Filipino Recipes – Puto Cheese Recipe – Pinoy Food

Puto cheese is just like the regular puto or rice cake. But this version uses flour instead of ground rice so the texture is a whole lot smoother. And the cheese added as topping is the reason why it is named as such. Puto cheese and hot chocolate is a great combination for breakfast. Because it is very easy to prepare, you don’t have to be a seasoned chef to cook this recipe to perfection.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup cake-flour
  • 1/2 cup all purpose-flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup white sugar (divided)
  • 1/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 pcs egg yolks
  • 2 pcs egg whites
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • cheese (sliced into small strips)

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Filipino Recipes – Binagol (Dessert) Recipe – Pinoy Food

Binagol, also called binangol, is a sweet delicacy originating from Leyte, an island in the Visayas. There are several versions of this recipe, some uses chocolate flavors and some with nuts and butter. This recipe is the simpler version, though.

The Taro root mixture is contained in polished coconut shells, thus the name binagol from the root word “bagol”, a visayan term which literally means coconut shells. Because of the abundance of coconut trees in this tropical country, you will surely find many kinds of delicacies using coconuts as packaging. Cooking this recipe may be a tedious process but the finished product is worth the effort.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup rich coconut milk (from 2 medium coconuts)
  • ¾ cups raw gabi or Taro root (shredded)
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ can full cream condensed milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • wilted banana leaves
  • 4 medium coconut shells (cleaned)
  • string for tying

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Filipino Recipes – Champorado (Dessert) Recipe – Pinoy Food

Champorado or chocolate-flavored rice porridge is a favorite breakfast among Filipinos, especially for families with kids. I haven’t met a child who don’t like chocolates and that explains why champorado is very famous in almost all households in the country.

I remember passing a can of evaporated milk around the table way back when I was a little girl. And my sisters and I would try to beat each other out with the designs we make using the milk on top of our bowls of hot champorado. Papa and Mama would judge our designs and we would all be declared winners in our own right. How carefree life was back then.

Going back to cooking, there are several champorado mixes available in the market today where you only have to pour hot water and leave it to cook for five minutes or so and your breakfast is ready. But for me nothing beats this special champorado recipe made even richer with the addition of coconut milk. And in my experience, coconut milk has never failed me in the numerous recipes that I’ve tried. Go ahead and taste the difference.

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Quick and Tasty Healthy Food Recipes

Eating good is something more people are trying to do these days. Just because you want to eat healthy food, it does not mean you have more time. You find yourself looking for dinner ideas which will include quick recipes that are still healthy. It is easy to find dishes you will want to make over and over again.

It does not even matter what kinds of foods you like to eat, you can find the dinner ideas which will meet your needs. Everything from quick recipes to get food on the table right away to healthy food recipes which might take a bit more time to prepare is available. All you need to is decide which ones you would like to try first.

You can even find great dinner ideas for a vegetarian. There are so many great healthy food recipes to choose from, even those who enjoy meat may choose to try these dishes on occasion. Best of all, since so many of the dishes include quick recipes you will be able to prepare them no matter how hectic your schedule might be.

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Filipino Recipes – Kilawin (Pork Liver) Recipe – Pinoy Food

Kilawin is always mistaken for raw fish cooked using vinegar only. That is a common misconception. For those people who need to know the difference, raw fish in vinegar is kinilaw while pork and liver cooked using vinegar is kilawin. Kilawin is a dish that originates from Pampanga, one of the provinces in Luzon.

Kilawin is not only good for ordinary meals but it is also highly favored during sessions of beer drinking. The tangy taste is a perfect beer match and my male cousins say it helps keep drunkenness away. But of course, they just say it to tease me and it is their way of sweet-talking me into preparing the recipe for them. Continue reading “Filipino Recipes – Kilawin (Pork Liver) Recipe – Pinoy Food”

5 Healthy, Delicious and Low-Calorie Weight Loss Recipes

These recipes for healthy living need not to be bland and expensive; here is a list that can help you create the healthy foodie in you.

1. Light Entrees

Let’s begin with low-calorie entrees. One popular healthy recipe for weight loss that is both tasty and below 300 calories is, Grilled Chicken Pineapple salad. This healthy food recipe is a combination of all the nutrients you will need but on a minimal calorie intake. Use skinless chicken breast, get some spinach leaves, pineapple bits, and plate with bell peppers. Dress it with orange juice to give that sweet-spicy twist. You can also add onions for an extra surge of spice. Continue reading “5 Healthy, Delicious and Low-Calorie Weight Loss Recipes”

Filipino Recipes – Camaron Rebosado (Shrimp) Recipe – Pinoy Food

Camaron rebosado is a delicious way to cook shrimp. What gives a different twist to the recipe is the soft luscious shrimp coated with egg and flour mixture making it crispy when chewed. It is comparable to the tempura of the Japanese and the way Chinese cook shrimps coated with batter. It can be made even more delicious when taken with sweet chili sauce. Yummy!

My little boy is very picky with food. But when you serve camaron rebosado on the table, there’s no need to nudge him to eat his food because he will consume everything on his plate in no time. He loves this dish so much that we could never go for a whole week without it. Being so, I have mastered the recipe and I want to share it with other Moms so their little kids will get a chance to enjoy this lip-smacking treat, too. Give it a try and you will surely hear your kids asking for this delectable shrimp recipe every now and then.

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Filipino Recipes – Morcon (Holiday Meat Roll) Recipe – Pinoy Food

Being considered a holiday dish in the Philippines, you will often see morcon served during the festive season of Christmas and New Year. It is a meat-roll stuffed with egg, cheese, pickles, carrots, hotdogs or sausages.

Filipinos believe that serving round-shaped foods during the New Year will bring luck and prosperity. So that explains why morcon is ever-present on most tables when families welcome the arrival of yet another New Year because it is round-shaped when sliced.

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Discus Fish Care – Gourmet Fish Food Recipe For Your Discus Fish

It does not make financial sense for commercial pet food companies to manufacture the best quality food for your discus fish because the ingredients simply cost too much. Therefore, when it comes to discus fish care, preparing your own food is one of the best things you can do for your pets. If you decide to make your own food, you should see a quick improvement in the overall health, color and breeding of your discus fish.

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Filipino Recipes – Lang-Lang (Dumpling) Recipe – Pinoy Food

For people who like mixed meat dishes, this concoction is something that you should try. Lang-lang is a flavorful dish that will surely please any palate.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 kilo lean pork
  • 1/4 kilo shrimp
  • 1 small chicken
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 cup fresh peas
  • 1/2 cups mushrooms
  • 1 cup sotanghon
  • 1 small onion (chopped fine)
  • 1 egg (beaten lightly)
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • cooking oil
  • patis (fish sauce)
  • wrappers
  • salt and pepper (to taste)

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