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Filipino Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe

This may be a traditional Filipino sandwich filling, but it’s always a favorite.Servings: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes 

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons sweet pickle relish
• 2 tablespoons green onion, finely chopped
• salt to taste
• freshly ground pepper to taste

Preparation Instructions:

·     Fill a small sauce pan with enough water to just cover eggs and bring to a full boil.·     Reduce heat to low and cover.·     Cook eggs for about 10 minutes.·     Remove from heat, drain, and immediately cool eggs with cold running water.·     Peel eggs and finely chop.·     Add mayonnaise, pickle relish, chopped onion, salt, and pepper and mix.·     Spread on bread of your choice.·     Garnish with lettuce or sprouts (optional).

Garlic Baked Potato

Ingredients:

4 medium baking potatoes, scrubbed
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons garlic salt, or to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. Pour olive oil into a plastic bag. Measure the garlic salt and pepper onto a plate, and stir around a little. Coat each potato with olive oil by placing in the bag, and moving it around. Remove from the bag, and dip into the seasoning. Rub seasoning into the potato to coat. Place the potatoes directly on the oven rack.

3. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the potatoes feel soft when you squeeze them.

Sawsawang Kamatis(tomatoes)

Ingredients:

¾ lbs. Ripened red tomatoes

2 tbsps Grated fresh ginger

1 Sliced scallion

2 tbsps Chopped peeled mango

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp Fresh ground pepper

Preparation:

Slice the tomatoes and place them in a line on a large platter.  Spread ginger, mango and scallion, and salt and pepper evenly over the tomato slices.

Serving: 1

Achara

Ingredients:1 Shredded green papaya2 Sliced onions2 Julienned carrots1 Sliced red pepper (sweet3 cups vinegar¼ cup sugar1 tsp salt1 tsp freshly ground pepper

Preparation:

Shred the papaya using a hand grater, boil in vinegar, add other ingredients and simmer for 25 minutesServing: 4

Recipe for Baked Mushrooms and Capsicum

Ingredients:Oven Temp: 325F-160C2 tbsp butter, 1 cup onions-chopped fine, 1 large capsicum-de-seeded and sliced thin, 200 gm mushrooms-wiped and sliced thick, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper-freshly powdered, 3 cups cheese-grateda, few tomato slices for garnish, White Sauce, 2 cups milk, 1 cup maida 2tbsp butter.

Method:
For the White Sauce, mix all the ingredients together and keep stirring to avoid lumps. Make the mushroom mixture: melt the butter add onions and capsicum and stir-fry till they look glossy. Add the mushrooms and continue to stir-fry over high heat till vegetables look like they are coated with the butter. Take it off the heat and mix in the salt, pepper and white sauce. Transfer mixture into a oven proof serving dish. Sprinkle the cheese to cover the mixture, garnish with the tomato slices and bake in a pre-heated oven for half an hour, or till cheese is slightly brown.

Recipe for Baby Corn Masala (Bhutta Masalewala)

Ingredients:200 gm baby corn cobs1/4 cup oil1 tsp cumin seeds1 bay leaf1 tsp finely chopped ginger1 tsp finely chopped garlic1/2 cup onions-grated1 cup tomatoes-chopped fine2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp powdered red pepper1 tsp powdered coriander seeds

Method:
Heat oil and add cumin, when it splutters, add bay leaf, ginger and the garlic, and saute until a light brown. Add onions and saute a golden brown, then add tomatoes and stir fry over medium heat. When fat separates, add the salt, garam masala and the red pepper and stir till well mixed. Add baby corn and sautel fat separates and serve hot.

Recipe for Apple Side Dish

Ingredients:

3 apples cut medium size

2 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

 1 tsp coriander seeds

2 chopped green chillies

4 sliced spring onions

2 boiled potatoes cut medium size

1 shredded tomato

2 tsp sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp shredded almonds

100 gm green beans

 1 tbsp chopped coriander

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds. Cook for 1minute.  Add chillies and spring onions.  Saute for 1 minute. Stir in potatoes, apples and tomatoes. Allow it to soften. Add sugar, lemon juice and seasoning. Finally add remaining ingredients and serve hot with rice.

Halayang Ube (Purple Yam Jam) Recipe

Estimated preparation and cooking time: 2 hours 

Halayang Ube Ingredients:

·     1 kilo ube yam root·     1 can (14 ounces) evaporated milk·     2 cans (12 ounces) condensed milk·     1/2 cup butter or margarine·     1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (optional) 

Halayang Ube Cooking Instructions:

·     On a pot, boil the unpeeled ube yam in water and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain and let cool.·     Peel and finely grate the ube yam.·     Heat a big wok in medium heat.·     Melt butter or margarine, add the condensed milk and vanilla flavoring. Mix well.·     Add the 1 kilo grated ube yam,·     Adjust the heat to low·     Keep on mixing the ingredients for about 30 minutes or until sticky and a bit dry (but still moist).·     Add the evaporated milk and continue to mix for another 15 minutes.·     Let cool and place on a large platter.·     Refrigerate before serving the halayang ube. 

Cooking Tips:

·     You may spread additional butter or margarine on top of the jam before serving.·     For the sweet toothed, sprinkle a little sugar on top of the jam after placing on the large platter.Instead of manually grating the ube, you may cut it in cubes and use a blender to powderize the ube.

Filipino Leche Flan Recipe

Preparation time: 30 minutesEstimated cooking time: 1 hour 

Leche Flan Ingredients:

·     1 can (390g) evaporated milk·     1 can (390g) condensed milk·     10 egg yolks·     1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or lemon essenceFor the caramel:·     1 cup sugar·     3/4 cup water

Leche Flan Cooking Instructions:

·     In a saucepan, mix the sugar & water. Bring to a boil for a few minutes until the sugar caramelize.·     Pour the caramelized sugar into aluminum moulds - you can use any shape: oval, round or square. Spread the caramel on the bottom of the moulds.·     Mix well the evaporated milk, condensed milk, egg yolks and vanilla by hand or blender.·     Gently pour the mixture on top of the caramel on the aluminum moulds. Fill the moulds to about 1 to  1 1/4 inch thick.·     Cover moulds individually with aluminum foil.·     Steam for about 20 minutes OR ·     Bake for about 45 minutes. Before baking the Leche Flan, place the moulds on a larger baking pan half filled with very hot water. Pre-heat oven to about 370 degrees before baking.·     Let cool then refrigerate.·     To serve: run a thin knife around the edges of the mould to loosen the Leche Flan. Place a platter on top of the mould and quickly turn upside down to position the golden brown caramel on top.

Cooking Tips:

·     You can tell when the Leche Flan is cooked by inserting a knife -if it comes out clean, it is cooked.

Nutty Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 tsp salt
6 large sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled
1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

Combine sugar, cinnamon, margarine and salt in skillet. Cook and stir over medium heat until bubbly. Add cooked and peeled sweet potatoes and cover skillet. Cook 15 minutes more over low heat. Add chopped walnuts. Uncover and cook 10 minutes more. Baste until potatoes are well-glazed.

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