 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil until cooked.
* Open the sauce pack, and stir-in contents and cooked noodle.
* Add bean sprouts and grounded peanuts as you preferred.
* Garnish with lemon, celery or green onion leaves and banana blossom.


Here it is!
Enjoy!

Mango float

Ingredients

2 packs of Nestle all purpose cream - 250 ml
2 packs of chocolate graham crackers- 225 g
2 cans of Carnation condensed milk - 385 g
2 kilos of ripe mangoes - 9 pieces

Preparation Time - 45 minutes to 1 hour

Serves - 20 to 25 people

Utensils Required

• Kitchen knife
• Can opener
• Egg beater
• Rectangular glass/aluminum/plastic container
• Bowl (for mixing Nestle all purpose cream and Carnation condensed milk)
• Table spoon
  

Preparation

• Mix together Nestle all purpose cream and Carnation condensed milk very well.
• Layer graham chocolate crackers on rectangular glass or aluminum container.
• Spread about 2 to 3 table spoons of mixed Nestle all purpose cream and Carnation condensed milk into rectangular glass or aluminum container.
• Sandwich the filling with graham crackers and finish with the remaining sliced of mango.
• Top with mango slices or graham crackers if desired.
• Chill for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

Pancake with Honey

Yesterday, May 5 was holiday for me. I had a good sleep and got up late I thought of doing something special, so after doing chores I decided to do some culinary experiments. Very hungry already. It should be the easiest and quickest one hmhmmmmmmm
Yes! Let it be pancake.

Ingredients

• 200 g. Best Foods Pancake Mix (1 1/2 cup)
• 1 cup Sweetened UHT Milk (250cc)
• 1 fresh egg
• Honey

Preparation Time

10 - 20 minutes

Serves

3 - 4 persons

Utensils required

• Bowl
• Egg beater
• Pan

Preparation

• Blend egg, milk and pancake mix until smooth.
• Pour on a greasy hot frying pan.
• Cook until bubbles appear and edges begin to dry. Cook other side until golden brown.
• Place in clean plate and spread honey on top of it.

Wow...this is my first pancake ever!
Wanna taste?

Batchoy

Back to the Philippines... our place is famous for "Batchoy", it is one of my favorite dishes. This specialty dish is really a favorite of the residents and tourists visiting our place. I am very proud and overwhelmed to treat my family and friends with Batchoy whenever possible. But now I'm abroad and I always tell my friends that I miss so much eating Batchoy and I really wanted to prepare it myself. This summer break I did my best and here it is....

Ingredients

• Taipei Non-Egg Yakisoba Noodles - 400 gms
• Chicken meat (preferably thigh) - 1/4 kilo
• Garlic - 1 medium bulb
• Onion green leaves - 3 - 5 stems
• Coriander leaves - 3 - 5 stems
• Eggs - 3 pieces
• Knorr chicken cube - 1 cube
• Soybean sauce - 1 tablespoon
  

Preparation Time - 30 - 40 minutes

Serves - 3 persons

Utensils Required

• Pot
• Frying pan
• Ladle
• Spoon
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knife
• Bowl
• Plates

Preparation

• Wash the chicken very well and boil in the pot until it is cooked well
• Take the chicken from the broth and slice it into small pieces
• Add little salt, one knorr chicken cube, and soybean sauce among ingredients
  
• On the other pan fry the minced garlic until it turns golden brown
• Then, blanch the Taipei Non-Egg Yakisoba Noodles in boiling water for 5 minutes
• Drain the noodles from the water and place in dry container
• Finally, break the egg in a bowl, add blanched Taipei Non-Egg Yakisoba Noodles, small sliced chicken, add boiling broth and garnish it with fried golden brown garlic and onion green leaves or coriander.

Walnut Vegetable Salad

This is very simple and easy to prepare. A great salad, very good for health!

Ingredients

Walnuts - 7 numbers
Extra Virgin Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
Green lettuce leaves - 3 numbers
Red tomatoes - 2 numbers
Salt - according to taste
or
Lemon - one half
Black or white pepper powder - according to taste

Preparation Time - 10-15 minutes

Serves - Two people

Utensils Required

Chopping board
Kitchen knife
Salad bowl
Spoon

Preparation

• Chop the cleaned and preferably water soaked walnuts into small pieces.
• Clean the lettuce leaves in running water and chop it finely.
• Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
• Mix all of the above in a salad bowl with olive oil and salt. Squeeze half lemon instead of salt if you want to avoid salt altogether. Some like salt and lemon together, well it’s your choice. I use salt only.
• Sprinkle pepper according to your liking.
  
  OK…..the salad is ready…..Enjoy it fresh…..
  Yummy…….Rock it!!!!

Walnut Pomegranate Salad

This is a recipe of fruit and nut mix. I have selected Pomegranate as the fruit and Walnuts as nuts. Pomegranate is not very sweet and walnuts are not very tasty compared to cashew nuts and the like. But the health benefits of Pomegranate and Walnuts are amazing. So I thought of making these two more acceptable to our taste buds by trying this recipe.
I prefer dark red pomegranate over pale ones. Clean the fruit under running water thoroughly. Soak the walnuts in pure water for sometime, say 5-10 minutes which makes it soft, great to chew!

Ingredients

Dark Red Pomegranate - 1 whole
Walnuts - 50 grams ( 7 numbers )
A small bowl of fresh yoghurt (Low fat preferred)
Or
Extra Virgin Olive oil - 1 teaspoon

Preparation Time - 5 - 7 minutes

Serves - Two people

Utensils Required

Salad bowl
A small kitchen container
Kitchen knife
Chopping board
Spoon
Strainer or Sieve

Preparation

Cut the pomegranate and gently peel off the outer covering. Be careful not to crush the arils of the fruit inside. Carefully pluck the small fruits from the septal layers. Gently remove the whitish buds attached to it's top. Place the fruit in a container of water and rinse thoroughly. Drain off the water using a strainer and transfer the fruit into a salad bowl.
Chop the soaked walnuts into small pieces using a kitchen knife on a chopping board. Mix it with the fruit. Adding yoghurt or olive oil is your choice. I like yoghurt better than olive oil.
Yes…. The dish is ready. A really healthy foodstuff…..Enjoy!