Cook Book Recipe

a selection and preparation of philippine and foreign recipe that defy classification but the taste buds don’t mind and a treat for the sweet tooth at the same time nutritious and healtful.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Arroz a la Valenciana

Ingredients:

  • 1-cup cooked malagkit
  • 2-cups cooked rice
  • 1-cup mushroom, sliced
  • 1-cup garbanzos
  • 1-cup gisantes
  • 2-cups fried sliced gluten
  • 1-box spaghetti, cut in pieces and boiled
  • 1-can pimiento, sliced
  • 1-cup tomato sauce plus ½ can stock or water
  • 2-tablespoons onions, minced
  • 1-tespoon sages, optional
  • 2-teaspoons vetsin
  • 6 hard boiled eggs, sliced or quartered

Procedure:

  • Saute onions in 2 tablespoons oil. Add tomato sauce and pimientos, cook in a few minutes, and add mushroom, gluten, garbanzos and peas.
  • Season with salt, vetsin and sage. Mix well and cook 5 minutes, then add rice and spaghetti. Mix very well. Garnish with eggs, pimientos and green onions.

From the Book of Best Recipe for the Home

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Arroz a la Filipina

Ingredients:

  • 1-cup boiled malagkit
  • 1-cup boiled rice
  • 1-cup sliced gluten
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • Small onion, sliced
  • 3 ripe tomatoes, sliced
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 2 mediums sized green pepper, cut into strips
  • 1-small package raisins
  • 1-hard cooked egg
  • 2 tablespoons atsuwete, soaked in small amount of water
  • Salt to taste
  • 1-teaspoon vetsin

Procedure:

  • Saute the garlic, onion, tomatoes and gluten. Add salt and vetsin to taste. Add sliced pepper. Cook for a few minutes.
  • Add atsuwete water for coloring, then boiled rice, malagkit and raisins. Stir mixture from time to time to prevent burning.
  • Continue cooking on a low heat. Garnish with slices of hard cooked eggs and red and green pepper.

From the book of Bst Recipe for the Home

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Adobong Labong

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups labong, minced and blanced
  • 1 cup minced gluten or tokwa
  • 5-segment garlic, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons kalamansi juice
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2/3-cup gluten stock or soy sauce-water mixture
  • 5 tablespoons oil

Procedure:

  • Brown garlic and onion in oil. Add gluten or tokwa. Continue cooking mixture in oil, stirring constantly.
  • Add soy sauce and labong. Simmer until labong is cooked. Gluten stock may be added at this point if labong in not yet done.
  • Add kalamansi juice and continue simmering until almost all of the liquid has evaporated. Add oil and continue about 6 minutes more. Season to taste.