Chilli Hot Shrimps

A peppery hot shrimps dish that will boost your appetite. I copied this recipe from an oriental cook book that I borrowed from my friend. I made some changes for this recipe, like I replaced the chili paste with powdered cayenne pepper, to all shrimps lovers out there I am very happy to recommend this recipe for you to try, it is really yummy!

Ingredients:
500 grams de-shelled and cleaned shrimps
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
4 cloves garlic
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon ginger juice ( shred the ginger and remove the juice)
1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder
chopped green bell pepper for garnishing or spring onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the shrimps, ginger juice, cayenne powder then simmer
2. Add the water and let simmer, then add the oyster sauce, salt and pepper then stir  until done.
3. Garnish with bell pepper or spring onion then serve.

Sinampalukang Isda

This dish is closely similar to "sinigang" , but simpler and uses only few ingredients, but the taste is almost the same, this one is lighter than the sinigang but one thing is for sure, both are delicious! :D

Ingredients:
2 slices fried fish ( any fish can be used)
1 tablespoons tamarind powder ( you can add more if you like it more sour)
1 big tomato
1/2 bulb onion
3 cups rice washing or water
1/4 kilo Pechay
siling haba
salt to taste or patis

Procedure:
1.Put the rice washing  in a pot, tomato  and onion then allow to boil.
2. Add the fried fish then simmer for few minutes, add pechay, salt or fish sauce to taste.
3. Add the pechay and siling haba, simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot.

with spring onion

Avocado and Mango Smoothie

We are living very near to the ice cream parlor, so everyday is a struggle for me :D, whenever I pass their shop, oh my mouth is watering while looking at the very tempting pictures of ice cream outside.  It's not good to have it since I want to lose weight, so to fight my cravings today, I made some smoothies and it satisfied my sweet tooth. This recipe may yield 3 servings.

Ingredients:

100 grams avocado

1/2 mango

12 ice cubes

2 drops of sweetener or you can replace this with sugar according to your taste

1/4 cup water

Procedure:

1. Slice the fruits and put in the blender together with the water and sweetener then liquify it until became smooth.

2. Add the ice then blend well until done.

3. Serve as a good refreshing treat :) .

Beef Curry

I cooked this during a special event in the church, I am not being biased but everybody loved it :D. Instead of using a coconut milk I replaced it with all purpose cream, making the sauce thick, creamy and so delicious.Try this.

Ingredients:
1 kl beef
1/2 kilo carrots
1/2 kilo potatoes
3 tablespoons ginger strips
3 tablespoons curry powder
1 bell pepper
1 onion
500 ml nestle cream or light cream
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste
water ( enough to make the beef tender)

Procedure:
1. Saute the ginger and garlic until brownish, then add the onion and curry powder, once done, add the beef then simmer for 10  minutes to infuse the curry flavor.
2. Add water and let boil until tender.
3. If it is already tender add the carrots, potatoes and bell pepper then simmer until done.
4. Add the all purpose cream, salt and pepper to taste, simmer for 2 minutes and tun off the heat.
5. Serve it hot.

Ginisang Gulay

This is one of my favorite dishes  since I was young ginisang gulay or sauted mixed vegetables, because fresh vegetables are abundant in our farm, but for green leaves we have swamp cabbage ( kangkong) and not watercress, but here in my place watercress is all I can have because they do no have kangkong at the market. I still enjoy this dish even if I can not get the original ingredients.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork
1/2 kilo squash
6 pieces scarlet eggplants
10 pieces okra
1 bunch of watercress
3 tablespoons soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
2 cups water

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the pork and braise it, then simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the soy sauce and simmer for a minute then add the water and bring to boil.
3. Add the squash and simmer for 2 minutes, then add the eggplant and okra, mix well and simmer until tender.
4. Add the watercress, salt and pepper to taste, simmer until cooked.
5. Serve hot.

Ginataang Alimango

Crab stewed in coconut milk ( Ginataang Alimango) is a delicious dish that will boost your appetite, so make sure that you have plenty of rice if your viand is this :-). Thanks Nay Angelina M.

Ingredients:
2 fat crabs
2 cups pure coconut milk
ginger
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the ginger, crab, and 1 cup of coconut milk then allow it to simmer over medium heat, until it is cooked, then cut it into halves and continue simmering until the crab meat fully absorbed the coconut flavor.
2. Add the coconut milk then simmer for a minute, add salt if necessary then turn off the heat.
3. Serve hot with rice.

Hot & Spicy Fried Chicken

Mmmmmmmm a delicious hot and spicy fried chicken, for this recipe you can adjust the hot chili taste according to your desired taste, if you want a numbing flavor then add more and enjoy your food adventure :D .

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken cut into serving sizes

2 cups flour

1/4 cup fish sauce

4 tablespoons lime or calamansi juice

chili powder according to your taste

 ground  pepper 

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Procedure:

1. Marinate the chicken with lime juice, fish sauce,garlic powder,  chili powder and pepper as needed. 

2. After few hours,  mix well and roll over the flour and deep fry in a hot oil until golden brown.

3. Serve it hot.

Fresh Salad with Walnuts

A simple tossed salad for a healthy dinner for the whole family. This is a good starter and goes well with fish or meat, or simply eat it as a complete meal if you are loosing weight. Try this.
Ingredients:
2 tomatoes
1 cup iceberg lettuce
1 cup oak leaf lettuce ( the brownish)
1/2 cup walnuts
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 teaspoons lemon juice
salt to taste

Procedure:
1. Wash  the tomatoes and lettuces properly and put in a colander to drain the water.
2.Slice to your desired size and combine, add the olive oil, lemon juice and salt then toss well.
3. Add the walnuts then serve.

Prawns With Almonds and Watercress

In my place prawns are abundant, and we just cooked it with tomatoes or just saute it, so to deviate from the usual way of cooking it, I added some watercress and almonds to my recipe. The result is very good and tasty. Here is the ingredients and procedure for this dish.

Ingrdients:
10 pieces prawns
50 grams almonds
1 cup water cress ( can be replaced with kangkong)
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon lemon or calamansi juice
salt and pepper to taste

Watercress

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic in the butter until golden brown.
2. Add the prawns and simmer until reddish then add the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, then simmer for a minute.
3. Add the watercress and almonds, then simmer until done.
4. Serve it hot.

Nilagang Camote

Nilagang Camote or boiled sweet potato is a simple sweet potato dish that you will surely enjoy.

Sweet Potato

To cook this, simply put enough water and boil it for 30 minutes or until done, then serve.

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