Ginisang Repolyo

Simple cabbage dish but you can't resist to eat more because it is yummy :-).

Ingredients for 2-3 servings:
1/2 kilo cabbage
1/4 kilo pork belly
1/2 piece onion
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons fish sauce ( patis)
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Put the pork in the pan then brown it until the oil comes out, fried with its oil then add the garlic and saute until brownish then add the onion and saute until soften.
2. Add the fish sauce increase the heat then add the cabbage and stir until wilted then add  salt and pepper to taste, continue to simmer until done.
3. Serve it hot.

Baked Leche Flan

This is very simple and economical leche flan but still so yummy.

Ingredients for 6-8 servings:
1 cup condensed milk
4 eggyolks
3/4 cup fresh or evaporated milk
2 tablespoon sugar ( for caramel)  the amount of sugar depends upon the shape and size of your mold.

Procedure:
1. Combine the milks and yolks then mix well until fully combined. Set aside. Set the oven at 180 degrees celcius to preheat it.
2. Melt the sugar in a molder then let it cool, pour in the milk and yolk mixture.

3. To bake it get a big baking pan then put water in it ( water that is enough to steam the leche flan)then put the leche flan that we are going to cook in the molder, cover it with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes or until done.

4. When it is done, let it cool then refrigerate, remove from the molder then slice and serve.

Note: You can also use a steamer for this if oven is not available, just steam for 45 minutes or until done over medium heat.


If using a normal oval llanera just bake or steam it for 15 minutes 

Pork Adobo with Potato

Potato is a very good extender, so if you are going to feed few persons you can add potatoes to increase the servings, like this adobo that I cooked for my friends.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
2 big potatoes ( cubed)
6 cloves garlic
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper
bell pepper for garnishing

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the pork, soy sauce, vinegar, and black pepper, then let simmer over medium heat, then pour in the water and simmer until meat is tender.
2. Add the potatoes, cover until cooked.
3. Garnish with bell pepper and serve it with rice.

Eggless Chocolate Flan

I loved  how my eggless leche flan turned out last week, it's really good according to my friends who tasted it. Today I tried it with chocolate and it is still very good. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1 cup condensed milk
1 1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoon dark cocoa powder
2 tablespoon dark chocolate powder
2 tablespoons unflavored gelatine powder
1/2 cup hot water

 2 tablespoons sugar for the caramel in our mold or lanyera


Procedure:
1. Put the sugar in a molder then melt it over medium heat and set aside. No need to put water.
2. Dissolve the gelatine powder in hot water then set aside.
3. Mix the condensed milk, evaporated milk, cocoa powder and chocolate powder then put in a pot over medium heat stirring constantly, when it is already hot, add the gelatine mixture, then wait until it simmers, simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat. Pour in the mold then refrigerate until it is firm.
4. When it is already firm, run a knife in the edges so that we can remove it easily from the  molder. Put a plate on top, turn it upside down then loosen. Slice before serving.

How To Make Ham and Cheese Bread Rolls

Ten years ago, I often cooked this to earn money because I want to buy something and my allowance every week is not enough, so I decided to sell this so that I can buy a new cellphone model as soon as possible . Every weekend I have lots of orders from friends and they loved it so much, they said, it is very yummy and they liked it  a lot. When I saw the leftover bread today I decided to make some for my blog. Simple and easy to prepare, I hope that you will like this recipe.

Ingredients:
12 slices of bread ( loaf bread)
12 slices of sweet ham
12 slices of cheese ( we can use cheddar cheese, quickmelt cheese or mozarella)
2 beaten eggs
1 cup bread crumbs ( Panko is the best)
oil for frying

Procedure:
1. Flatten the bread with a rolling pin or if rolling pin is not available just use anything  like cylindrical bottle but be careful.

2. When the bread has been flatten put the ham and cheese.

3. Roll and seal it by rubbing the tip of the bread with the beaten egg to sealed it tightly, then dip in the beaten eggs and roll over the bread crumbs.

4. Deep fry until golden brown then slice and serve.

Special Fried Eggplant

Turn the fried eggplant into something special by presenting it like this, it can be served during parties as an appetizer and aside from that this is a good center table piece during your special events or parties. Here is how to make this.

Ingredients:
2 big eggplants ( cut into rings)
2 tomatoes ( diced)
1 cucumber ( diced)
1 onion (diced)
2 tablespoons lemon juice or calamansi
salt and pepper to taste.

Procedure:
1. Fried the eggplants then arrange in a serving platter.

2. Combine the cucumber, tomato, onion, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Then put on top of each eggplant slice and serve with a smile :-).

You can make your own condiments for this, I did not put soy sauce to retain the natural color.

Pinatisang Lechong Manok

A tangy taste chicken that you will surely like, specially if you like fish sauce or patis :) Try this recipe and let me know. I used a big whole chicken almost 2 kilos. Just adjust the ingredients if your chicken is small.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
1/2 cup fish sauce ( patis) or according to your taste
1/4 cup calamansi or lemon juice
6 garlic ( minced)
pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Prick the chicken with the tip of the knife so that,  it can absorb the flavors of our marinating ingredients.

2. Combine the fish sauce and calamansi or lemon juice, garlic, and pepper, then tap the mixture to the chicken . Repeat this process every now and then until it is ready to be cooked. You can keep the leftover marinade in the refrigerator for future use.
3. Preheat the oven at 160 degrees celcius then put the chicken and cook for 60 minutes then increase the temperature to 180 degrees celcius and roast the chicken for another 10-15 minutes or until done.
4. Serve hot with your favorite dipping sauce . :-)

Homemade Chicken Nuggets

I love chicken nuggets but I knew that the ready to eat from the market has lots of preservatives so I decided to make a healthier on and here is the recipe for it.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo chicken breast
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1 cup flour
1 onion ( minced)
5 cloves garlic (minced)
salt to taste
Bread crumbs

Procedure:
1.Finely chop the chicken breast.Then add in all the ingredients and combine thoroughly until fully mixed.

2. From a cylindrical shape then slice it to your desired nuggets size.

 3. Roll over the bread crumbs.

 4. Deep fry until golden brown.

5. Serve hot.

Refreshing Watermelon and Coconut Water

A refreshing drink that will surely quench your thirst. Natural, therefore healthy!

Ingredients:
Coconut water
Watermelon (sliced into cubes)
Ice cubes

Procedure:
1. Mix everything according to your desired number of servings.
. Serve and enjoy a refreshing drink.

Suman With Latik Sauce

One of the best suman in my town where latik sauce is very popular during my younger days.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
2 cups glutinous rice ( malagkit)
1 1/2 cup coconut milk
pinch of salt
wilted banana leaves

Procedure:
1. Combine the first three ingredients and leave it for 3 hours.
2. After 3 hours, we are now ready to wrap it with banana leaves. Scoop 1 1/2 tablespoon of the rice then wrap properly with banana leaves by rolling it several times.
3. Do the same process until you finish wrapping the rice. After wrapping it, tie them by pairs and put in a pot with enough water and cook for 80 minutes or until done.
 Set aside while we will make the latik sauce.

For Latik Sauce:
1 cup coconut milk
3/4 cup sugar

Procedure:
1. In a pan combine the suagr and coconut milk, then stir over medium heat until it simmers. Continue to stir until it thickens, once thick turn off the heat because it means that our latik sauce is ready.

So put the suman in a plate then pour with latik sauce and serve.