Special Royal Bibingka is a popular Ilocano specialty during the Christmas season. It is made with glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, coconut cream, eggs, sugar, and a special sweetener as highlighted in the recipe below. This version by Yummy Kitchen is sure to delight family and friends, making it an excellent choice for the holiday…
Tiger eggs are sautéed fried hard boiled eggs, made by sautéing fried hard boiled eggs in an umami sauce made of aromatics like ginger, garlic, bay leaf, star anise, peppercorns, chili flakes, gochujang, cooking wine and sugar and sprite.. Tiger Eggs Recipe: Ingredients : 7 pcs eggs Water (for boiling, plus cold water to cool…
Crispy Fried Calamares sometimes spelled ‘Kalamares’ is a delectably fan-favorite Filipino party dish, appetizer, or finger food snack that kids and adults alike love. These delicately delicious delicacy is made of squids cleaned with mostly the legs and the head only being used, sliced into rings then coated in a batter of salt, pepper, paprika,…
Beef Nuggets are flavorfully beefy fried meatballs made using a mixture of ground beef, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and parmesan. Coated in all purpose flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs for an extra crunch. All molded then fried into golden brown beefy nuggets that are chock full of flavor served with a side of…
Leeks are an edible bundle of stalk-like leaves that are also under the onion, Chinese onion, shallot, scallion, garlic, and chives family. A crop native to the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, this ancient plant has a deliciously mild flavor close to onions but is less astringent and more sweet. Read more about this interesting…
Macapuno or in English ‘Coconut sport’ is a result coming from the abnormal development in the native or dwarf coconut tree. It creates an opaque, thick, soft, jelly-like meat around the whole cavity of the coconut. A delicacy found in the Philippines, sliced into strips and placed in a bottle of sugary water. These are…
Celery is a vegetable that has been cultivated since ancient times. A plant that has thick fibrous long stalks that tapers into leaves, depending on the cultivar or the land its grown it, the stalks can grow thinner or thicker, with many countries only making use of the stalks, some both the stalks and leaves,…
Bell Peppers or ‘Sweet Peppers’ are under the variety of chilies and are classified as fruits-berries though commonly treated more as a vegetable. Being high in Vitamin A and C these are low in calories and are favored by many for their added slightly sweet, robust, tender flavor, and that added pop of color they…
Dill, an herb under the celery family native to Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, and North Africa. Mostly used in the culinary world where the leaves and seeds are turned into a spice and flavoring-seasoning, especially used in dill pickle recipes. Though some do use this as traditional medicine to help with digestion, gastronomic problems, and…
White Sago or “White Sago Pearls” are very small hard opaque yellowish-white to cream colored pearls that turn light brown to white translucent slightly chewy pearls once cooked. You can typically find these added in drinks like sago’t gulaman, coconut milk or cream-based desserts like the popular mango sago, ginataan, a decor over fruit puddings,…
