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Summer is fast approaching and the best way to beat the heat is to eat Halo-Halo.


Halo-halo (Mix in English) is a popular Filipino cold dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and milk to which are added various fruits and boiled beans, and served in a tall glass or a bowl.



Ingredients:


* Evaporated Milk


* Sugar


* Banana - Saba (Caramelized)


* Palm fruit or Kaong


* Coconut sport or Macapuno


* Jackfruit or Langka


* Kidney Beans - Boiled and caramelized


* Sago - Caramelized


* Nata de coco


* Purple yam or Halayang ube


* Sweet potato - Kamoteng gapang (Caramelized)


* Sweetened corn kernels


* Ice Cream - any flavor


* Leche Flan



How to prepare a Halo-Halo:


* Put all ingredients to a glass or a bowl except for the milk, ice cream, leche flan.


* Put shaved ice on the glass, pour the milk according to your taste and top it with leche flan, and ice cream.



There are other options for your ingredients; you can add crushed pinipig, bananas and even strawberries. It's up to you!



Ingredients:


* 1 Pork's front leg - Pata


* 1 bottle of 7up or Sprite - Soda


* 1 1/2 cups of water


* 1 tbsp. of salt


* 1/2 tsp. of baking soda


* 2 tbsp. Patis (Fish sauce)


* 2 tbsp. of Flour


* Corn oil for frying




Cooking Procedures:


* Clean Pata and slit skin few times without cutting the bone.


* Put in a deep pan with a tight cover, and then add water, 7up and salt. Boil it.


* After 15 minutes, add baking soda. Baking soda will speed up the softening of the pata's skin. If water dries up and the meat is not done yet, add another cup of water. Meat should not be too tender. Drain when done. Place in the refrigerator overnight to dry the skin.



Before you fry it, brush with patis and sprinkle with flour evenly. Deep fry it until crispy and golden brown.



Serve with vinegar with 2 cloves garlic (crushed), salt and pepper to taste and 1 small hot chilli pepper (Siling Labuyo).



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Ingredients:


* 1/2 kilo of pork tenderloin - cut into cubes


* 1/2 kilo of pork liver - cubed


* 1 big red bell pepper - diced


* 1 big green bell pepper - diced


* 3 big potatoes - diced and deep fried


* 1 cup of chickpeas


* 1/2 cup of raisins


* 1 cup stock or water


* Salt and pepper


* 3 tbsps. of corn oil


* 1 whole garlic - minced


* 1 Onion - medium, size and diced


* 2 big tomatoes - diced


Cooking Procedures:


1. In a casserole, heat corn oil.


2. Saute garlic, onion, and tomatoes.


3. Add in pork, liver, bellpepper, and stock or water.


4. Simmer until pork is tender.


5. Add in potatoes, chickpeas, and raisins.


6. Season with salt and pepper.


7. Serve hot


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Ingredients:


- 1 kilo pig's heart - boiled and minced


- 1 kilo pig's lungs - boiled and minced


- 1 head of garlic - minced


- 1 onion - minced


- 3 tbsps of corn oil


- 1 laurel leaf


- 3 pieces red bell pepper - diced


- 1/2 cup of vinegar


- 1 cup stock


- 1 tsp hot chili pepper - minced (according to taste)


- salt & pepper


Cooking Procedures:


1. Heat corn oil in a pan, saute' garlic and onion.


2. Add minced heart and lungs.


3. Add salt & pepper.


4. Add laurel leaf, red bell pepper and vinegar.


5. Bring up heat and let it boil without stirring.


6. Stir in stock and hot chili pepper.


7. Lower heat and let it simmer until the stock evaporates.



I personally prefer it dry.


Note: Beef can be a substitute for Pork. Filipino Restaurants in the Middle East are selling Beef Bopis instead of Pork. Pork is not allowed to be sold in a Muslim country.


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Ingredients:
* 5 medium size Egg Plant or Talong
* 2 eggs
* 1/2 tsp of salt
* 1/4 tsp of ground pepper
* corn oil

Cooking procedure:
1. Roast eggplant preferably in charcoal. For alternative, you can use your gas stove. Put a metal screen on top and roast it. Another alternative beside from roasting is boiling the eggplant.
2. Remove the skin and flatten it with fork. Then set it aside.
3. Scramble the eggs, add salt and pepper.
4. Dip the flattened eggplant into the scrambled egg and fry it.

That easy!

I know this recipe is messy to do but I assure you will love it, just eat it with Banana Catsup and steamed rice.


Ingredients:


* 1 cup of dried mushrooms


* 1/4 kg pork fillet


* 1/4 kg of bamboo shoots


* 3 tbps of corn oil


* 1 1/2 teaspoons Salt


* 2 tbps Soy sauce


* 1 tbp Corn flour


Cooking Procedures:


1. Soak mushrooms in warm water for about 10 minutes, squeeze it till it dry. Then, slice the mushrooms into halves and keep it soaked in water.


2. Slice pork thinly and in a large bowl, mix soy sauce, corn flour and pork all together.


3. Cut bamboo shoots into thin slices.


4, Get a frying pan or a wok, put the corn oil and stir-fry the pork until color turn light brown (do not overcook the pork), remove the pork and set it aside.


5. Keep the remaining oil in a pan where you fried the pork to keep the taste. Fry the mushrooms and bamboo shoots, then add salt, pork, and then stir well. Cook for few minutes and stirr it constantly until it's done.




For presentation purposes, serve it with steam rice and put the cooked dish as toppings. Personally, I'll put cut onion leaves and sprinkle it on top.



Voila!



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Bicol Express is the name given to a popular dish which originated in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. It is a stew made with red hot chilli peppers (siling labuyo in Philippines), coconut milk (gata ng niyog), shrimp paste (bagoong na alamang), onion, pork, and garlic.
Ingredients:
* 1/4 cup corn oil or olive oil (if you're health conscious)
* 1 kilo of pork - cut into 1/2 inch slices
* 3 tablespoon garlic - minced
* 1/2 cup onions chopped
* 1/4 cup fresh ginger - chopped
* 1/2 cup of Shrimp paste (Bagoong alamang)
* 1/2 tablespoon chopped red chili peppers (siling labuyo)
* 1 1/2 cup fresh red or green bell pepper, sliced diagonally
* 3 cups coconut milk (preferrably fresh)
* salt and pepper

Cooking Procedure:
1. In a pan, fry pork for a few minutes until its brown then put it on the side.
2. Saute garlic in hot oil then add onions and cook until slightly brown.
3. Stir in fresh ginger, and the cooked pork that you've set aside.
4. Add Shrimp paste and chopped hot chilli (siling labuyo).
5. Pour in 6 cups of coconut cream, do not stir and let it boil until the sauce is thick enough.
6. Then add the sliced green and red bell peppers. Continue cooking for about 10 minutes.
7. Add salt and pepper according to your taste.

Please note that Red Hot Chilip Peppers can really sting, be careful on the amount of chilis you put. :)