One of the popular way of  fruits preserving is by making a fruit jam. The preparation of fruit preserves traditionally involves the use of pectin as a gelling agent, although sugar or honey  may be used as well. Making Strawberry Jam is really quite easy and you need only a few ingredients, but the end [...]

Chicken Inasal has become so popular here in the Philippines today.  It gave birth to several fast food restaurants that offered this Ilonggo dish, or more specifically a Bacolod  dish.  Chicken inasal  is barbequed chicken that is marinated with vinegar, ginger and tanglad.  The chicken pieces most often use are chicken whole leg, half chicken [...]

Malunggay is popularly known for its food use and has many agribusiness potentials.  It is commonly grown as hedges of homes or just as a backyard tree, which serves as a source of foliage and fresh fruits for household viands.  Instead of buying vegetables for food on the table, one can just pick leaves or [...]

Pastillas or Milk Candy was one of the favorite native delicacies here in the Philippines, usually served for dessert.  The authentic Pastillas recipe was made using Carabao’s (water buffalo) milk and sugar which was originated in San Miguel, Bulacan. Pastillas is so easy to prepare because it can be made with just milk and sugar. [...]

Papaya is one of the luscious fruit that is popular here in the Philippines.  No one can deny its tastiness as a dessert or as an indispensable vegetables dish of various recipes.  Papaya fruits are good sources of Vitamin A, B and C and possesses medicinal values.  It is an excellent source of digestive enzyme [...]

Golden Kuhol has a tender, creamy, and easily digestible meat.  It ca be used in the preparation of soups, main dishes, side dishes, appetizers, and even snack.  Before cooking the golden kuhol, follow the steps below: 1. Soak kuhol in tap water for 24 hours to remove undigested food. 2. Wash in a solution of [...]

Fish Processing is a way of preserving fish and at the same time improving their quality.  In the process, the properties of the fish change. There are many ways to process fish.  Some methods such as salting and drying have been used since the ancient times, long before modern technology was introduced.  Others involved the [...]

Buko Pie is one of the favorite traditional pastry of many Filipinos and a specialty of Laguna Province.   It is made of  young-coconut meat  (malauhog).  It is almost like a coconut cream pie, only it is made with just young coconuts and has no cream.  Instead, the pie utilizes sweetened condensed milk. There are also [...]

Java Plum or popularly known as “Duhat”,  is a fruit tree found mostly wild throughout the Philippines.  The fruits is a shiny, dark-purple to black that gets to about 1½ inches long. Each contains a single large oblong seed surrounded by a thin layer of yellowish pulp. The pulp is juicy and acid but often [...]

The fruit of the tamarind is one of most commonly reserved for consumption, whether raw, cooked, or prepared in some pre-packaged snacks. The fleshy, juicy, acidulous pulp of the fruit is mature when colored brown or reddish-brown. The fruit is considered ripe when the pods are easily pried open with fingers. The pulp of the [...]