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I bought approximately two kilograms of ube, purple yam, from my cousin. It cost me 50 pesos, not bad. I was still thinking what to do with it that time. Do you think the ube in the picture weighed two kilograms? Impossible. It was only a portion of what I bought. The real weight was [...]
I was hesitant to buy uncooked prawn crackers. I suffered from diarrhea the first time I did. I bought the second time because she insisted. l kept my fingers crossed and hoped the incidence would never happen again. Here is the Besuto Prawn Crackers Flavored Chips. I cannot remember if it was the brand which [...]
Banana Peel Crackers 1) Choose ripe latundan banana. Eat and set aside the peels for later use. Refrigeration will allow longer storage life. Peels of latundan banana are ideal for this purpose, thin and slightly astringent. I tried using saba banana peels. The peels are thick and has strong astringent taste – sobrang pakla. 2) [...]
Maja blanca means coconut cake. Made by boiling mixture of coconut milk, sugar, milk and other flavors. Cornstarch is added to give a soft jelly like structure when cooled. Rice flour can be used with cornstarch or an agar can be used as complete replacement. I used mixture of rice flour and cornstarch. I removed [...]
I assumed that the ingredients for making kalabasa ketchup could be the same as tomato ketchup or banana ketchup. I chose banana ketchup recipe as model. Here are the ingredients: 250 g kalabasa, no peel and seeds, sliced 1 small onion, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup water 3/4 [...]
1) Gather some ube root crop – purple yam. Wash to remove adhering soils and dirt. 2) Peel of the skin then rinse with water. 3) Boil until tender. 4) Grind through electric grinder. Manual grinding could be done but it would be a long and hard process. 5) Mix all the ingredients in a [...]
What is the color of purple yam? The question is silly! The obvious answer is purple. The name is purple yam cause the root crop flesh color is purple.It might not be silly! There are varieties with a different color – white to brown colored yam. We call this variety as ubeng kalabaw. The vine [...]
