Pig’s brain and eggplant frittata
This is a combination of two popular Filipino dishes–tortang utak (pig’s brain omelet) and tortang talong (eggplant omelet). To cook this dish, diced pig’s brain, garlic, onions, carrots and chooped fresh parsley are blended with beaten eggs, stuffed into boiled and peeled whole eggplants and pan-fried.
There are several versions of tortang talong. The most [...]
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Pork tinola
A soup served as a main entree in the Philippines, tinola is traditionally cooked with chicken, wedges of unripe papaya and sili leaves. Papaya tends to get mushy and I don’t like that in my soup. So, I cook tinola with chayote instead. Should it be chicken tinola every time? No, of course not. [...]
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Togue guisado
A light vegetable dish of crisp togue (mung bean sprouts), carrots and green beans cooked with golden brown pork cubes. Togue Guisado may be served as a main course or a side dish.
Togue is available in wet markets and most supermarkets. Sold by weight, it is prized for its sweet flavor and crisp texture. To [...]
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Kare-kare
A rich stew of ox tail, leg or tripe and a variety of vegetables in a sauce flavored and thickened with roasted ground peanuts (peanut butter is just as good!) and toasted rice flour.
Another way to prepare kare-kare is to cook the vegetables separately in a small amount of water. Place cooked vegetables in the [...]
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Choco-mocha-cinnamon pudding
Plump raisins were stirred into this creamy pudding flavored with cocoa, coffee and cinnamon and topped with buttery syrup.
We’ve been having stormy weather for the past three days. Some areas have been badly hit and residents have been evacuated. Our city was not in the direct path of the storm so it was mostly just [...]
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Filipino-Chinese-Italian fried rice
Here’s another fried rice recipe. I call it Filipino-Chinese-Italian fried rice… confused? I prepared it for an impromptu dinner affair with friends. Which kind of explains the strange combination of ingredients–I had to use whatever was available at home. The Filipino ingredient is the diced pig’s heart; the Chinese ingredients are the mushrooms, oyster sauce [...]
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Chicken, corn & eggdrop soup
Start a perfect meal with this thick, chunky soup cooked with chicken, sweet corn kernels, eggs, onions and chopped fresh parsley.
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Grilled stuffed squids
Succulent tender squid stuffed with chopped tomatoes, onions, garlic, pimientoes and squid heads, then grilled to perfection.
To make sure that the squid remains tender and juicy, do not overcook them.
If you are cooking for just a few people and you feel that grilling the squid over live coals is too much bother, you can [...]
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