Cuchinta

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup Gold Medal all – purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon lihia (Iye)
• Few drops of yellow food color or atsuete
• Grated coconut
  

Procedures:

How to serve/prepare:

1. Boil in a water for the steamer.
2. In a bowl, blend all the ingredients except grated coconut.
3. Mix until smooth and free from the lumps.
4. Strain.
5. Pour mixture into cuchinta molds or ungreased muffin pans about one – half full.
6. Steam for 10 to 20 minutes.
7. Cool for 5 minutes then remove from pans.
8. Serve with grated coconut.

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Pechay Guisado

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• 1/2 kilo pechay tagalog
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger, chopped
• patis and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup water or both

Procedures:
How to prepare:

1. Clean pechay. Separate leaves from stalks then cut into 1″ lengths.
2. In a saucepan, heat oil and saute garlic, onion and ginger.
3. Add pechay stalk. Saute for 2 minutes.
4. Add leaves.
5. Season to taste then add water or both.
6. Let it simmer until vegetables are cooked.

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Chicken Tinola w/Saba in Syrup

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Chicken Tinola is good for lunch with rice and saba in syrup.

• 1 kl chicken, whole
• 3 tbsp oil
• 4 tsp crushed garlic
• 2 tbsp ginger strips
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 tbsp patis
• 4-5 cups rice water
• 2 cups green papaya, quartered
• 1/2 cup sili leaves

PROCEDURES:

How to prepare and cook:

1. Clean the chicken then cut into serving pieces. Drain.
2. In a saucepan, saute garlic and ginger oil until brown.
3. Add onions, when wilted add in the chicken and stir fry for a few mins. Add in patis.
4. When chicken has changed its color, add the rice water. Cover and let it simmer.
5. When the chicken is half – done, add the papaya.
6. Cover and let it simmer until chicken and papaya are tender.
7. Lastly add the sili leaves. Seasom to taste. Let it boil for 2 mins.

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Ingredients for Saba in Syrup:

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups water
• 6 pieces saba banana

Procedures/Steps:

How to cook/prepare saba in syrup:

1. Bring water to a boil then add sugar.
2. Stir to dissolve sugar in water.
3. When the syrup starts to boil, lower heat and simmer for 10 mins.
4. Peel bananas and cut into 1/2″ lengts.
5. Add to simmering syrup and continue cooking for another 10 mins.

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Arroz ala Cubana

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This dish can be converted into many dishes like Stuffed Eggplant and Pan Con Carne.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup tomatoes, chopped
• 1/4 kg pork, ground
• 1/4 kg beef, ground
• 1 cup potatoes, diced
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tsp iodized salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 4 cups cooked rice
• 3 pcs banana, saba, cut into lengthwise
• 2 pcs sliced hardboiled egg

Procedures:

How to prepare/cook:

1. Heat oil in saucepan. Add garlic. Cook till brown.
2. Add onions. Cook till transparent.
3. Add tomatoes and cook till skin curls.
4. Add ground meat and stir frequently to separate the piesces.
5. Add potatoes, soy sauce, water, salt and pepper. Simmer for 15 – 20 mins.
6. In another pan, fry banana. Set aside.
7. To assemble: Put rice in a Legacy Rice Server. Create a well in the center to put the meat mixture.
8. Garnish with fried banana and slices of egg.
9. Variation:

• For fancy presentation, may add grated carrots and chopped parsley.

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