Filipino

Sweet and spicy beef tapa

Ube-macapuno cake

Kutsinta or Cuchinta a la Lalaine (Filipino Brown Rice Cake)

This is a HIT! I kid you not. This is ?kutsinta? or Filipino brown rice cake at its best. We are so lucky that a very good childhood and family friend, my younger sister?s classmate, is sharing this wonderful recipe which she developed and perfected over

Macaroni Fruit Salad Filipino Style

We did potluck last month,My friend bring this for potluck. Initially by seeing the color i didn't tried it.But my friend told me to just try a spoon ,the taste is amazing she told this is Filipino style and they use plam fruits and young coconut in salad

Filipino Pata Tim (Pork Knuckle in Soy Sauce)

We were in a Chinese restaurant here in Colombo, Sri Lanka when one of my friends who?s really into eating pork with fat jokingly ordered ?Pata Tim?, a Filipino dish made of pork hock slowly braised or stewed in soy sauce and sugar until very tender. Of c

Filipino Fish Escabeche

Escabeche which refers to poached or fried fish covered with a spicy marinade is another dish brought to the Philippines by the Spaniards . Filipino-Style Fish Escabeche a.k.a. Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce is made by frying a whole meaty kind of f

GARLIC RICE(Filipino style)

I was surfing the web for the flavored rice recipes and that is when I came through this recipe. Garlic is used in wide variety of flavored rice in India. But flavored rice only with garlic??.this made me think twice about its taste. But finally I decided

Filipino Cuisine: Beef Steak

Marian from Philippines demonstrated 3 Filipino recipes in the Caring Place Community Kitchen. Marian used to own a restaurant which specializes on grill items in Philippines before she moved to Canada. We are so glad to learn from her. The first

Homemade Chicken Sandwich Spread

Chicken sandwich spread is probably the most popular and fastest selling sandwich spreads in groceries and supermarkets. Unlike the slightly sweet-sourly plain sandwich spread and other expensive versions but rather poorly flavored with either ham, bacon,

Soup Number 5 or Soup No. 5 or Lanciao (Bull/Ox Gonad Soup)

This is my 100th post so I thought I should feature a special cuisine which is authentic and 100% Filipino. A dish that is unique to the Filipino people and its culture. Probably concocted by the common masses and popularized by the same group forming maj

Kinunot na Pagi (Spicy Stingray Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Coconut milk in my food! I love it. Coconut milk and chili in my cookery! I like it. Coconut milk, chili and stingray in my meal! You eat it! But, wait a minute. Of course, I?m just kidding with the stingray. It is an astonishing animal so it is very like

Pork Bistek Tagalog (Pork Steak - Filipino Style)

I know I am still yet to feature here the popular beef dish called ?bistek?, a type of beef steak prepared the Filipino-style, but I have already shared a fish variation of the entree in my post ?bistik na bangus? . While I remained unable to post the re

Pangat na Sapsap sa Kamatis (Ponyfish Poached in Lemon Juice & Tomatoes)

In my first ?pangat? recipe, where I used pampano and trevally , I mentioned that among the best fish to cook ?pangat? or ?pinangat? is ponyfish locally called ?karalla? here in Sri Lanka and ?sapsap? in the Philippines. Ponyfishes which are also known

Atsarang Papaya

Atsarang Papaya ( Filipino Pickled Green Papaya ) is a famous appetizer in the Philippines. Though there are many variations of atsara (which refers to anything pickled) , green papaya version is the most popular to Filipinos. It's because papaya tr

Asadong Dila or Lengua (Pork or Ox Tongue Asado Version 2)

I have already featured here a recipe for ?asadong dila or lengua? but to satisfy a reader?s request, particularly asking an even simpler way to cook the sweetish-salty Chinese influenced-Filipino dish using just basic and ordinary ingredients, I am pos

Sisig or Kilawing Puso ng Saging (Sauteed Banana Bud/Blossom with Vinegar)

For the month of March, the challenge of Kulinarya Cooking Club (KCC) is centered on the mighty food group called vegetables. While most members including me, a perennial vegetable eater (converted by force :-)), were all deeply pleased and thrilled of

Halabos na Hipon o Sugpo (Steamed Shrimp or Prawn)

Like ?alimasag? or swimming blue crab, shrimp and prawn are among the readily good-tasting food harvests from the sea, freshwater or even farms that require very little ingredients to transform into delicious and luscious culinary treats. It can be just g

Calamansi Juice & other Uses of Calamondin or Philippine Lemon

It there is one citrus fruit that was used in cookery and mentioned with the most number of times in this blog; it is the internationally underrated fruit and cooking ingredients called ?calamansi? or ?calamondin? and sometimes ?lemoncito? in the Philippi

Asadong Dila or Lengua (Ox or Beef Tongue Asado)

Ox or Beef Tongue is the tongue of a cow. Our, or to be precise, the human consumption of this unusual beef meat dates back to the days of Paleolithic hunters, who preferred the fatty portions of the carcass including tongues, as well as organs, brains, f

Nido Soup

Nido Soup Nido Soup is the Filipino version of the Chinese Bird s Nest Soup.  The name came from a place in El Nido, Palawan (An island in the South West part of the Philippines) where these nests are harvested.  This dish is a really expensive delicac

Lumpia or Lumpiang Prito A La Sally (Vegetables Spring Roll)

Every mom (or everyone for that matter), who is truly passionate with foods or cooking, has her own specialty dishes. Select entrees which can be prepared by heart, without the aid of any notes, and almost always a sure delight for dinners. These would in

Bistik na Bangus (Milkfish Braised in Soy Sauce, Lemon and Onion)

Milkfish, referred to as ?Chanos chanos? in the scientific world is known in many parts of the world and called by many names such as ?vaikkaya? in Sri Lanka, "bangus" or "bangos" in the Philippines, ?sabalo? in Mexico and Spain, ?bandeng? or ?bandang? in

Adobong Manok ni Dong (Chicken Adobo A La Dong)

I believe the popularity of ?adobo? has already transcended into the subconscious mind of most Filipinos. I can say this because during times when our group can no longer think of a new viand, we would always settle with an ?adobo? dish ??? not really

Bagis Recipe Version 2 (Minced Beef Cooked in Calamansi & Chilies)

I have featured this spicy viand before in a version cooked using lime juice and green finger chilies. Since I now have ?calamansi? or ?calamondin? (Philippine lemon) and ?siling labuyo? or bird chili which are the original ingredients in an authent