23 June, 2009 at 11:10 am
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon oil
½ cup minced shallots
1 cup cubed tomatoes
½ pound ground pork
4 cups water
2 cups diced potatoes
Patis or salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Preparations:
1. Saute garlic in oil until brown in color.
2. Add shallots and tomatoes and cook until soft.
3. Add ground beef, pork, patis or salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add water and potatoes.
5. Simmer until done. Best served hot.
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15 June, 2009 at 9:17 am
Ingredients:
2 medium-size eggplants
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
1/2 cup finely minced onion
1 pound ground pork or beef
3 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 cup bread crumbs
3 tablespoons vegetable or corn oil
patis or salt, freshly ground pepper to taste
Preparations:
1. Cut eggplants lengthwise into halves. Broil over heat or charcoal with skin side up until tender.
2. Let cool and scoop out pulp and discard. Reserve skin.
3. Soak skin in beaten eggs.
4. In a skillet, heat oil and saute garlic until brown, onion until transparent.
5. Add pork or beef and cook until brown.
6. Add tomatoes, patis or salt and pepper to taste.
7. Continue stirring mixture until it is not too moist.
8. Remove from heat. Divide stuffing mixture into 4 portions and fill the four eggplants skins with it.
9. Press to make firm and coat each with bread crumbs and beaten eggs.
10. Heat oil and fry eggplants on one side and then the other until golden brown.
Technorati Tags: filipino foods, rellenong talong, stuffed eggplants recipe
5 June, 2009 at 6:44 am
Ingredients:
1 kg ground pork (suggested proportion of fat to lean meat is 1:3)
1/3 cup chopped water chestnuts or turnips (singkamas)
1/3 cup chopped carrots
2 medium or 1 large minced onion(s)
bunch of spring onions or leeks
1 egg
5 tablespoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon salt
50 pcs. large or 100 pcs. small wanton or siomai wrapper
Wrapper:
1/4 cup water
1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable or corn oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Chili paste:
soy sauce
calamansi (lemon or kumquats)
sesame oil
chili paste
Preparations:
1. Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a bowl.
2. Spoon 1 tablespoon of mixture into each wrapper. Fold and seal.
3. In another pot, boil water and brush steamer with oil.
4. When the water is starting to boil, arrange the siomai in the steamer and let stand for 15-20 minutes, longer for larger pieces.
5. Serve with soy sauce, calamansi and sesame oil. Chilli past is optional.
Wrapper:
1. Beat egg and mix with flour till free of lumps.
2. Bring water, cooking oil and salt to a boil, then pour in flour.
3. Remove from heat and beat until mixture forms a ball.
4. Divide the dough into 1 1/4 -inch balls.
5. Roll each ball on a floured board until paper thin. Set aside.
Chili paste
1. Combine chopped chillies and mashed garlic then simmer for around 20 minutes or till most of the water has evaporated.
2. Add oil, simmer and stir well.
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