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Bibingkang Malagkit – The Shortcut Version
I tried out the a new shortcut to an old bibingka (rice cake) favorite today and I must say, it didn’t turn out half bad at all! This glutinous rice cake is called Bibingkang Malagkit in Tagalog but in Ilocano, we usually call it Inkiwar which roughly translates to ‘something stirred’. When my grandmother used to make this rice bibingka, it usually involved a long arduous process of grating the coconut, extracting the coconut milk and then … Read entire article »
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Yard-long Beans with Coconut Milk
This is an update to the gising-gising recipe that we previously posted on this blog. Since the garden has been quite prolific with these beans, I had to freeze some of them yesterday. I left out enough for our lunch though, and decided that this updated version to the gising-gising recipe is in order. The original recipe did not have any meat nor did I use any peppers so I though I would incorporate those … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beans, Filipino, vegetables
Nilaga: Oxtail Soup with Potatoes and Vegetables
Although it was scorching hot and humid outside, we couldn’t resist having one of our favorite soups, oxtail soup. The weather has never been a hindrance to our enjoyment of soups. Why whenever we are in Las Vegas, we must have our dose of Oxtail Soup at the California and you know how hot it gets over there! The last time we were in Las Vegas was last summer. It had been several years since we were … Read entire article »
Ginisang Sitaw – Stirfried Long Beans
The longs beans we planted in the garden is now at its peak and we have been harvesting quite a handful daily. The photo below is what we picked last Sunday morning along with the peppers which I used in the chicken stew that accompanied this side dish. My daughter whose plate that is in the first photo above, ate her dinner without meat, just this sauteed beans over rice with some of the gravy and … Read entire article »
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Chicken Afritada – Chicken Stew
This is based on the Filipino Afritada recipe which my family has gotten to simply calling chicken stew. Which, basically, is what it is. I like it because, well, you can only have fried chicken so often (their favorite), and this has both starch and vegetables and a hearty gravy all in one pot so it’s perfect for a quick and healthy weekday meal! You can pair it with rice as is our wont, or … Read entire article »
Tortang Talong – Eggplant Fritata
The garden has been doing well this year and the three Japanese eggplants have been very generous. Aside from the new recipes we’ve tried out using eggplants, this is an old standby that we always fall back on, especially for breakfast. We call this ‘tortang talong’ in the Philippines. It is basically a whole eggplant that is grilled over flame to burn off the skin, and peeled. Some people also simply boil it then peel it, … Read entire article »
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Mung Beans with Pepper Leaves Soup
I am surprised how many people do not realize that the leaves of most pepper plants are also edible. I had mentioned to someone that I was having this soup with pepper leaves and they were genuinely surprised. Well, they are quite good, actually, and very mild sort of green unlike what you might expect it being the producer of such fiery fruits. Well I had forgotten about these poor pepper leaves and I just recently … Read entire article »
Pesang Isda – Fish in Ginger Soup
A friend cooked this for me once when the only Filipino fish soup I knew was sinigang. I thought she had forgotten the souring agent but I was wrong. For those who do not like the sourness of the ubiquitous Filipino sinigang, this is a nice, mild alternative. It is delicately spiced like your grandmother’s tinola (or chicken soup) and actually, it is exactly the same as chicken tinola except that you use fish instead. When I … Read entire article »
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