Beef Sinigang

Beef sinigang is one of my family's favorite beef dish, with the exact sourness from tamarind ( either from fresh or instant) mmmmmmm really an appetite booster.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo beef ( any part that you like)
6 okra
1/4 kilo yam ( gabi)
1 tomato
2 eggplant
1 onion
1 small sachet sinigang mix
cayene pepper or siling haba
6 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the beef, onion, tomato, gabi and chili then cook over medium heat until it simmers, let simmer until the pinkish color of the meat is gone, then add the water and bring to a boil, simmer until the meat is tender.
2. When the meat is tender increase the heat then add the eggplant and okra, simmer until tender then put the sinigang mix and simmer, add salt and pepper if needed.
3. Serve hot with rice.

Note: You can add kangkong, string beans for this recipe.

Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Ham and cheese sandwich is a common type of sandwich that's why I decided to make it for my blog, I served these to my friends :-). Instead of loaf bread I used sesame buns to add flavor and aroma.

Ingredients:
buns
cheese
sweet ham slices
lettuce
butter

ingredients

Procedure:
1. Assemble the ingredients by slicing the bun and spread a butter on it.

2 Put the lettuce, ham and cheese.

3. Serve with a smile :-).

Classic Leche Flan

The classic leche flan is simple and easy to make, this is the common measurement for leche flan, since I have not tried this yet, I decided to make one and here it is.

Ingredients:
10 egg yolks
1 big can condensed milk
1 big can evaporated milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water

Procedure:
1. Mix together the evaporated milk, condensed milk and egg yolks until fully combined.
2. In a molder put the sugar and water then melt until caramelized, let cool.

3. Pour the milk egg mixture then steam for 1 hour or until done. It took an hour to cook because I used only 1 big molder and the flan is thicker, but if you will use the regular oval molder or llanera steam it for at least 20 minutes or until done.
4. Refrigerate  before serving.

Oven Baked Bibingka

Bibingka is one of the most popular dainties ( kakanin) in the Philippines and there are various ways of cooking it. Since It is my first time to cook this, I used the simple way and that is baking it. It is yummy.
Ingredients for 6-8 servings:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 eggs ( beaten)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 1/3 cup fresh milk
1/4 cup grated cheese
wilted banana leaves

Procedure:
1. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside.
2.Pour the milk to the sifted ingredients then mix well, then add the beaten eggs and mix well until fully combined and smooth.
3. Put a wilted banana leaves in the baking pan that you are going to use, and bake for 45 minutes or until done in a pre-heated oven at 180C.
4. When it is done, sprinkle with grated cheese or coconut then serve.

                                         I re-cooked this today using muffin molder.