Tempura

Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.

My mom made it earlier for our lunch...... I love it! :)



1/2 kilo fresh shrimps

1 cup all purpose flour, sifted

1 cup water

1 egg, slightly beaten

1/4 tsp. salt



Shell shrimps, slit the back and open butterfly fashion. Devein and wash thoroughly. Dry. Set aside in a cool place. In a bowl, prepare the batter by combining water, egg, flour and salt. Stir 5 times. Mixture should be lumpy. Dip shrimps in the batter and deep fat fry. Serve hot with Tempura sauce.

Tempura Sauce

1/2 cup hot water

1 piece bouillon cube

2 tbsps. soy sauce

1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. vetsin

1 tsp. ginger, grated

2 tbsps. radish, grated



Combine all ingredients together and serve with tempura.

Kare - Kare

Kare-Kare is a Philippine stew. It is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef or pork, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste). Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta (particularly in Pampanga region) is not complete without kare-kare. In some Filipino-American versions of the dish, oxtail is exclusively used as the meat.

It's my mom's specialty! :)

1 oxtail
1 pork pata
6 cups water
salt and peppercorns
1/3 cup oil
1/4 cup atsuete
1/4 cup crushed garlic
2 pieces onion, sliced
1/2 cup bagoong alamang ( shrimp paste )
1 cup ground peanuts
1 cup toasted ground rice
4 pieces eggplant sliced
1 big bundle sitaw, sliced
1 puso ng saging, sliced

Boil oxtail and pata in water with salt and peppercorns until tender. Cut meat in small pieces and reserve the broth. In a saucepan, heat oil then add atsuete. Stir until color is extracted.
Discard the seeds Saute garlic, onions, bagoong, peanuts and rice. Stir in broth. Bring to a boil then lower heat to simmer. Add meats and vegetables. Cook until tender. Serve with bagoong guisado.

Bagoong Guisado:

1/4 cup oil
1 head garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup boiled pork, diced
1 1/2 cups bagoong alamang
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar

Heat oil then saute garlic and onions. Add pork, bagoong and sugar. Add in vinegar and cook until dry.

Courtesy of The Maya Kitchen

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Here's a simple snack for the whole family!

4 slices square bread

4 tablespoons butter

2 slices precut cheese (should be about the same size as the bread), or enough cheese slices cut to fit the bread

1. With serrated knife, trim crusts from the bread Or if you wish you may leave the crusts on.

2 Spread butter on one side of each of the bread slice. Arrange cheese slices on the unbuttered sides of two bread slices. Top each with another slice of bread, buttered side of the sandwich should be facing outward (sort of like a reverse sandwich).

3. Heat skillet over medium heat for one minute. Put a sandwich on skillet, buttered side down. With a heatproof spatula or pancake turner, press the sandwich down so it flattens a little. This also helps melt the cheese. Let sandwich heat one or 2 minutes or until bottom side becomes a golden yellow.

4. Turn bread over so that the top side becomes the bottom. Heat another one to 2 minutes. Remove from skillet and transfer to a clean plate Slice into two triangles. Repeat with the remaining sandwich.

Chocos and Candies :)

These are few of my favorite chocolates..... and love taking pictures of it! Yummy.......