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Archive for April, 2009

Lucky Me Pancit Canton is the Philippines’ most loved noodles. It’s also my favorite. I remember during my college days, this was always my afternoon snacks. Until today, this is also one of my afternoon and midnight snacks. This comes in a variety of flavor, I love the “chilimansi” (combination of chili and lemon) flavor ; my husband loves the “hot chili flavor” which is indeed very spicy. I like to eat this with bread but to some they paired it with rice. Most Filipinos love this because aside from being affordable, it is also easy to cook and the taste is really good. I’ve heard many Filipinos abroad asked their relatives to send them this noodle. They also go to a Filipino store and buy one but it is already quiet expensive. But the price didn’t matter to them just as long as they can eat something from the Philippines.

Oh, my stomach is grumbling already… c’mon let’s eat my Pancit Canton.

Last Monday, April 06, 2009 was a national holiday. I thought we don’t have a class so I decided to went out for an adventure with my friends. Yesterday, my classmates were asking me why I was absent the last time. They told me that they cooked a “binangkal“, I don’t know what’s the English term for it but I will have to find out next time. I was a bit sad because I have missed one meeting of our class. Anyway, my classmate will send me the recipe of it. Thank God for giving me such nice classmates. 

I’ve promised to give you the recipe of the “Puto Carrot” I’ve prepared for my cousin’s birthday.  This is very easy to do and it’s good for future food business. The ingredients are very affordable and easy to find.  

For those people who are not from the Philippines, a “Puto” is a steamed rice cake. It is very popular here in the Philippines. It’s main ingredient is the Filipino’s staple food which is the Rice. Steaming is the cooking method we usually use in cooking puto.

The puto carrot is one of the variations of a puto. In here we will not be using rice as the main ingredient, but we will be using flour instead. So here’s the recipe of my Puto carrot.

Ingredients:

6 cups cake flour, 3 tbsp. baking powder, 2 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 1 bar butter, 1/2 kilo sugar, 6 pcs.eggs, 1/2 kilo shredded carrot, 1 can crushed pineapple (439 grams), 1 big can evaporated milk, cheese.

Procedure:

1. Measure and sift all dry ingredients.

2. Cream butter, add sugar and eggs.

3. Add dry ingredients, alternate with milk.

4. Add crushed pineapple and carrots.

5. Pour mixture into molders, put cheese on top and steam for 15 minutes.

There you have it!