• Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
I love Rice Cake or in Philppines, it is commonly called as “Puto.” Traditionally, this Filipino native delicasy is cooked by steaming method. Since Rice is an important staple food for Filipino people, Rice is the main ingredient in this dish.
Puto is usually eaten as a dessert, but can also be eaten for breakfast dipped into or paired with a cup of hot coffee or hot chocolate. It tastes mostly like rice but slightly sweeter.
Puto is very easy to cook. Just prepare 2 cups of rice soaked in water over night. Place the puree soaked rice inside a heavy duty blender until it becomes fine. There are ready made rice powder in the market too! Pour the fine blended rice in a bowl then add sugar and 2 tsp of baking powder. Just mix it well and set aside.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 2 tablespoons sugar to keep the air in the beaten egg whites. Fold the egg whites into the beaten rice batter and pour into muffin pans. Steam for about 20 minutes or until done.
Spread butter on the top of your steamed rice cake until it melts. You can serve this dish with grated coconut or with a filipino dish called “Dinuguan”( if you are familiar with it!
• Friday, October 30th, 2009
(the picture shown above is not the actual photo of the pancake that i’ve made)
So today, i will be sharing you how to make Banana Pancakes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tbs Sugar
- 1 tbs Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/9 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 medium bananas peeled and cut into about 1/4 inch thick slices.
- maple syrp and chopped pecans
- butter
Just mix the flour sugar, salt, nutmeg in a large bowl. Melt butter in a small saucepan and set aside. Whisk eggs in a medium bowl add milk, vanilla extract, and 3 tbs of melted butter. Whsik everything until well mixed. Pour the mixture into the flour mixture, stir until batter is smooth and thick.
Heat the remaining 2tbs of melted butter in a large frying fan ove medium heat. Add banana slices and cook both sides until caramelized golden brown color, about 3-4 minutes per side. Stir half into the batter. Reserve remaining slices for the toppings.
Heat 1tbs oil in a large dkillet or griddle over medium heat. Measure 1/2 vup batter per pancake and pour into a pan or gridle when oil is hot. Cooked until bubbles appear around the pancake edges. Flip and cook until brown on other side. Remove from pan, setting aside in warm oven. Cartefully wipe out pan or griddle and add more oil if necessary. Repeat the procedure to make your desired number of pancakes.
Serve the pancakes on individual plates or a serving platter. Top it with caramelized bananas, syrup and pecans!
Yummy!
• Saturday, October 10th, 2009
here i prepared some sweetened cassava for my guest. they really loved it and ask me how to make it.
the cooking procedure is ver easy, just prepare cassave (cut in your desired size) , boiled it in water until it softens. Add brown sugar depending on the amount of the cassava you have. Its a 1 is to 1 proportion meaning if you have one kilo cassava the sugar will be amounting the same 1 kilo. Let it steam until the sugar melt and until it becomes a syrup-like texture.
• Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
I just took pictures of what i ate last night. They are Raisin Butter Cookies. It was given to us by our Auntie.
It is perfect to match up with a cup of hot chocolate..Ideal for breakfast or midnight snacks.
here have a bite!
