Milk fish with sauce (Sarciadong isda)

You can use any kind of fish for this recipe. Lapu lapu is the best variety :) I used milkfish for this.

What you need:

1 milkfish, cleaned

3 raws eggs, lightly beateb

2 tomatoes, diced

1 onion, diced

1 1/2 cup of water

Magic sarap

2 1/2 tablespoons of fish sauce

What you need to do

* Sprinkle the fish with magic sarap

* Deep fry. Set aside

* On a separate pan, sautee the onions and tomatoes. Pour the water. Add the fish sauce. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.

* Put the fish and beaten eggs.

* Stir the sauce. Once the eggs turn somehow "cloudy" turn off the heat.

* Serve with love and happy eating!

Embutido

After the wedding, one of our principal sponsors gave us an electric steamer. I promised to myself that after the wedding i am going to buy a steamer so i get to try other healthy recipes too. :) the moment i found out that one of our ninang's gave us a steamer, my first impulse was to cook embutido the recipe i have been wanting to try for quite sometime already- most especially that i get to taste this during birthday parties only :D

What you need:

1/2 kilo of ground pork

1 sachet of tomato sauce

Salt and pepper

1/2 cup of raisins

2 raw eggs, lightly beaten

8 pieces cocktail hotdogs cut into half per piece

3 pieces boiled eggs (once boiled cut into quarters)

1/4 cup green peas

1 carrot, minced

1 onion, minced

What you need to do

* On a bowl mix the pork and egg. Add the raisins and then the green peas. Dash with salt and pepper.

* Add the carrots and onions. Make sure that ingredients are mixed evenly.

* Scoop 8 tablespoons of mixture and flatten it on top of foil/aluminum paper. Top with boiled eggs and hotdogs.

* Do this with the rest of the mixture

* Roll the mixture by covering it with the foil (embutido style)

* Steam for 1 hour. Refrigerate.

* Slice and serve with love :)

Adobong Sitaw

this is not the usual adobo wherein vinegar is used as the main ingredient.

Ingredients:
1 tali of string beans
1 sachet of magic sarap
2 table spoons of knorr liquid seasonig
1 tomato minced
1 red onion chopped
1 cup of water
1 teaspoon of canola cooking oil

What you need to do:
- Heat the cooking oil then sautee the onions and tomato
- Add the magic sarap and string beans. Pour the water and knorr.
- Let it simmer for 5 to 6 minutes
- Serve with love and happy eating!

Simple Steamed lapu lapu

Im not a big fan of fishes but since we've been eating meat for a few weeks already, i decided to cook the simplest steamed lapu lapu last night. :)

Ingredients:
2 pieces of lapu lapu, cleaned
2 cups of water
1 sachet of magic sarap

What you need to do:
- Sprinkle the magic sarap to the fish.
- Cover with foil.
- Pour the water to the steamer and set it to 30 minutes
- Serve with love and happy eating!

Best served when topped with mayonaisse :)

Pork with chinese tofu

Im back to cooking! Here's the latest recipe that i cooked for my family :)

What you need

1/2 pork kasim, cut into cubes

3 tablespoons of white vinegar

3 teaspoons of sugar

1 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce

5 tablespoons of soy sauce

3 cups of water

2 laurel leaves

3 chinese tofu, cut into cubes

2 tablespoons of canola cooking oil

What you need to do:

- Heat the oil and deep fry the tofu. Set aside.

- On the same pan where you cooked the tofu, cook the pork until it turns brown.

- Add the soysauce, water and oyster. Let it boil until the pork becomes tender.

- Pour the vinegar then add the sugar. Add the laurel leaves. Let it simmer for another 20 minutes or until you get the consistency that you want.

- Put the fried tofu.

- Serve with love and happy eating.

Pinakbet

It was during my elementary days when i first cooked this dish. I learned it from my mom because she never fails to cook this once every two weeks. I have been a frequent eater and lover of vegetables so i really enjoy it a lot every time she prepares this dor us. So when she went to province to visit my grandma, i decided to cook and prepare this ilocano delicacy for my ex hubby to be; and now my husband already. Haha.

What you need
1/4 kilo of pork
3 knob of garlic , crushed
1 tomato, minced
1 thumb of ginger, crushed
1 red onion , minced
2 eggplants, cut into 1/2 inch
1 bittergourd (ampalaya con carne cut)
1 tali of okra
1/2 squash
1 sachet of magic sarap
4 tablespoons of bagoong (i used the liquid typenof bagoong, not the paste)
2 to 3 cups of water
1 tablespoon of canola cooking oil

What you need to do

* Heat the oil. Sautee the garlic and onions. Then add the tomato and ginger. Continue stirring until fragrant.
* Add the pork. Let it cook until the edges turn to brown.
* Pour the water, then add the magic sarap and bagoong.
* Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add the vegetables. Bring to a boil but do not overcook the veggies.
* Serve with love and happy eating!

Foodstagram

i cant help myself to take pictures of the food we eat via this cool application :p yummy!