Dinner tonight was a German-style meal any Greta or Liezl can be proud to call their own. Unfortunately, veal was not available at the commissary this week so I had to subsitute my wiener schnitzel with breaded pork chops. But red cabbages are always available in any supermarket and that was enough to build on [...]
Another entry for Lasang Pinoy’s 20th Edition titled “Binalot – All Wrapped Up!”. This dish is simply called “Binalot” by Bicolanos. It’s shrimp and coconut meat wrapped in gabi leaves then stewed and braised in coconut cream and herbs and spices.
Mine started off with a vegetarian squash, longbeans and coconut milk stew. Actually, I’ve featured this same Guinataang Sitaw and Kalabasa recipe in the past but the pot looked so invitingly good that day, I took another photo to show off here. There is a slight variation though – can you spot it?
This is a salad my mom came up with way back when I was in my teens. It’s a very Filipino salad using the commonly used vegetables, bataw or hyacinth bean and sigadillas, also called winged bean in English. This is just another was you can use these readily available vegetables, aside from adding it [...]
I looked around for the English translation of this commonly used vegetable in the Philippines which we call “upo” and almost identified it as winter melon. Apparently, the winter melon is “kundol” back home. This vegetable pictured above is a bottle gourd. It’s a light and delicately flavored vegetable we often use sauted [...]
If you haven’t tried the Daikon Raddish, you’re missing something. It’s a root vegetable that’s also called a Japanese raddish, Chinese raddish and Satsuma raddish. Filipinos call it labanos. This is more commonly sauteed with garlic, onions and tomatoes or cooked with sinigang. I hope this won’t freak anyone out, but we also mix [...]
Longbeans and Squash cooked in coconut milk. This is plain “guinataan” unlike the spiced-up Squash Curry I previously made. Like the squash, I made this without any meats or shrimps. Normally, I’d put in some “alugbati” leaves but they’re unavailable where I am. I haven’t had alugbati in years…..ohhhh…what I’d give for another taste [...]
Got gout? Here’s something you can eat that won’t do you harm. It’s a Squash Curry that we normally would prepare with pork and/or shrimps. It’s just as tasty without the meat and quite healthy. Turmeric is a main ingredient in curry powder and is widely known to be good for gout. I [...]
Sounds almost like an expletive, doesn’t it? ”Cap Cai this, you!!!!” … excuse the weird sense of humor…. I made this dish to go with my siopao buns which, unfortunately, didn’t look worthy enough to be photographed. I thought a light vegetable dish would be a nice pairing with the sweetish buns. It [...]
Look at that sensuous steam rising from my pot of sauteed long beans! I took the photo while it was cooking because the colors were still so vibrant….but the steam muted the colors just a little bit. Oh well. This is a sauteed, all-in-one dish of Asian long beans, what we Filipinos call sitaw. [...]
Cauliflower – another vegetable I’m not exactly crazy about. Call it the lily-livered cousin of a broccoli….judging solely on its color that is. In fact, this vegetable is from the same family, Brassicaceae, as the broccoli. Despite its lack of coloration, it is a vegetable packed with vitamins and minerals that are all good for [...]
I found another interesting way of making mashed potatoes in another Filipino blog, Rice and Noodles. This is flavored with leeks and much lighter than what I’m used to, a pleasant change from the heavy butter and cream mashed potatoes I usually make As I mentioned in a past entry on corned beef, the [...]
