Showing posts with label Filipino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filipino. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2011

Filipino Recipes - Ginataan Or Binignit - Pinoy Food

The locals of the Visayan Islands are known for their fasting and abstinence while the Holy Week. Because they refrain from eating any meats while the Lenten Season, they commonly prepare the ginataan or binignit for the whole family.

This appetizing and satisfying snack is also ready while the rainy season. It is efficient in taking away the cold and gloom that is commonly felt when there is rain. I especially love it when the whole house is gathered nearby the table while snack time since no one can go out due to the rain.

Traditional Food

What I love most about this snack is the fact that I get to eat some root crops plus the banana makes it more worthwhile. I admittedly love the taste of bananas made even more appetizing by the flavor of cooked coconut milk.

Ingredients:
2 pieces yellow camote or sweet potatoes (cubed) 1 piece white gabi or taro root (cubed) 1 piece ube or purple yam (cubed) 4 pieces ripe saba banana (sliced) 6 pcs ripe langka or jackfruit 4 tbsps landang or tapioca 2 cups coconut milk 1 cup coconut milk, diluted with water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp salt Cooking Instructions:
Place the diluted milk in a large pot and add the bananas, ube, camote and gabi. You can also save a lot of time by boiling the hard ingredients first before adding to the diluted coconut milk. Add the landang or tapioca, salt and sugar. Add the langka strips and simmer until the combination is thick and all the ingredients are tender. Pour in 2 cups of coconut milk and adjust the heat to medium. Do not bring to a boil to preclude curdling of the cooking liquid. Place in small serving bowls and serve.

Filipino Recipes - Ginataan Or Binignit - Pinoy Food

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Typical Filipino morning meal

Filipinos love to eat. An median Filipino eats nearby six times a day. We eat breakfast commonly nearby 6-7 am, we have some snacks commonly nearby 10am, lunch, more snacks at 3pm and ultimately dinner.

A typical Filipino breakfast is commonly eggs, sunny side up; fried rice and any or all of the favorite Filipino breakfast staples: tocino or sweetened pork strips; tapa, a kind of beef jerky or tuyo, dried salted fish.

Traditional Food

These dishes are fairly easy to cook. They want only minimal cooking skills. Fried rice is commonly recycled rice from the night before. It is just rice that has cooled, then fried in a slight oil with lots of garlic. Tocino and tapa, want a slight boiling, when they are soft, the water is commonly drained and a slight cooking oil is added to fry the meat. Once it has started to caramelize, it is removed from the heat and served hot. Tuyo is commonly washed to take off the excess salt and then fried in hot oil.

Filipinos are talkative in nature and even early in the morning the mood in the breakfast table is commonly festive. breakfast is commonly a time for mom to remind her house to be good in school, to come home on time and for dad to take it easy at work. Although most Filipino mothers work, they still find time to cook these uncomplicated fares for breakfast with the family.

Breakfast is a good time for the children to touch base with their parents too. Since both parents commonly work and come home late when the children are about to go to bed, kids commonly remind their parents of upcoming projects for school or ball games and parent instructor conferences during breakfast.

Other favorite Filipino breakfast dishes are: hotdogs, pork and beans, sardines commonly in tomato sauce and corned beef. Since children's classes start early in the Philippines, commonly nearby 7-7:30 in the morning, breakfast food is commonly easy to prepare. And rice is commonly eaten with anyone viand there is.

Though it is not uncommon to find Filipinos eating cereals, oatmeal, toast or pancakes for breakfast, the tuyo, tapa and tocino will always be all time Filipino breakfast favorites. In some tables, a compound of a cooked and cold breakfast is even common. Mom may prefer oatmeal and fruit to her kids milk and cereal, and dad might opt for the cooked breakfast. It is also a frequent practice in most Filipino homes to eat pan de sal or bread while waiting for a cooked breakfast.

Filipinos right on believe to eat like kings during breakfast because this gives us more time to chat with each other and enjoy each other's company. It is a time to relax before starting a long day.

A Typical Filipino morning meal

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