Saturday, April 30, 2011
Pinakbet
Usually its most basic vegetables used in this dish include native bitter melon, eggplant, tomato, ginger, okra, string beans, lima beans, chili peppers and various Filipino vegetables like parda, winged beans, and such.
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Philippines
Pork Sinigang
Pork sinigang, the most common variety, is usually prepared with tamarind (which provides the sourness), tomato, leek, taro and onion. Other vegetables cooked in sinigang may include okra, spinach, radish, green pepper and string beans
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Philippines
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Adobo
Adobo is probably the best known Filipino dish out there. It can either be made with chicken or pork. Both are an amazing explosion of flavor in your mouth. It isn’t really the meat that makes this dish so awesome, but the sauce. The sauce is a mixture of soy sauce and Vinegar and it is a must to eat it over rice.
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Philippines
Halo-halo
It is a must for many Filipinos to seek one of the most sought-after tastes during hot summer days the Halo-halo. With its many colorful fruits and variety of sweet beans, adorning the bottom part of a tall glass or bowl, and a mixture of shaved ice and condensed or evaporated milk on top, usually coupled with ice cream, ube and/or leche flan makes an ideal summer delight for young and old alike.
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Philippines
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Fagavela Mag
A generous tangle of sprouted mung beans bursting with Indian spices
is just the kind of dish that forks were invented for.
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India
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Lumpiang Shanghai
Lumpia, which is a famous filipino dish, is a spring roll that is deep-fried like a wrapped stick of meat. Lumpia is filled with ground or finely minced pork, beef or vegetables (lumpi vegetable) then served with variety of sauce, and the most popular one is vinegar with chili. One variety of lumpia that I like is lumpia shanghai (meat).
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Philippines
Cassava Cake
Cassava cake is another all-time favorite dessert in the Philippines. It is made from grated cassava which Filipinos call kamoteng kahoy or balanghoy. Desserts made from cassava are very popular because cassava is easily grown anywhere in the country. This is another kakanin (Filipino native sweet delicacies) that is so perfect for special occasions and even for regular snack or dessert.
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Philippines
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Balut
A balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are considered delicacies of Asia and especially the Philippines.
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Philippines
Pichi Pichi
Pichi-pichi is a Filipino dessert made of coconut and cassava or kamoteng kahoy, another delicious cake or “puto” enjoyed by many Filipino, especially in parties. This Filipino delicacy was introduced in Quezon province, Philippines.
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Philippines
Puto Bumbong
This purple-colored pastry (courtesy of food coloring) is made from ground glutinous rice and steamed in a special steamer with bamboo cylinders. The tubes are half-filled with the purple rice batter and wrapped with cloth to avoid burning the hands of the vendor upon the removal of the cooked puto bumbong, which is spread with butter or margarine and topped with sugar and grated coconut before being wrapped in banana leaves.
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Philippines
bibingka
Bibingka
Made from galapong (glutinous rice), sugar and coconut milk, bibingka is placed in a pan lined with banana leaves and baked in a clay oven with coals underneath and on top. This is served topped with itlog na maalat (salted eggs), kesong puti (white cheese), butter and, sometimes, grated coconut or sugar
Made from galapong (glutinous rice), sugar and coconut milk, bibingka is placed in a pan lined with banana leaves and baked in a clay oven with coals underneath and on top. This is served topped with itlog na maalat (salted eggs), kesong puti (white cheese), butter and, sometimes, grated coconut or sugar
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Philippines
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