Sampelut (Ginatan)

I've always craved anything cooked in coconut milk during rainy or cold season here in the Philippines. Since I don't live anymore with my mother I get to learn how to cook the food I and my siblings always loved to eat since we we're a lot younger. I'd like to share with you one of the many comfort foods we love. The Ginataang bilo-bilo.

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh coconut milk (you can use can or pack of coconut milk available in the market today)
1 tbsp. sago or tapioca pearls 
20 pcs bilo-bilo balls 
2 lbs. gabi (taro root), diced  (optional)
1 lb. kamote (sweet potato), diced 
3 plantain bananas, sliced diced
6 sections of langka (jackfruit), in strips (optional)
1 cup sugar 
2 cups warm water

Procedure:

·         Combine 1 cup of coconut milk and 2 cups water and bring to a boil.

·         Add sago (or tapioca pearls), gabi, and bilo-bilo and cook until half-cooked.

·         Add kamote, plaintain and langka and sugar and continue cooking.

·         Add the other can of coconut milk and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

·         Simmer for 5 minutes and adjust sugar to taste.

BBest served when hot. Taste better too if chilled. Enjoy!

My Yummy Molo Soup

A reposted article of mine from my triond account. 

An oriental dish that will for sure everybody will love to eat especially during rainy or cool seasons.

Warning! This is not your typical Molo Soup at all. I adjusted it according to my own taste and preference. But however it is, I know you’ll love it!

I cooked this soup just because I was craving for it. The last time I’ve eaten this soup was like about 10 years ago and it was cooked by my mom. So that’s why I really wanted to eat once again even if it’s already summer. So glad that even if it’s been ten years I was still able to get the same exact rich taste as what my mom has cooked before and I was so glad too that my husband loves it and he even asked me to cook the same thing for tomorrow. Hahaha

Here’s what you need for the filling:

¼ kl of ground pork

¼ kl of shrimps chopped

1 pc turnips (singkamas)

2 tbsp chopped onion chives

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp oyster sauce

1 egg

3 dashes of sesame oil

Salt and pepper

Molo wrapper

1. Combine all ingredients of the filling.

2. Wrap into the wanton/molo wrapper. 

3. Add a teaspoon of the filling mixture at one of the corners of the triangle shaped wrapper then close by rolling and joining the tips. Make sure to press the two free ends firmly together with water.

Here’s what you need for cooking the broth:

1 tbsp olive oil

2 heads of garlic (you can decrease the amount of this if u want, we just love garlic) please leave some for garnishing

1 medium onion

½ kilo shrimps (shelled)

Salt and pepper (to taste)

1 chicken or shrimp cube

1 breast of boiled chicken (flaked)

6 tbsp onion chives (for garnishing)

1 thin roll of Misua(Mee Sua, thin Chinese Noodle )


Now cook with me:

1. Saute garlic in olive oil until brown. Set aside half of the toasted garlic for garnishing.

2. Then add onions.

3. Place shrimps and season with salt and pepper.

4. Pour in chicken broth and chicken flakes and bring to a boil.

5. Drop in the stuffed wanton wrappers and boil for 10 minutes.

6. Add Misua noodles and boil for another 2 minutes.

7. Serve in soup bowls and sprinkle it with green onions and toasted garlic.

Enjoy this hearty soup that supposed to serve for 12 people but in my case just the two us love birds and a family of 3 (our next door neighbor).

I'm Cooking!?!

 

Thank you for taking a time to visit my page and I hope this is just the beginning of it. You are free to follow me here at my blog and even free to message me anytime. These pictures below are the latest pics we got about eating... =)

Yes, I'm cooking. I'm may not be a chef who went to an culinary school but I definitely could cook anything I want; especially if what my family wants. I'm a 29 year old stay at home wife and I have a picky eater of a husband. He likes meat a lot and I'm more of a vegetarian but not the religious one. I can have meat from time to time like when it's my hubby's day off. I eat fish when I don't feel like eating meat so basically you can find recipes here on almost about anything. I like to make experiments too on beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic). I love desserts too! I don't throw out parties here at our home but I can definitely cook for my friends if they asked me to. We'd love to just munch some fingers foods while we get a light drink like wine or beer. Before when I was still working in the corporate world my husband and I would just love to eat out. We would eat anything we wanted to eat from street foods to fine dining...So obviously...we love to eat. Sometimes I joke around at my husband... I call him a miser everytime we go together at the mall and I want him to buy something for me like a dress or a shoes or just about anything that looks fancy for me he would say "we'll get it next time ok?" but when I told him I'm starving and without a doubt he would say "where would you like to eat?". We eat too much all the time and I came to realized that we are spending too much on food already so why not just cook for ourselves at home. It lessens the effort of going out and less the tip for the waiters. That's why I started cooking again (I learned cooking since I was in my 3rd grade). Instead of  having our meals from the resto or from the corner store where you'll never know how they cook the food you eat but in your own kitchen, you get the chance to select the best quality of the food you serve on your plate with spending too much... I hope to share all I know about cooking and also you are free to share yours.