Cassava Cake a traditional Filipino dessert that you will surely love.
Cassava cake is a traditional Filipino moist cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top. It is a very popular dish in the Philippines, where it is commonly eaten for merienda. It is also served during gatherings and special occasions
source: wikipedia.org
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Ingredients:
1 kilo cassava
1 1/2 cup water, 1 medium-size fresh coconut, grated (to make 2 1/2 cups of coconut milk)
1 1/2 to 2 cups coconut milk
1 can condensed milk
1 cup sweetened macapuno
2 drops yellow food color ( I used McCormick)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup melted butter (reserve 1 tbsp for greasing the pan)
2 eggs
Topping:
2 tbsp tapioca flour
1 cup sweetened macapuno
1/2 cup condensed milk
1 cup of coconut milk
1/4 cup cheese
PUTO BUMBONG is a traditional Filipino steamed rice cake but with a twist. Combined varieties of rice and purple yam that is steamed without using a bamboo tube.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup White Glutinous rice
1 cup Purple Glutinous rice (pirurutong)
1 tbsp. sea salt
2 cups Purple yam, boiled and grated
Toppings:
Fresh coconut, grated
Muscovado or brown sugar
Margarine
Chicken Afritada is one of the famous Filipino dishes. The chicken is stewed in tomato sauce with carrots, potatoes and bell peppers. But for this recipe, I replace the tomato sauce in tomato ketchup.
Ingredients:
1-kilo chicken legs (or chicken breast), cut to small pieces
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium onion, diced
1 small bell pepper, diced
1 medium potato, diced
1 medium carrot, diced
1/4 cup snow peas (optional)
1 tbsp. tomato paste
1/4 cup tomato ketchup
1 cup of water
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1tbsp. mirin
Procedure:
1. Fry carrots and potatoes until lightly brown. Set aside. Also lightly fry the chicken and set aside.
2. Set your stove to medium-low heat. Saute garlic, onion and half of the bell pepper, cook until the onion is translucent.
3. Add tomato paste and tomato ketchup. Stir continuously to prevent burning. When the sauce became shinny add the chicken and one cup of water. Cover and simmer until cooked.
4. Add 1 bay leaf and season with salt and pepper.
5. Finally, add the carrot and potatoes and simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
6. Serve hot and enjoy.
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An easy Chicken Macaroni Salad recipe. A must in every Filipino table during special occasions.
Ingredients:
500 grams chicken breast
1 tbsp. salt
400 grams salad macaroni
1/4 cup celery, fine diced
1/4 cup carrot, dine diced
1/4 cup white onion, fine diced
2 1/2 cups mayonnaise
250 ml. all-purpose cream
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 cup cheese
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
Note: you can add 1/4 pickled relish but adjust the measurement of the mayo
Procedure:
1. Boil the chicken breast and shred. Set aside.
2. Cook the macaroni to al dente. See the package instructions.
3. Cut the carrots, celery, onion to fine dice.
3. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Chill before serve.
1 cup pumpkin, steamed and mashed
3/4 cup glutinous rice flour
1/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup glutinous rice flour
1/2 tsp. cooking oil
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp. glutinous rice flour
1/4 cup sesame seeds
Procedure:
1. Steam and mashed pumpkin. Set aside.
2. In a small bowl add 1/4 cup hot water to a 1/4 cup brown sugar.
3. Then in a large mixing bowl add 3/4 cup of glutinous rice flour, gradually add the sugar mixture to the flour while mixing.
4. Add the mashed steamed pumpkin and mix.
5. Gradually add 1/4 cup of another glutinous rice flour. ( Note: gradually add and adjust glutinous rice flour until the pumpkin ball does not stick in your hands)
5. Knead the dough. Add 1/2 tsp. of cooking oil and knead.
6. Form dough a big pumpkin rice ball and cover it with a plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes.
7. Dash your chop board with glutinous rice flour and roll the pumpkin rice ball into a strip.
8. Cut to small pieces and roll between palms to form a small ball.
9. To make the sesame seeds won't fall of the pumpkin rice ball is to dunk it to a mixture of 1/4 water add 1 tbsp. of glutinous rice flour before rolling them to sesame seeds.
10. In a pan add cooking oil and set stove to medium heat.
11. Deep fry the pumpkin sesame balls until golden brown.
12. Serve hot.
This recipe is a famous Philippine dessert, especially during the Holiday season. But for me, this is one of the reasons why I love to visit my Lolo's house. You will always find a casserole in the fridge filled with Ube Halaya.
How to Make UBE HALAYA | PURPLE YAM JAM (less sugar)
Ingredients:
700 grams Purple Yam (Ube)
1 cup brown sugar'
1/2 cup condensed milk
1/4 cup margarine
1/2 cup glutinous white rice, ground
1/2 water
2 cups coconut milk
Procedure:
1. Wash Ube (purple yam) thoroughly, Use a brush to remove the dirt.
2. Boil until it's softened. Let it cool down at room temperature and set aside.
3. Grind 1/2 cup of glutinous white rice in a blender. Set aside.
4. To make fresh coconut milk you need 1 large ripe coconut, grated "kinudkod na niyog". Add 1 1/2 cup of hot water (not boiling), to squeeze out 2 cups of coco milk. Set aside.
5. Peel the skin of the Ube (Purple Yam), if you see a yellowish thing remove it because it has a bad taste.
6. Grate the Ube (Purple Yam). You can use a finer grater or blend it up in a blender for a smoother texture.
7. All ingredients are ready.
8. In a large bowl, put all the ingredients and mix them well.
9. Transfer the mixture to a non-stick pan or pot and set your stove in low heat.
10. Stir continuously until thickened to prevent the ube halaya from burning.
11. Let it cool before storing it to a mason jar and refrigerate.
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