How to make (cook) Hopiang Hapon

(from mrsRusty’s Kitchen Delights)

Dough

Ingredients:

3 cups All Purpose Flour 1/4 cup White Sugar 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil 3/4 cup Water 1/2 Cup Margarine, non-hydrogenated I T Vanilla golden yellow food color

Procedure:

Combine all ingredients. Knead to form a dough. Equally divide the dough into 64 pieces . If you prefer, larger […]

Filipino Recipe Spaghetti and Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients:

1 kg. spaghetti noodles 1/2 kg. ground beef 1/2 kg. ground pork 1/4 kg. hotdogs, diagonally sliced 1 kg. tomato sauce 3 pieces laurel leaves (bay leaves) 1/4 cup brown or white sugar 2 green bell peppers, diced 2 onions, chopped 1 head garlic, minced 3 tablespoons of cooking oil 1 cup of […]

Pinoy Style Black Pepper Crab (Alimasag)

Ingredients:

2 lbs large mud crabs or prawns, claws cracked, shells removed and cleaned. Drain to dry. 4 tbsp freshly ground black pepper 3 to 4 fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 4 tbsp butter 10 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped 10 slices young ginger 4 tbsp oyster sauce 4 tsp dark soya […]

Pinoy Style Beef in Black Pepper Sauce (Karneng Baka)

Ingredients:

300g beef tenderloin, thinly sliced 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 small onion, shredded

Marinade:

2 tbsp soy sauce 1 egg white 1/2 tbsp olive oil 3 tbsp plain flour

Black Pepper Sauce:

4 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sugar 1 small onion, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 8 […]

Filipino Breakfast Ideas: Fried Salted Dried Fish (Pritong Tuyo)

One of the traditional Filipino breakfast is pairing fried scramble egg (or sunny side up) with fried rice and tuyo (salted dried fish). Just a word of warning if you are cooking tuyo make sure that your neighbors wont get mad 😉 Why? You know why!

Filipina Sued for Cooking Tuyo in NY City

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Filipino Breakfast Ideas: Scrambled Eggs (Pritong Itlog)

Cooking scrambled eggs is so simple. Just grab an egg, scramble it, add salt and then fry.

There are other ways on how to cook it too.

Scrambled Eggs with Potato and Tuna

Ingredients:

3 eggs, beaten leftover tuna chunks 1 large potato, cut into cubes salt & pepper

How to cook:

Fry […]

Video: Go Negosyo Big Time Episode 7: Bakery Business

If you want to put up your own bakery business, this video is very helpful. It is not related to cooking but related to pandesal 😉

How to make Yema (Custard Candy)

I didn’t know that making Yema is so simple. Try it when you get a chance!

Ingredients:

1 can condensed milk 2 tbsps butter 4 pcs egg yolks 1 tbsp rum

How to cook:

1. Combine egg yolks and condensed milk in double boiler.

2. Cook until thick, mixing continuously. Remove from heat. […]

How to Make Tamarind Jam, Candy, Paste, Balls

This is an interesting blog about tamarinds (sampalok). I love to eat this when I was a kid.

Why Process Tamarind Fruits?

* The fruit is high in protein, carbohydrates, potassium, phosporous and calcium and is a source of iron, vitamin C, thiamine and niacin. * Processing increases the shelf-life of the fruit. * Processing […]

Filipino Breakfast Ideas: Fried Egg – Sunny Side Up (Pritong Itlog)

This is one of my favorite breakfast especially with Toyo-Mansi and hot pandesal. Of course it requires patience to make a perfect sunny side up.

How to Fry an Egg Sunny Side Up:

1. Turn on the stove at about medium to medium high heat.

2. Grease the frying pan with some cooking spray […]