Pineapple Fried Rice

An appealing dish not only to the sight but also to the taste buds, really yummy.Well blended flavors from all the ingredients. Try this.

Ingredients for 3 servings:
2 1/2 cup cooked rice
1 1/4 cup pineapple tidbits ( flesh from the pineapple that we will use as a rice basket)
1/4 kilo shrimps ( de-shelled and cleaned)
1/4 cup green beans ( Sliced into small pieces)
3 slices sweet ham ( sliced into small pieces)
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic then add the shrimps, pineapple, beans and ham then stir for a minute over medium heat.
2. Add the rice then stir well until all the ingredients are well combined, add salt and pepper to taste, then stir every now and then until done.

3. Serve it hot on a platter or you can use the empty pineapple rind.

How to Cook Pilau Rice

Simple and easy to prepare.
The taste is very nice and spicy, perfect for curries.
Cooked by my best friend, Vince.


Ingredients:
300 grams rice
8 cloves
8 green cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
4 star of anise
1 tablespoon butter
a little saffron
4 bay leaf ( laurel)
water

Procedure:
1. Heat the butter and saute the cinnamon stick, saffron, star of anise, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf for few minutes.

2. Add the rice then mix until covered with butter and spices.
3.  Add water that is enough to cook the rice ( like the normal way of cooking white rice)
4.  Cover and mix occasionally until it is cooked.
5. Serve hot with your favorite meat, seafood or vegetable dish.

Contributed by: Mr. Vince O'Malley

How To Fry Fish Perfectly

Simple to cook but, some do not know how to fry fish perfectly, that is why  I wanna share this simple dish specially how to cook it perfectly. There's one time that I let my friend fry a fish for our lunch, when she called us to eat,  it can’t be pictured if it is the tail, belly or head :-)  So broken! I said what happened? She said nothing lol this is my style, so let us eat! :D

Ingredients:
1 kilo fish (cleaned and cut)
2 lemon or 8 calamansi
salt

Procedure:
1.  Squeeze the lemon or calamansi juice into the fish then sprinkle with salt.
2. Heat the oil in a pan ( wait for the oil until its very hot so that the fish will not stick in the bottom of the frying pan) then deep fry the fish adjust the heat to medium so that the inner part will be cooked evenly then when it is almost done, increase the heat to high to make the fish crispy and golden brown.
3. Serve it with your favorite side dish or sauce.

Pepperoni with Onions

Isa sa mga kumon na sangkap ng mga pizza ay ang pepperoni, pero sa dako ng Brasil ang pepperoni ay isang sikat na ulam na may kasamang maraming sibuyas, masarap ito kaya ito ang ibabahagi ko sa inyo dahil madali lang ito lutuin at simple lang ang mga sangkap.

Mga Sangkap:
2 pieces regular size pepperoni
4 onion sliced into rings
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Paraan ng Pagluluto:
1. Hiwain ng pabilog ang pepperoni
2. Igisa ang sibuyas, saka ilagay ang pepperoni lakasan ang apoy para maging tostado kaunti, saka patayin ang apoy kapag luto na.
3. . Ihain habang mainit pa.