Ginataang Kalabasa (Squash Cooked in Coconut Milk)

Ginataang Kalabasa or Squash cooked in coconut milk is one of the famous dish in Philippines and I considered it as one of my favorites.



Here is how to cook this dish.







Ingredients:

1 kilo squash cut into cubes

1/4 kilo shrimp, shelled

2 onions, chopped

3 pieces tomatoes, diced

1 head garlic, minced

2 tbsps of ginger root, crushed and minced

4 tbsps of cooking or olive oil

2 tbsps of shrimp paste (bagoong)

2 cups of coconut milk

2 pcs of chilli peppers

1 cup coconut cream (katang gata)

2 cups of chicken stock

2 tbsps of fish sauce (patis) 



Cooking Instructions:

1. On a pan, heat oil. Saute garlic, onions until light brown then add ginger, cook until onions become translucent. Add the shrimps to absorb garlic and the onions taste.

2. Add tomatoes, squash, chicken stock, shrimp paste and the coconut milk. Let boil then simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the liquid has reduced and the squash becomes tender. Don't over cook the squash to avoid being mushy.

3. Add the coconut cream, chili peppers. Simmer for a few more minutes.

Pesang Dalag (Mud fish)

Another famous Filipino dish that you will surely love. So let us start cooking.



Ingredients and cooking procedure after the jump.

 



Ingredients:

1 thumb-size ginger, sliced 

3 onions, quartered 

1 tsp. whole peppercorns 

8 cups water 

1 kg. dalag (mudfish), rubbed with salt, gutted, washed and drained 

1 small Upo sliced 

2 Pcs. Pechay  



Cooking Procedure: 

- In a pot, pour in the water and add the ginger, onions and peppercorns. Allow to boil first before adding the upo and the pechay. 

- Add the dalag. Allow to boil first before adding the upo and pechay. 

- Allow to simmer for 5 more minutes before serving

Tips: Airy containers

Do not place onions and potatoes in the same covered container. They will easily rot. Place them in a container where air can pass through. The same goes for tomatoes.

Another tip is to always check if any of these vegetables show signs of spoilage. If there are, use these first and remove the bruised or spoiled part.

Pinoy Recipe Blog Advisory

Hi to all my Kabayans and followers of this Pinoy Recipe Blog!

I just want to apologize for not posting new Filipino Recipes and I know there are lots of recipe requests from our followers and visitors.

Before the end of this month, I will try to post at least one recipe that you will surely love to try. :)

Tokwa't Baboy

My Tito Jose cooked the best Tokwa’t Baboy that I’ve ever tasted in my life. I am not saying that because he’s my uncle but it was really very good. And I feel safe since it was cooked in our house. The reason why I said that is because I am kind of hesitant to eat Tokwa’t Baboy in the restaurants. The ingredients of this dish needs to be cleaned very well and I know that in some of the restaurant they don’t clean it well enough to pass my standard.





Anyway, Tokwa’t Baboy (Beancurd and pork) is a traditional appetizer at local Filipino fast-food and full-service restaurants. It is usually made with pork ears, chewy tofu/beancurd, soy sauce, pork broth, vinegar and other spices.



Here are the ingredients and the procedure to cook it:

 





Ingredients:

* 1 Kilo of Pork Face & Ears (cut into cubes)

* 8 Pieces of Tokwa (Beancurd) 2"x2"

* 1 Small cloves of garlic (minced)

* 3 Big onions (diced)

* 1 Cup vinegar

* 1 Cup soy sauce

* 1 Teaspoon salt

* 1 Teaspoon brown sugar



Cooking procedure:

1. In a casserole, boil pork with salt, lower fire and let it simmer until pork is tender.

2. Take the pork out and set aside.

3. Fry tokwa in hot oil until toasted and slice to the same size as the pork.

4. In a sauce pot, mix soy sauce, vinegar, salt, garlic and onions and heat for just few minutes.

5. Pour in mixture over pork and tokwa.

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Buko Pandan w/ Macapuno

Buko Pandan is one the famous salad in the Philippines and this recipe is with Macapuno.



Ingredients and preparing procedure after the jump.







Ingredients:

* 5 Young Buko/Coconut

* 2 packs of Green Gelatin

* 1 can (325gms) of Condensed Milk

* 1 can (325gms) of Nestle Whip Cream

* Pandan Leaves or Pandan flavor Syrup

* 1 bottle (250gms) of Macapuno 



Preparing procedure:

1. On a caserole, boil 4 cups of water and add the Pandan Leaves or the pandan flavor syrup. When water is boiling pour the 2 packs of gelatin.

2. Get a baking pan or any tupperware that is an inch thick and pour the cooked gelatin at least half inch thick and set aside to get cold .

3. While waiting for the gelatin to get cold, open the buko and start grating it. Set aside the buko juice. (Put in fridge and you can drink it later on :) )

4. By now the gelatin is cold and hard. Start slicing it by a spatula or a knife according to your desired size.

5. Get a salad bowl and mix all ingredients together. Before you mix the Macapuno, make sure that you drained the juice. We don't want our Buko Pandan look like a soup. 



Voila! 



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Pork Ribs Sinabawan sa Kamatis

This is like a Nilaga but with a different twist. This recipe is so easy to make.



Ingredients and cooking procedure after the jump.







Ingredients:

* 1 kilo of Pork Ribs

* 2 big tomatoes

* 2 Pechay (Bungkos)

* 1 big white onion

* 3 Green Chilli

* Salt & Fish sauce to taste 



Cooking procedure:

1. Put 1 liter of water in a caserole, pour pork ribs when water is boiling.

2. When pork is almost tender, add sliced tomatoes and boil it until tomatoes almost mushy.

3. Add the Pechay and the green chilli (optional) but don't over cook it.

4. Add salt and fish sauce to taste. 



Isn't that easy? 



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