Caldereta or kaldereta is a very popular filipino dish. This dish is a favorite of many Filipinos because of the richness of its sauce. I love beef caldereta than other caldereta’s. I think beef is the best meat for this dish. But if you find beef expensive or just want to use a different meat, you can also use goat meat, pork or chicken meat. By the way, caldereta is
Jollibee is another fast food chain that many Filipinos love. This restaurant serves all foods from burger to pasta to burger steak, one of my favorite foods at Jollibee. Come to think of it! It is the only meal at this fast food chain that I truly like and would not mind eating daily, he he he (Mcdonald Fan). Burger steak is a simple and easy to cook dish. It
Nilagang baka is another simple filipino dish. This beef soup is a favorite of many Filipinos because of its simplicity and rich taste. Nilagang baka is prepared in many ways so don’t be surprised if my recipe is different from the other websites you have visited. The nilagang baka recipe I’m a featuring in this page is my own version. It is a recipe that I have learned from my
Champorado is a chocolate rice pudding that many Filipinos love. This is a favorite breakfast and snack in the Philippines. I grow up eating champorado with milk for breakfast. My mom always cooked champorado because it is quick and easy. Now that I’m a mom myself, I find the champorado recipe a lifesaver. Champorado recipe is a lifesaver because when I’m too busy with work the simplicity of this dish
A delicious pudding is the perfect way to finish a family meal. It can make a memorable moment in your life.This is a simple pudding. Either you can use fresh fruit or canned one. I used the canned fruits. If you use fresh fruits,make them cooked in sugar syrup, so that the raw taste will not be there. I garnish the pudding with cherry and cooked fresh fruits.this is my
When i write about fish recipes. Its difficult not to mention that we keralities are die -hard carnivores and fish is a staple among non vegetarian population. There are serveral different ways of making fish, most common ways are making curries, frying the fish and stir fries. Squid( kanava, koonthal) is popular among the sea food lovers of kerala. Calamari fries is popular receipe in restaurants. This is not
A few years ago i came across this and now it is dinner rotation once a week . I like simple and easy receipes that seem like they took alot of effort to make .This is one of those receipes. My husband loves this and whenever i make it, he used to tell how great it is. This is a receipe for a chicken stew with multi colour vegetables
Last night, I was wondering about what to cook. Being a full time mom is never easy because I have to create menus that my family will enjoy daily. Plus! my kids are food conscious, they also don’t agree on food. My daughter is into soup and my eldest son is into fried food while my husband wants vegetables. So, everyday I have to come up with dishes for breakfast
For all those who love Chinese food like me and who are always ready to eat Chinese food. This is the most easy and tasty chili chicken you ever have. Chilly chickenis a popular indo chinese dish of chicken. In india this may include a variety of dry chicken preparation. Though mainly boneless chicken is used in this dish, some people also recommend to use bones chicken too. This
The harmonious integration of color, taste, and appearance made Chinese Cuisine popular all over the world. The choice of various ingredients, seasonings and the heating mechanism used in chinese cooking gives such a great perfection to all the senses.People in different countries add their own flavours and spices to Chinese food to customize it to their own taste. Fried rice ,with Gobi Manchurian as its side,is one of the tastiest
Kare kare is a stew flavored with peanut butter. This dish is a favorite of many Filipinos because of its main ingredients thick savory peanut sauce and ox tail, tripe or both. I love kare kare, it is one of my favorite filipino dish. I always cook kare kare for special occasion and whenever I have cravings for its peanut sauce complimented by shrimp paste. When I cook kare kare,
Mandi, a traditional dish of Yemen made either with chicken or lamb. Mandi is now popular among other Arab countries as well. Traditionally, the meat is slow cooked in a tandoor which makes the meat extremely tender and delicious, and served over aromatic rice.The spice rub used to marinate the chicken is called Hawaij– coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, whole black peppercorns are roasted till aromatic and made into a powder.
Raw Banana is known as Kaya in Malayalam. Unripe Bananas are used for making different side dishes in Kerala. Raw Plantains (Vazhakka) are mostly used for making Thoran, Mezhkkupuratti, Erisheri and so on. A friend told me that they cook Raw Plantains with Tapioca/Yuca and it tastes excellent. Vazhakka is also cooked with different kinds. Here am using this raw banana to make a dry fish curry and its really
Theeyal which means ‘burnt dish’ is a typical kerala dish featuring burnt coconut,and is usually dark brown in color.It gets its color from browning of coconut and also from another ingredient, tamarind.In some parts of kerala,theeyal is included in a traditional sadya menu. I’ve already blogged about Eggplant Theeyal,but this one is my favorite among all Theeyals.But cleaning baby onions is very difficult and it is something which stops me
Spring roll or lumpiang shanghai is a simple dish made up of ground beef, vegetables and spices mixed together and wrapped in a lumpia wrapper. This dish originated in China and was brought to the Philippines and from thereon, lumpiang shanghai have been staple food in Filipino celebration. Lumpiang shainghai is a very common dish that it is no longer surprising to find a serving dish full of lumpia during
There are so many variations to a coconut milk chicken curry and this is my own. There’s nothing special or majorly different in this recipe than the base of most Indian curries but I do like my chicken curry in a particular way, and this is it. While generally my Indian non-vegetarian recipes are on the spicier side, both heat-wise and spice-wise, I like to keep coconut based curries on
Hi buddies. Are you bored of eating the same simple rotis or chapatis? Then today I am sharing the recipe of very flavorful, yet light rotis. These rotis are made from maida/all-purpose flour and wheat flour and have a very nice fragrance of garlic and dried red chilies. When you don’t want simple rotis and neither the overly heavy parathas, these rotis come to your rescue. Since the chili-garlic roti
Hello, dear readers. Today I am sharing the recipe of traditional chicken korma with step-by-step pictures. This one is very close to the authentic Pakistani chicken korma recipe. Among all the chicken kormas I have ever had, 2 of them are my favorites. The first one is this and the other on is the recipe of chicken korma that is cooked with coconut milk. The Pakistani chicken korma gravy base
Puttu is a traditional breakfast dish of south india. It is usually preparing with rice flour. A special mould is using to make puttu. Olden days we used to make in a cylindrical mould. It will consume more flour. When i started to do dieting i buy one round shaped small mould, which is now available in market. It is resembling the shape of chiratta(thick covering of coconut). In my
Stir fry kangkong in Oyster sauce is a very simple vegetable dish that my kids love to eat. This vegetable dish composed of a green leafy vegetable widely known in the Philippines as kangkong or water spinach is a popular ingredient in many dishes. If you are looking for a simple vegetable dish that you can cook in 5 minutes then this dish is for you. Stir fry kangkong in
