Here is another kebab recipe from Indian cuisine expert Kanchan Sandhwani who shared this recipe at a cooking demo at the Maya Kitchen. I know this is not the usual Pinoy fare but then you might want a variation from time to time. Chicken breasts 4 (800 gms.) Green chillies 4 – 6 Ginger 1 inch piece Garlic 5-6 cloves Yoghurt 2/3 cup Processed...

Every month, Maya Kitchen, where I learned to ice cakes when the kids were still little often invites me to their cooking demo. I was not able to make it last Saturday because I had to attend a health conference. That saturday, Indian cuisine expert Kanchan Sandhwani visited The Maya Kitchen to hold a Mediterranean Kebab class. Sandhwani demonstrated Murgh...

Chicken Empanada is a favorite snack and party fare that I can serve hot or cold. I always thought making empanada was difficult but after baking Apple Pie, Empanada is a breeze. Here is an easy empanada recipe that uses baking. The ingredients and procedure includes two parts, the Filling and the pastry shell. Ingredients 1. Filling 1 medium sized cooked chicken...

To my dear Pinoy Food Blog Readers, The fifth blog anniversary of my main blog , Touched by an Angel, is coming soon on February 24. Samsung asked me if I was willing to hold a contest in this food blog but I felt it belonged to the first blog. See, this food blog was once a category. I just decided to make this food blog so that my personal blog would not be so...

I first learned how to cook suman from Prof. Matilde Guzman Food Preparation class. I love the combination of mongo and coconut-flavored sweet sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves. Here is the recipe. Ingredients 1 cup malagkit (glutinous rice) 1 cup mongo 1-1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cups coco milk coco cream from 1 grated coconut Ingredients 1. Soak, grind, and drain...

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. Will you cook? I am busy preparing for a special dish and after learning “Crab with Chlorophyll’s Shirataki Noodles” at a cooking demo in the Maya Kitchen, I decided to give it a try for tomorrow’s dinner. What is unique about this dish is the use of Shirataki noodles instead of the usual...

If you like to cook paella, you will love Kiam Pung. The chinese new year is next week. I don’t usually celebrate it with a special dish but when I was invited to a Maya Kitchen cooking demo in Chinese cuisine, I grabbed the chance to learn something new. The Kiam Pung looked interesting to me because of its similarity to Paella which I love to prepare. Take...

Breakfast at home is either pan de sal, whole wheat bread, fried rice with longanisa or pancakes. I don’t make pancakes from scratch so I make it a point to buy those ready mix from all sorts of brands. Just recently , I got introduced to Maya ‘ThinkHeart’ Whole Wheat Pancake Mix. This is certainly good news because I want as much fiber in my...

Menudo has been a mainstay in any Filipino dinner table. This rich dish of cubed pork, liver, potatoes, with a tomato base comes in as many variations as there are ingredients available to the adventurous cook. I am sure each of us have different way of cooking menudo. Chef Jill Sandique shares two exceptional versions of Menudo, by using with my favorite sauce Lea...

There are so many versions of adobo and each one of them tastes just as good. This adobo version uses buko juice that adds zest to the sauce. The origin of this recipe came from “The Adobo Book” contributed by Achie Diaz de Rivera) but I modified here and there to suit my taste. Of course you can modify this too. ingredients 1 kilo pork spareribs adobo...

There are as many recipes for adobo as there are Philippine islands. My two favorite recipes are the white adobo and the adobo cooked in coconut milk. Food memories at my dorm in UP consisted of adobo that mom cooked for us. See in the dorm, we were not allowed to cook our meals. Mom’s adobo did not contain any soy sauce and I often wondered how she cooked it....

This recipe came from my sister, Lorna who modified it many times. I forgot to take a close-up photo of the Cannelloni dish but it’s the rectangular pyrex on the table. The great thing about Cannelloni is that I can prepare it a day before , freeze it and heat it on Christmas Day itself. It takes the stress away from cooking so many dishes in one...

I prepare Embutido (otherwise known as Filipino style meatloaf) in large quantities. It’s the perfect Holiday dish to prepare for unexpected guests. One can easily freeze the embutido, slice it , heat it in the oven and serve. The embutido that I know is wrapped in sinsal (an internal pork entrail) which is ideal for steaming. Mom only prepared embutido on...

The grilled eggplant in this recipe is a delightful and healthy addition to the usual or should I say, boring, baked pasta dishes that we’ve had in the past. Try using a variety of grilled vegetables such as zucchini, carrots and broccoli to add a bit of zing to some of your typical pasta concoctions. Ingredients: 1 box penne rigate, about 225 grams 1/3 cup...

New Year’s Eve noche buena must have a fruit salad on the dinner table. The most popular fruit salad is the Buko salad. The popularity of fruits during New Year’s Eve celebration is part of the tradition to bring in good luck, fortune and prosperity. Today, I will hie off to the grocery to buy ingredients for my fruit salad. Here is my...