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Milk Puto Recipe Save Print Ingredients 6 cups evaporated milk 1 cup condensed milk 3 cups galapong 1 & ½ cups glutinous rice (malagkit) 2 bottles 7-Up or Sprite 1 cup white sugar 1& ½ cups cream corn 1 cup whole corn kernels 3 cups freshly shredded buko Instructions In a pot, combine the…
Pinipig is sticky or glutinous rice, harvested when the grains are still young, winnowed, toasted, and pounded until they become flat like oats. The maturity of the rice and how much the grains are toasted dictate the color of pinipig, which can either be green or pale brown. Aside from the obvious difference in color,…
Enkiwar is basically a kind of biko ( sticky rice cake) kakanin made from glutinous rice. The origin is from Ilocos and it’s an Ilokano version of biko. People may be confused a bit because other call this kakanin “puto” but actually this is more of biko or glutinous rice cake. Because puto, although some…
Gorgoria Recipe Save Print Ingredients 6 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 250 grams butter ½ cup sugar 2 eggs beaten, then add enough evaporated milk to make 1 and ¾ cups cooking oil for frying For the Gorgoria Glaze: 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon syrup Instructions Sift together flour…
Why serve plain white rice with your meal when you can sneak in some veggies and a ton of flavor? If you are originally going to make this dish coconut (not) fried rice but then decided to make it a bit more simple and therefore more versatile. The only difference between it being not fried…
Chowking-Style Chao Fan Recipe Save Print Ingredients 6-8 cups Cooked Rice ¼ cup Choice of Meat (ground beef, ground chicken meat, or finely chopped breakfast sausage) 2 tbsp Garlic, chopped finely 1 medium Onion, chopped finely 1 medium sized Bell pepper, chopped finely ¼ cup Carrots, chopped finely 1 tsp Chili Powder 1 tsp…
This Pizza Pandesal recipe is inspire to typical pizza made of oven-baked flat, round bread topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings. If you have a lot of left-over pandesal this morning and you want it to use before it expire, this recipe is perfect for you to try. Craving for pizza, you don’t…
This dish is popular in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. Pancit batil patung recipe is composed of two parts: the noodles with toppings, and the sauce which looks like an egg drop soup. Poached egg along with sautéed meats and vegetables are topped over the fresh miki noodles, while a piece of egg is cracked and stirred-in…
Also means “coconut bread” in Spanish, pan de coco is a popular bread in the Philippines. Though two versions are named similarly they are made differently to each other, the Philippine variant is a sweet bread with a sweetened grated coconut filling served as a dessert or a snack item. The other version of pan…
Pandesal, also called Bread of Salt is probably the most popular bread in the Philippines. Pandesal is the favorite “agahan or almusal” (breakfast food) of most Filipinos. Pandesal can be eaten plain or with filling. It is best to have it while freshly hot from the oven. Common fillings or palaman for pandesal are: Cheese…