How To Cook Pochero

The word Pochero is derived from spanish word "puchero" which means "stewpot". Pochero is a Filipino stew that can be made of beef, chicken or pork. It is a complete recipe with vegetables, fruits and meat. It has a mixed tastes of sweet and spicy that will surely satisfy your taste.

Pochero is the most favorite dish served at the banquets here in the Philippines like fiesta, weddings, birthdays and other important occasions with dining. A gathering is not complete without Pochero on the table. Unlike any other Filipino recipe, pochero is not easy to cook. It requires a lot of patience because it has so many ingredients to prepare. But I assure you, once you've tasted it, the effort and money spent worth it.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork (cut in to parts)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1 hole red bell pepper (sliced)
• 1 small whole cabbage (strips)
• 2 pcs. medium sized chopped potatoes
• 5 pcs. sliced saba (banana)
• 2 tbsp. cooking oil

Procedure:

• On a pan, heat oil and saute pork until it becomes light brown then set aside.
• Heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
• Add the pre-cooked pork
• Add potatoes, saba, bell pepper.
• season to taste
• Cover the pan and cook for about 10 minutes.
• When potatoes and saba are tender, you can now add the cabbage.
• Again, cover the pan for about 2 minutes this time.
• Adjust seasoning if desired

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How to cook Turon (banana lumpia)

Turon or banana lumpia is a Filipino sweet snack made ​​of thin slices of banana (saba), wrapped in turon wrapper and deep fried. Saba is a kind of banana which originated in the Philippines. It's the only kind of banana that can be cooked as recipe ingredient while turon is a  type of snack that commonly found on the street in the Philippines as it is usually cooked and sold on sidewalks.

Turon is one of my family's favorite snack. Despite of being so nutritious, turon is also a very affordable banana recipe. They that this recipe came from China as on of their Lumpia delicacies but believed to be known all over the world in different names such as banana lumpia English, saging na turon in tagalog, turrone de banana in spanish and toro in Italy.

Whatever names they call it, it still the sweet and crunchy turon of all nation. Eating turon gave us so many health benefits that came from banana like: it gives us natural energy. Eating 2 pieces of turon or equal to two pieces of banana will keep you going on your daily exercise for about an hour and a half. Since banana is a good source of potassium, eating turon will help in proper circulation of body's circulatory system so oxygen will be delivered properly in to the brain.

Unlike other banana that causes constipation, saba banana doesn't cause this instead, it gives enough fiber for a better digestion and bowel functions. Eating banana will also help your body and mind relaxed as banana contains a level of protein so it will make you happier all day. According to scientific studies bananas in turon can relieve the menstrual pain during women's monthly period and it also has vitamin B-6 that helps regulate blood glucose level. Making Turon is very easy just follow simple steps below:

Ingredients:

• 5 pieces saba (equally devided lengthwise)
• 5 turon wrapper ( it is readily made and can be found in supermarket, usually made of flour and egg, looks like a thin dough)
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar
• 200 ml cooking oil (enough to deep fry)

Procedure:

• Roll the banana on to sugar
• Lay 2 pcs. of banana. It should not be layered, it should be in line position.
• Wrap the banana
• Deep fry in the pre-heated oil. Lower down the heat when it starts to boil.
• Remove from heat when light brown color achieved.

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Sardinas con Itlog (sardines con egg)

Sardines is the most easy to prepare food that you can have for an instant. Though it's canned food that's ready to eat, you still want it to be cooked and added with some spices and extra ingredients. Doing so, you'll make a variety of sardines recipe that will surely satisfy your taste and craving to sardines. Sardines gives so much health benefits to our body. It is rich in omega-3 which is proven to help our body to lower cholesterol level. Sardines is also a good source of vitamin B-12 that has an ability to boost our body's energy level, this type of vitamin is also best in improving our metabolism.

Sardines also contains a bone building Vitamin D that helps in absorption of calcium in our body, plus it has phosphorus and protein. We can say that sardines is a complete package of vitamins, minerals and nutrients that our body needs. But beware of eating too much sardines, like they say..."all too much is bad". Sardines is not a perfect food, it also has negative effects to our body like it is contained of high uric acids that's bad for rheumatic diseases. The technique to a healthy living is always balance your diet. Eat canned goods and eat fresh food to balance your meal. Now, since sardines is one of the most favorite food of all time, let's make a yummy, delicious sardines con egg.

Ingredients:

• 1 can sardines
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 3 cloves  minced garlic
• 1 large chopped tomato
• 2 beaten large eggs
• 2 tbsp. oil
• a pinch of salt to taste 

Procedure:

• On a pan, heat oil and saute garlic, onion and tomato
• Stir until cooked
• Add sardines and boil for 5 minutes
• Spread the beaten eggs (don't stir)
• season to taste
• cover and cook for atleast 3 minutes

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How to make a healthy Instant Noodles

If your kids are like mine who love instant noodles so much, you'll be wondering how they can get complete nutrition from instant noodles alone. We should know that most common instant noodles have too much preservatives which is bad to our bodies especially for our young ones. But we can still serve them their favorite instant noodles by adding organic ingredients to it.

By doing this, we are giving them freedom to eat what they want without worrying that they'll be harmed.For example, if your kids love chicken flavored instant noodles, make it nutritious by adding malunggay leaves (horse raddish or moringa in other terms.) As we all know malunggay is the "miracle herb" that gives us SEVEN times the vitamin C that oranges has, FOUR times the Calcium we can get from milk, FOUR times the vitamin A  we found in carrots, TWO times the protein that milk has and THREE times the Potassium we get from  bananas. So block all those negative effects of eating instant noodles by giving your family a healthy food by cooking noodles with malunggay. Here's how...

Ingredients:

•  1/2 cup malunggay leaves
• 1 pack instant noodles
• 2 cups water

Procedure: Simply boil 2 cups of water in a casserole, add noodles and malunggay, cover and cook for atleast 5 minutes and you're done!

You can also make noodle with egg to make your instant noodles healthy.

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How to Cook Menudillo with Egg

 The word "Menudillo" is derived from the word "menudo" which is a common dish in the Philippines. If menudo is made of chopped pork, the Menudillo is made of ground pork. Both recipes have the same procedure and ingredients, they just differ in the preparation pork. Another one that's made this two recipes different is that menudillo can be added with boiled eggs which is rarely do with menudo. But one thing is for sure, these two dishes are both yummy and super delicious no matter what the occasion or season is, I will never regret preparing this recipe for my family, relatives and friends.

 

We can get so much health benefits with this recipe like: vitamins B6 and  B12, Protein Thiamin, Niacin and Rivoflavin are the most common vitamins we get get from ground pork which is the main ingredient of menudillo. We can also have vitamin K , Vitamin A and vitamin C from carrots and potato. More added vitamins from egg like Vitamins A and D. This recipe will give you a complete health benefits from the combined powerful ingredients of meat, vegetables, fruits and egg. So you have to add menudillo no in your pork recipes and egg recipes. Try it and you'll be satisfied with your meal.



Ingredients:

•  1 kg. ground pork
•  3 tbsp cooking oil 
• 14 cup catsup
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
•  4 cloves minced garlic
•  2 medium sized chopped onion 
•  2 medium sized diced potatoes 
• 1 medium sized carrots  (diced)
• 1 cup of water
• ¼ cup raisins, optional 
•  1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 medium sized red pepper (sliced)
•  8-10 pcs. hard boiled eggs 

Procedure:

•  On pan, heat oil.
• Add garlic and onion
• Add ground pork and stir continuously until pork's natural oil releases. Add 1/2 tsp. of salt and let it absorbed by the pork. Wait until it becomes brown.
• Add carrots. potatoes and raisins
• Add seasonings. Adjust seasoning according to your taste.
• Lower down the heat and cover for at least 10 minutes.
• Add the hard boiled eggs then cover.
• Boil for another 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and serve.

This recipe can make up to 8-10 servings. Serve it with rice, best for lunch and dinner.

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Pork Sinigang with Patola (gourd or luffa)

 Patola is a tagalog term for sponge gourd or luffa. It is a common vegetable in the Philippines which is easy to plant and grow.
Sinigang sa patola or pork gourd stew is not another typical stew, a classic sinigang usually have okra, beans, taro (gabi) and spinach (kangkong). I never thought before that patola could be delicious when added to a mixture of sinigang (stew ) I realized it when I tasted my dad's pork gourd sinigang recipe. My dad has so many patola plants in the backyard. It was the day after the storm and the price of vegetables became so expensive that it was not so practical to cook sinigang complete with vegetables. That was the time when my dad cooked a very delicious sinigang with patola.Dad made it so delicious that even my picky eater kids loved it so much. Since then, I've done this recipe regularly. I just add okra and I already have a yummy stew served in my family. Don't underestimate patola, because it has many health benefits like: it is rich in Vitamin D, E, B-6, magnesium, fiber, folate, and niacin. Patola is low in calories and is rich in pro-vitamin A, vitamin C and beta-carotene which are very essential in achieving healthy vision, tissue and skin It is also a good source of zinc, copper, calcium, iron and thiamin and riboflavin.

Ingredients of Pork Sinigang with Patola:

• 1 kg. pork (liempo)
• 2 pcs. tomatoes
• 1 big onion
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 whole large patola
• 5 pcs. okra
• 1 siling haba (green pepper)
• 2 tbsp oil

Procedure:

• On a casserole, saute onion and tomato
• Add Pork (chopped)
• add seasoning
• add green pepper
• Cover the casserole and let it boil for 20 minutes
• When you think you've achieved the pork's tenderness you can now add the patola (gourd or luffa).
• Again, cover the casserole and let it boil for another 10 minutes.
• Adjust seasoning if needed
• Serve hot with rice.

You can now enjoy a very delicious and nutritious pork sinigang with patola. This recipe can make up to 8 servings. Best to serve during lunch. I'm sure your family will enjoy eating this recipe so make your own version of sinigang  with patola now!

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Ginataang Munggo (Sinugaok)

Munggo or balatong are tagalog terms for mung bean. 
 Munggo beans are rich in vitamins A, B, C, E, and K. which play a very important  role in having a healthy vision, it also helps in bone development and strengthens the body's immune system. Munggo is also good as anti-oxidant.

Ginataang munggo or Sinugaok as we call it in tagalog is a Filipino dish made ​​of sticky rice or glutinous rice  and fried  munggo or mung bean. A very delicious food which I grew up eating and I'll never forget those times. It also reminds me of  my mother when she's still with us. When I was young, my mother used serve it very often for snacks or as dessert when we have dinner at home with friends and relatives. Those were the days that fulfill my childhood memories. Less worries, people were not always in a hurry, unlike these days when the whole family rarely gather because of the preoccupations in life. So sad, my kids won't experience purity of life anymore, life without computers and high-tech electronics that's giving them significant change in attitude and behavior. 

Back to our recipe, This recipe has a variant which is ginataang mais wherein munggo will be replaced by mais or corn kernel.Unlike munggo, mais shouldn't be fried, the whole kernel corn in can is ready to add in the recipe when malagkit ir tender. Both variants are delicious and has their own unique and yummy tastes. Both munggo and mais are nutritious see the nutritional details here: munggo and mais.

Ingredients in making Ginataang Munggo:

• 1/2 kg malagkit (glutinous rice)
• 1/4 kg white sugar
• 100 g. of munggo
• 1 liter coconut milk
• 1 liter water

Procedure:

• On a pan, fry munggo until it becomes black.
• On a casserole, Boil the malagkit in 1 liter of water.
• While boiling the malagkit, on a bilao (winnowing basket), smash the munggo. You don't need to fine it but just make a piece of munggo devided in to two parts.
• Winnow (itahip) the smashed munggo on a winnowing basket to remove the munggo's skin but It's is not necessary to peel the munggo.
• Add the smashed munggo in the casserole then boilfor 20 minutes.
• Add the coconut milk and sugar then cover.
• Boil for another 20 minutes then remove from heat.

This recipe can make upt to 15-20 servings.

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