Mely's Kitchen Beef Caldereta

Creamy and delicious caldereta prepared with love from my kitchen :-).

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo beef tenderloin ( but you can use any part that you like)
2 potatoes
1 carrot
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
2 big tomatoes
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup sliced chorizo
bell pepper
1/2 cup Nestle cream
2 cups water
Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic onion and tomatoes then add the beef, allow to simmer until the pinkish color of the meat is gone.

2. Add the tomato sauce then simmer for a minute, add the water and simmer until the meat is tender.( Add water if necessary)
3. Add the carrots and potatoes then stir and simmer until half cooked.
4. Add the salt, pepper, pineapple and chorizo then simmer for few minutes to enhance the flavor.
5. Add the bell pepper and Nestle cream then simmer until done, add salt and pepper to taste, simmer and turn off the heat.
6. Top with hard boiled egg before serving. Enjoy!

Mely's Kitchen Vegetable Omelette

This vegetable omelette is delicious and nutritious, so do not ignore this recipe, please try and let me know.

Ingredients:
1 apple ( shredded)
2 potatoes ( shredded)
1 big carrot ( shredded)
1 onion ( shredded)
1/2 cup flour
2 eggs
salt and pepper to taste

shredding the apple

Procedure:
1.Mix all the ingredients until evenly combined.

shredded vegetables

2. Spoon a portion and deep fry over medium heat until golden brown.
3. Serve it hot.

How to make Homemade Gravy

If fast food chains are making gravy from the fried chicken residue and oil ( this is the reason why I do not like gravy at restaurants). We can also make gravy every time we roast a chicken in the oven by using all the juice that dripped from the chicken, and here is how to do it.

Ingredients:
Chicken drippings( from roasted chicken) all of the residue/juices in the pan
2 cups water
1 tablespoon flour dissolved in a little water ( just enough to make it thick)
1/2 peice onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Get the pan where you gathered the chicken juice during the roasting then scrape it and put in a pot.

2. Add onion and  water and boil it over medium heat, when it is boiling let simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add the flour, salt and pepper, stir well to avoid developing lumps. Stir until thickens.
4.  Once thick turn off the heat, then drain the gravy to make sure that it's really smooth and you can use it as the dipping sauce of the roasted chicken.

Pork Sinigang sa Bayabas

The aroma of the guava made the soup more appetizing every time you sip it. Have you tried this flavor of sinigang? You will definitely love this!

Ingredients for 5 servings:
1/2 kilo pork ( any part of your choice)
1/2 kilo ripe guava ( sliced into small peices)
2 pieces eggplant
1 bunch string beans
2 tomatoes
1 onion
4 cups water ( add if necessary)
spring onion
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Put the guava in a blender then add 1 cup of water and blend well until smooth, drain and set aside 
2.In a pot put the onion, tomatoes and pork, salt and pepper then simmer over medium heat until the pinkish color of the meat is gone.Then add the water and bring to a boil.
3. Simmer until the meat is tender then add the eggplant and string beans then simmer until tender.
4 Add the guava extract and simmer for few minutes until the flavors are well blended, add salt and pepper if necessary then turn off the heat.
5. Add spring onion then serve and enjoy.

You can add more vegetable for this recipe.

Sticky Rice With Mango (ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง)

When I was in Thailand, this was my breakfast most of the time, easy to buy at the street vendors at a very affordable price. This is really yummy that's why I love this Thai dish.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
2 cups sticky rice
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups coconut milk
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup water
3 ripe mangoes (sliced thickly)

For the topping sauce:
1/2 coconut milk
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt


Procedure:
1. Put the rice and water in a pot then cook, and set aside.
2. In a pan, mix the coconut milk, salt and sugar then bring to a boil, then add the cooked sticky rice and stir well to mix evenly, cover and let simmer for 45 minutes over low heat.


For the topping sauce:
Mix all the ingredients together and bring to a boil then turn off the heat.

To serve:
Put the sticky rice and mangoes on a serving dish. Pour the topping sauce over the sticky rice and enjoy!

How to Roast Tenderloin in the Oven

One of the best cuts in beef is the tenderloin. I just wanna try how to roast this whole tenderloin in an oven and I liked the result, it is juicy and tender. This is best to prepare if you have big family event.

Ingredients:
1 kilo beef tenderloin
2 limes
1/4 cup soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoons oregano powder

Procedure:
1. Prick the tenderloin with fork, then squeeze the lime allover the meat and sprinkle the oregano powder.
2. Add the soy sauce,  salt and pepper then marinate the meat overnight.

3. Preheat the oven  then set it to 180C , and roast the beef for 60 minutes
4. When it is done, slice it and serve hot with your favorite sauce. Enjoy your food :-)

Note: cooking time depends upon the thickness of the meat.I cooked this well done, it's up to you if you want it rare, medium rare, etc.

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.

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.

Sayote with Egg

This is a quick and easy to prepare sayote dish, just perfect to eat with or without rice. Light in taste but satisfying.

Ingredients:
2 sayote
250 grams shrimps (de-shelled and cleaned)
2 eggs beaten
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
1/2 cup fish sauce ( patis)
pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic and onion then shrimps and stir for a minute. Add the sayote and stir it very well then simmer for 2 minutes.
2. Add the fish sauce and pepper then simmer until half cooked, add salt if necessary.
3. Stir in the beaten eggs then simmer until done.
4. Serve with a smile. :-)

Mini Veggie Burger

I made this mini burgers for my friends who spent their weekend over my place, they are health conscious that's why I made the patty from shredded vegetables, this is delicious and even taste better than meat patties. They loved it.

Ingredients:
1 apple ( shredded)
1 carrot (shredded)
2 potatoes ( shredded)
1 onion ( shredded)
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup flour
salt and pepper to taste
some mini buns
some cheese
some lettuce

Procedure:
1. Combine all the carrot, apple, potatoes, onion, egg, flour, salt and pepper then mix well.
2. Spoon a portion then flatten and fry until golden brown or cooked, let cool.
3. Slice the bun, put lettuce, the fried vegetable patty, and cheese.
4. Serve with a smile.

Mely's Kitchen Ensalada

This salad is a very good appetizer, the diverse flavors from all the ingredients blended well, making this salad so appealing to your taste buds. Try this and let me know.

Ingredients:
1 mango ( not too ripe) (sliced into strips)
1 cucumber (sliced into strips)
2 tomatoes ( sliced into strips)
1 small bitter melon (ampalaya)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoons vinegar
pinch of sugar

Sliced ingredients

 Procedure:
1. In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients and mix well.
2 Serve with fried fish or meat and enjoy.

Sawsawang Bagoong Isda

Ang mga Filipino ay mahilig kumain ng may sawsawan, at isa sa ginagawang sawsawan ay ang bagoong na isda lalo na ang katas nito, nilalagyan ng sili at kalamansi, ganyan lang kasimple at siguadong lalong sasarap ang isasawsaw mong ulam, lalo na ang inihaw na talong at mga nilagang gulay :-).
Ano ang gusto mong isawsaw dito kabayan?

Beef Ampalaya

Simple and easy ampalaya dish.

Ingredients for 5 servings:

1/2 kilo bitter melon (amplaya)

3 cloves garli

1 onion

1/4 kilo beef

3 tablespoons oyster sauce

3/4 cup water

salt and pepper to taste

Ampalaya-bitter melon

Procedure:

1. Saute the garlic and onion then add the beef and simmer until the pinkish color is gone.

2. Add the water and simmer the beef until tender, then increase the heat and add the ampalaya, stir until half cooked, then add the oyster sauce and ground pepper, then stir until done. Add salt if necessary.

3. Serve it hot.

Kuih Sagu

Kuih sagu or sago cake is popular in Malaysia and other neighboring countries, this is very easy to make and delicious. Here is my simple way of making it.

Ingredients:
 1/4 kilo any color  sago (cooked according to packaging procedure) drained
1/4 kilo sugar
4 pieces pandan leaves
1/4 kilo grated coconut
1 cup water
pinch of salt

Procedure:
1. In a pot put the water, sugar and pandan leaves then boil until it become syrup, then turn off the heat, remove the pandan leaves then add the cooked sago and stir well until fully mixed.

2. Grease an 8 inches pan then pour the tapioca with syrup and stem for 30 minutes.
3. Mix the grated coconut and salt .
4. When the sago is done let cool and cut into small pieces then roll over the grated coconut.

5. Serve with a smile :-).