Melody's Simple Recipes

My Fave Cake _shubertz

2008-10-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

2008-10-08T17:01:00.000-07:00

Chicken with basil leaves

2008-10-08T16:59:00.000-07:00

2008-10-08T16:54:00.000-07:00

Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls

2008-10-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

2008-10-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

Shabu-shabu

2008-06-11T22:26:00.000-07:00

Laing ( Taro leaves)

2008-06-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

Ampalaya con itlog

2008-06-11T22:20:00.000-07:00

Sinigang sa Tilapia

2008-06-11T22:18:00.000-07:00

Chicken Tinola

2008-06-11T22:15:00.000-07:00

Shrimp Sinigang

2008-06-11T22:10:00.000-07:00

Pork Adobo

2008-06-11T22:00:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

2 lbs. pork butt, cut into bite size
3 tbsp. sweet soy sauce
18 pcs. garlic, minced
3 tbsp. soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 tsp whole black pepper

Put all the ingredients in a heavy sauce pan, simmer until meat is tender...Serve with rice...

Mel's TapSiLog

2008-05-14T23:08:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

Check on my Beef Tapa's recipe.
6 cups cold cooked rice
5 pcs garlic, crushed
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp salt

sliced tomatoes

In a pan (low flame), cooked egg (sunny side up)

Mel's Spaghetti :)

2008-05-14T22:54:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 bottle Prego spaghetti sauce
1 lb lean ground beef
10 pcs garlic, minced
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 bell pepper, thinly sliced
2 tsp salt
3 tbsp. cooking oil
2 tsp sugar
1 pack fresh mushrooms
1 tbsp. parsley (optional)
grated cheese

Method

1. In a pan , put the lean ground beef and saute until meat is brown.

2. Drain the fat.

3. In a pan, put the cooking oil. Stir-fry the mushrooms for about 1 minute. Set aside

4. Saute the onion, garlic and bell pepper. Add the ground beef.

5. Put the prego sauce, sugar and salt and mushrooms.

6. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add salt or sugar to taste

7. Cook spaghetti noodles according to directions.

Enjoy...:)

Mel's Leche Flan

2008-05-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

9 egg yolks
1 can condense milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 tsp lime skin, peeled
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Methods.

1. Combine nine egg yolks, condense milk, evaporated milk and the lime skin.

2. In a pan, put 1 cup sugar to medium flame and wait till the sugar turn into brown color.

3. Pour into a baking pan. Let it cool.

4. Baked in the oven for 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

5. Enjoy your flan :)

Pichi Pichi

2008-05-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1 pack grated cassava (it should be 2 cups)

Cabbage Kimchi

2008-05-14T22:21:00.000-07:00

Marinated Beef Tapa

2008-05-14T22:19:00.000-07:00

Tofu with Chinese Celery

2008-05-14T22:17:00.001-07:00

String Beans Adobo

2008-05-14T22:13:00.000-07:00

Cucumber Kimchi

2008-05-14T22:10:00.000-07:00

Mongo Guisado

2008-05-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

Pea Shoots with Shiitake Mushrooms

2008-05-14T21:49:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

8 pieces dried shiitake mushrooms
2 cups water
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp cornstarch blended with 1 tbsp water
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp oil
300 grams of peashoots
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 tbsp rice wine

Methods:

1. Soaked the mushrooms in hot water until soft and then sliced.

2. Place the mushrooms, water, soy sauce and sugar in a pan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until the mushrooms become tender.

3. Add the cornstarch/water blend to the mushrooms, stirring constantly over low heat until the mixture thickens and clears. Sprinkle with sesame oil. Keep warm.

4. Heat the oil a wok and add the pea shoots. Stir-fry for a few seconds, pour in the chicken broth and rice wine and simmer until tender.

5. Serve the pea shoots on a plate with the mushrooms on one side.

Squid Adobo (adobong pusit)

2008-04-27T10:30:00.001-07:00

Rice with Black Bean Sauce (Jajangbap in korean)

2008-04-27T10:28:00.001-07:00

Pork Nilaga

2008-04-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

Pancit Bihon Guisado (stir-fry noodles)

2008-04-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

California Roll

2008-04-27T10:16:00.001-07:00

Tofu with Bean Sprouts

2008-04-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Pork Humba ( Braised Pork )

2008-04-20T20:49:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 lb. pork (i used pork pata and pork ears), cut into serving pieces
· 8 cup water
· 6 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 onion, sliced
· 1/2 cup vinegar
· 6 tbsps brown sugar
· 1/4 cup soy sauce
· 1 bay leaf
· 1 tsp. peppercorns
· 1 tsp. oil
· salt to taste
· dried lily
black bean (fermented)
oregano (optional)

Procedures:

1. Boil the pork ears and pork pata in a pot for an hour. (save the broth)

2. In a pan, put a little oil and saute the pork ears and pork pata.

3. Put 6 cups broth from the pork, add the vinegar, laurel, oregano, 4 tbsps soy sauce, dried lily and brown sugar. Simmer.

4. Add brown sugar and soy sauce to taste. Put the fermented black bean and simmer.

5. Serve hot with rice.

Pork Sour Soup ( Pork Sinigang)

2008-04-20T20:37:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 lb. pork center spare ribs
1 tomato, 4 slices
1 radish, sliced (labanos)
2 jalapeno
1 bunch spinach
1 gabi
1 pack sinigang mix
salt to taste
5 cups water

Procedures:
1. In a casserole, bring pork to a boil, lower fire and simmer until pork is tender.

2. Add tomato and jalapeno.

3. Put the radish and gabi.

4. Seasoned with sinigang mix. Add salt to taste.

5. Put the spinach.

6. Serve hot with rice.

Rice Cake (gyung dan)

2008-04-17T21:49:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

2 cups of sweet rice (mochiko powder)
3/4 cup of boiling water (or 1 cup)
salt, sugar, brown sugar
1 cup of red bean
1 ts of cinnamon powder
black sesame seeds powder
green sagebrush powder
toasted yellow soy bean powder, and 1 or 2 cups of flour

Step 1:

Make red bean paste

In a pot, place 1 cup of washed red beans and 4 cups of water and heat it over high heat for 10 minutes.

Lower the heat to low medium and simmer for 50 minutes.

Check if the beans are cooked fully. Remove extra water from the beans and crush them with a wooden spoon.

Add 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 ts of salt, 1 ts of cinnamon powder into the red bean paste and set it aside.

Step 2:
Prepare 3 bowls where 3 different kinds of powder will be placed for the rice cake balls

Black sesame seeds:
- Rinse and drain ½ cup of black sesame seeds in running water using a strainer.
- Heat a pan over medium heat and pour in the sesame seeds.
- Cook the sesame seeds by stirring with a wooden spoon.
- The sesame seeds will pop, then lower the heat and keep stirring until they are crispy. (5- 10 minutes)
- When the sesame seeds cool down, grind them with a coffee grinder.
- Transfer the sesame seeds powder to a bowl and add 2 TBS sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it.
Put ½ cup of toasted soybean powder (kong gaa ru in Korean) in a bowl and add 2
TBS of sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it.

Put ½ cup of green sagebrush powder (ssook gaa ru in Korean) in a bowl and add 2
TBS of sugar and a pinch of salt and mix it

Step 3:
Make rice cake dough.

In a bowl, place 2 cups of sweet rice powder, 2 TBS of sugar, 1 ts of salt.

Pour 2/3 cup of hot water little by little while you are mixing it with a spoon

Mix the dough by hand.
*tips: if you feel the dough is too wet, add some plain flour

Put the rice cake dough into a plastic bag and set it aside

Step 4:
In a big pot, place a lot of water and boil it

Let’s make rice cake!

Take the rice cake dough out from the plastic bag and place it on the cutting board.
Tip: To protect the dough from being stuck to the board, sprinkle some plain flour before placing the rich cake dough.

Divide the dough into 2 and roll each one to make cylinder shape and cut it into 18-20 pieces.

Roll each piece of rice dough with your hands and make a hole in the middle of the ball with your thumb. Then turn the ball into a cup.
Put the bean paste into the middle.
Close it tightly and place it on a plate.
Tip: While you are making rice balls, the rest of dough may get dried, so cover them with wet cloth or paper towel.

Carefully put all the rice cake balls into boiling water. When the rice cake balls are cooked, they float. It will take about 3 -5 minutes until they float.
Prepare lots of cold water in a big bowl.

Put the cooked rice balls into cold water and drain them.

Roll the cooked rice balls in the 3 different colors of powder and transfer them to a plate.

Enjoy it!

check www.maangchi.com

Sauteed Chayote (Sayote)

2008-04-17T19:28:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
Chayote (sayote), sliced into bite size
1/2 lb shrimp, shelled
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onion, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
vegetable oil
1 cup water
a pinch of salt
fish sauce to taste

1. Saute onion in oil, fry until onions are translucent and add the garlic.

2. Put shrimp and tomato. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add water, chayote and fish sauce to taste. Mix and cover for 5 minutes.

3. Add salt to taste.

4. Serve with rice.

Indonesian Fried Rice

2008-04-17T19:11:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 - 2 green onions, as desired
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 large eggs, scrambled
4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying, or as needed
4 cups cold cooked rice
1 pack indonesian spice
1/2 lb ground beef

1. Lightly beat the eggs with the salt.

2. Heat a wok or frying pan and add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the ground beef. Cooked until it turned out brown in color. Set aside. Add the eggs. Cook, stirring, until they are lightly scrambled but not too dry. Remove the eggs and clean out the pan.

3. Add 2 tablespoons oil. Add the garlic and the rice. Stir-fry for a few minutes, using wooden spoon to break it apart. Stir in the indonesian spice.

4. When the rice is heated through, add the scrambled egg and the ground beef. Put back into the pan. Mix thoroughly. Wash and finely chop the green onion. Stir in the green onion.

5. Serve hot :)

Stir-Fried Noodles ( Job Chae)

2008-04-15T22:48:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

Starch Noodles
100 grams of beef
1 bunch of spinach
1 medium size carrot
1 medium size onion
mushrooms (5 dried shiitake and 1 package of white mushrooms)
3 cloves of garlic
7-8 green onions
soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and sesame seeds

Makes 4 servings.

How to prepare your ingredients before stir frying:

Soak 5 dried shitake mushrooms in warm water for a few hours until they become soft. Squeeze the water out and slice thinly.

Slice a package of white mushrooms (2 cups’ worth).

Cut a carrot into thin matchstick-shaped pieces.

Cut 7 -8 green onions.

Slice one onion thinly.

Slice 150 grams of beef into thin strips.

Now let’s start!

Boil 2 bunches of noodles in boiling water in a big pot for about 3 minutes. When the noodles are soft, drain them and put in a large bowl.

Cut the noodles several times by using scissors and add 1 TBS of soy sauce and 1 TBS of sesame oil. Mix it up and set aside.
*tip: Take one sample and taste it to see whether or not it’s cooked properly. If it feels soft, it’s finished.

In the boiling water, add a bunch of spinach and stir it gently for 1 minute. Then take it out and rinse it in cold water 3 times. Squeeze it gently to get the water out, then it cut it into4

Add ½ TBS soy sauce and ½ TBS sesame oil and mix it and place it onto the large bowl.

On a heated pan, put a few drops of olive oil and your carrot strips and stir it with a spatula for 30 seconds. Put it into the large bowl (don’t burn it!).

Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your sliced onion. Stir it until the onion looks translucent. Put it into the large bowl with your carrots.

Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add the sliced white mushrooms. Stir it for a bit and then put it in the large bowl.

Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your green onions. Stir for 1 minute and put it into the large bowl.

Place a few drops of olive oil on the pan and add your beef strips and your sliced shitake mushrooms. Stir it until it’s cooked well, then add 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ TBS soy sauce and ½ TBS sugar. Stir for another 30 seconds and then put it into the large bowl.

Add 2 TBS of soy sauce, 3 TBS of sugar, 2 TBS of sesame oil, and 1 ts of ground pepper to the large bowl. Mix all ingredients, then sprinkle 1 TBS of toasted sesame seeds on the top. Nice!

Serve with rice.

* you can check www.maangchi.com for video and ingredients on how to cook these* Thanks to her :)

Broccoli Beef :)

2008-04-15T22:36:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 bunch broccoli
vegetable oil
1 lb beef, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 onions, thinly sliced
ginger, sliced(optional)
1 tsp. cornstarch/potato starch
oyster sauce
water

1. Marinate the beef-rice wine, soy sauce and baking soda

2. Cut the broccoli into florets and slice the stalks into chunks bite size.

3. Put vegetable oil, stir-fry beef, set aside the beef.

4. Put oil, saute onion, garlic, ginger and broccoli for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp brown sugar.

5. Add the beef and put 1/2 cup water.

6. Add oyster sauce. Water with a little bit of cornstarch to make the sauce sticky.

7. Serve with rice.

Soy and Sesame Beef

2008-04-15T22:24:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
2 tbsp sesame white seeds
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 lb beef fillet, thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper/green chili, seeded and sliced thinly
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp rice wine
4 tbsp dark soy sauce
6 green onions, sliced
boiled egg noodles or rice, to serve

1. Heat wok or large, heavy-based skillet until it is very hot.

2. Add the sesame seeds to the wok and dry-cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes, or until they just begin to brown. Remove the sesame seeds from the wok and set aside until required.

3. Heat the vegetable oil in the wok. Add the beef and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until seared on all sides.

4. Add the green bell pepper or green chili, garlic to the wok and continue to cook for 2 minutes.

5. Add the rice wine (xiaoshing) and dark soy sauce to the wok with the green onions. Allow the mixture in the wok to bubble, stirring occassionally, for about 1 minute, but do not let the mixture burn.

6. Transfer the beef stir-fry to warm servings bowls ans scatter with the dry-cooked sesame seeds. Serve hot with egg noodles or rice.

Soft Tofu Stew

2008-04-15T22:22:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

12 dried anchovies
1 pc kelp, half onion, 5 cloves of garlic, 3 shiitake mushrooms
1 lb of beef (thinly sliced), 1 cup of seafood mixed, 3 pieces shrimp(optional)
2 pcs. green onions, 1 green chili pepper
4 tbsps chili powder
olive oil, sesame oil, 2 tubes of soon du bu (korean extra soft tofu)
1 3/4 tbsp of (squid sauce/fish sauce)
1 egg

Prepare stock to make tasty Soon du bu:

Pour 5 cups of water into a pot and add 12 dried anchovies after removing intestine part.

Add half onion, some dried kelp (about 1 piece), 3 dried shiitake mushrooms, 5 cloves of garlic and boil it over high heat.

Approximately 10 minutes later, lower the heat to low medium heat and boil it for another 20 minutes.

Set aside the stock and take out the mushrooms and chop them into small pieces.

Heat your earthen ware (or ceramic pot) on the stove and put 2 ts of olive oil.

Chop 100 grams of beef and put it into the pot and stir it.

Add the chopped shiitake mushroom and stir it.

Add 4 tbsps of chili powder and keep stirring.

Pour 2 cups of the stock you made.

Add 1 cup of mixed seafood and 3 shrimp.

Cut the 2 tubes of Soon du bu (soft Tofu) in half and squeeze it out into the pot and break the tofu with a spoon several times in the pot.

When it boils, add 2 chopped green onions and 1 green chili pepper.

Crack egg and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.

*Thanks Maangchi for the directions*

Mixed Vegetable Rice ( Bibimbap )

2008-04-15T22:03:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

Cooked rice
a pack of bean sprouts
a bunch of spinach
2 small size of zucchinis
5-7 Shiatake mushrooms
kosari (mountain vegetables)
200 grams of ground beef (about half pound)
1 small carrot, eggs
soy sauce, hot pepper paster, garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil and vegetable oil

Cook rice.
Rinse bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a pot with a cup of water and 1 ts of salt, and cook it for 20 minutes. Drain water from the cooked bean sprouts and mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt

In boiling water in a pot, put in spinach and stir it for a minute, then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil.

Cut zucchinis into thin strips and sprinkle a pinch of salt and mix it together. A few minutes later, sauté it in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent.

You can buy soaked and cooked “kosari” at a Korean grocery store. Prepare about 2 or 3 cups of kosari for this 4 servings of bibimbap. Cut them 5-7 cm in length and sauté it in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir it and add 1 TBS of soy sauce, half TBS of sugar, and cook it for 1-2 minutes and add sesame oil.
Put it on the platter.
Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil, and add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil and put it on the platter.
On a heated pan, put some oil and the ground beef and stir it. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 TBS of soy sauce, half TBS of sugar, pepper, and sesame oil.
Put it on the platter.
Cut a carrot into strips. Put it on the platter. If you want, you can sauté it too.
Prepare eggs with sunny side up.
In a big bowl, put some rice in it and display all vegetables and meat on top depending on your taste.
Serve it with sesame oil and hot pepper paste.

*Thanks Maangchi for the directions*

Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

2008-04-15T20:57:00.001-07:00

Ingredients :)

1 large bunch broccoli
3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar
2-3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons oyster sauce

Directions:

1. Cut the broccoli heads into small florets. Remove the rough skin from the stalks and cut them into even-size chunks.

2. Heat the oil n a preheated wok and add the salt, then stir-fry the broccoli for about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and water. Continue stirring for 1 minute.

3. Add the oyster sauce, blend well and serve.

Paksiw na Bangus (milkfish)

2008-04-15T20:55:00.001-07:00

Bittermelon with blackbean sauce

2008-04-15T20:53:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
1 pack Catfish fillet (sliced into chunks, put salt and covered with cornstarch)
2 pcs. bittermelon, blanched for 3 minutes
ginger and onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsp fermented black bean (wash and soaked)
3 tsp soysauce
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp vegetable oil

1. Wash and slice bittermelon, simmer for about 2 minutes. Drain and set aside.

2. In a pan, fry the marinated catfish fillet.

3. In a pan, put 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, saute ginger, onion and fermented black beans.

4. Add the bitter melon and fish. Put 1/s tsp. of sugar and 1 tbsp soy sauce.

5. Add oyster sauce and simmer for 3 minutes.

6. Serve with rice.

Ginataang Bilo-bilo

2008-04-15T20:38:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
2 cans coconut milk (chaokoh)
1/2 cup sago (small ones), boil separately
2 1/2 cups mochiko/rice powder (bilo-bilo balls)
1 1/4 cup water
sweet potato (ube), diced
1 banana (optional)
1 can langka, in strips
3/4 - 1 cup white sugar
2 cups warm water
anise, optional

1. Combine 1 can coconut milk and 2 cups warm water and bring to a boil.

2. Add sweet potato (ube) and cooked until half cooked.

3. Add sago, bilo-bilo, banana and sugar.

4. Add the langka and anise.

5. Put 1 can coconut milk and bring to a boil, stirring occassionally.

6. Simmer 4 to 5 minutes.

Black Beansauce Noodle (Jja jang myun)

2008-04-15T20:28:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
Noodles (Korean store)
black bean paste (korean store)
1/2 lb pork belly
olive oil
potato starch powder,
sesame oil, Asian radish, potato, zucchini, white onion, cucumber

Makes 4 servings.

Cut the of pork into cubes.

On a heated wok, put olive oil and add the pork and stir fry it until it looks crispy.

When the pork is well cooked and the color turns to golden brown, drain all the hot fat and set the pork aside.

Preheat a small skillet over medium heat, then add 2 TBS of black bean paste and stir fry for 1 minute.

Remove the extra oil and set the black bean paste aside.

Cut all vegetables into cubes and place them on a big plate or tray. You will end up with 1 cup of radish, 1 cup of potato, 1 cup of zucchini, and 2 cups of onion.

Reheat the crispy pork in your wok over high heat, and add 1 TBS of olive oil.

Add radish and potato and saute them for 2 minutes, and then add zucchini and onion and saute them for another 2 minutes.

Add 7 cups of water until all ingredients are submerged, and cover the lid and boil it for 15-20 minutes.

Open the lid of the wok and skim off the foam from the surface. Add the fried black bean paste from the small skillet and stir it up.
*tip: to check if ingredients are cooked or not, try a sample potato chunk. It should be cooked, not raw.

Mix 1 TBS potato starch powder (or corn starch) and 1 TBS water and add it into the boiling soup and stir it. Then the soup will turn into a sticky sauce.

Now, let’s cook the noodles (“myun”)

For 2 servings, you will need one bunch of noodles from the package

Boil water in a big pot, add the noodles and cover the lid. Cook for a few minutes according to the direction on the package (probably around 3 minutes).

Try one sample noodle to check if it’s cooked properly or not. It should be soft and not stiff at all. If it’s cooked, drain the noodles and place them on a large plate or bowl.

Reheat the jja jang sauce and put it on the noodles

Serving:
Don’t eat it cold : )

Garnish with cucumber strips on the top of jja jang sauce and serve it with Kimchi or yellow pickled radish.

*Thanks Maangchi for the directions*