Kutsinta Without Lye Water PArt 2

Kutsinta is one of the delicious dainties ( kakanin) in the Philippines, but making it needs a lye water or lihiya and the problem is, in some places lihiya is not available specially in other countries, and this situation made me find a solution for it and here is the successful attempt of making kutsinta without lye water or lihiya.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup  sugar
1 tsp annatto powder ( atsuete)
2 1/4 cups BAKING SODA SOLUTION

Here is the link on how to make BAKING SODA SOLUTION
http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/baking-soda-solution.html

Procedure:
1. Sift all the dry ingredients then combine everything and pour into molders and steam for 30 minutes or until done.
2. Remove from steamer then allow few minutes to cool before removing from the molders then serve with or without grated coconut.

To save time, prepare the steamer while you are preparing the kutsinta mixture, so that the water is already boiling after the preparation and you can steam right away.


If rice flour is not available just replace it with all purpose flour

Pichi Pichi

Pichi pichi is one of my favorite Filipino dainties ( kakanin), I like the savor and firmness of this steamed cassava. The problem in cooking this is the lye water because it is not available in my place, so I studied very  carefully and figured out for a solution then I tried my conclusion for my analysis then it was a success! I made the Baking Soda Solution to replace the lye water or lihiya. The link for BAKING SODA SOLUTION is provided below.

Ingredients
2 cups cassava, grated
1 cup sugar
2 cups BAKING SODA SOLUTION - Click the link to see how to make it, very simple and easy http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/baking-soda-solution.html
1 cup coconut, grated

cassava

Grating the cassava

Procedure:
1. In a mixing bowl put together the grated cassava, sugar, baking soda solution then mix well.

2. Put in the molders and steam for 30 minutes or until cooked. If molders are not available steam in a tray/pan until cooked then spoon a portion and roll over grated coconut.
3. After cooking, let cool before removing in the molders for best result, then roll over the grated coconut and serve with a smile :-).

Baking Soda Solution

Some few weeks ago I posted about REDUCED BAKING SODA as a replacement for lye water or lihiya in making kutsinta by baking the baking soda with correct procedure, but not all have oven to do it and they send me emails if there is another solution, so I started to think about it and came up with this.

Now I will share the replacement of lye water or lihiya in cooking pichi pichi, it is very simple to do it. I will call this BAKING SODA SOLUTION, here is the recipe for it.
In every 1 teaspoon of baking soda we put 4 cups of water and allow it to boil over high heat for 5 minutes.
Make sure it will not overflow, so do not leave it unattended.

Allow to cool and keep in a safe place. This is now ready to be used for pichi pichi, kutsinta and any food that needs lye water or lihiya in cooking.

To use this for recipes remove the lye and replace the water with this.

Kutsinta recipe with baking soda solution

Macaroni and Corn Salad

I am craving for some macaroni salad, but my ingredients are not complete for proper macaroni salad, that is why I made this and it is still yummy :) Simple but satisfying.

Ingredients:
300 grams macaroni ( cooked according to packaging direction)
1 red apple ( diced)
1 cup raisins
2 cups corn kernel
1 cup condensed milk
2 cups nestle cream or light cream

Procedure:
1.  Mix all the ingredients then refrigerate before serving.

 

2. Once chilled serve with a smile -:)

Stir Fried Spinach with Shrimps

I love spinach because it is full of nutrients and delicious. I need vitamin K also which is found in this vegetable and from my research I found out that nutritional value of cooked spinach is 3 times higher than raw, because there are nutrients from spinach that can not be absorbed by our body if it is raw. Make spinach a part of your diet, try this recipe.

  Ingredients:
2 bunches of Spinach.
1/4 kilo shrimps
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Spinach

Procedure:
1.Saute the garlic and onion, add the shrimps then simmer for a minute then add the soy sauce.
2. Increase the heat for stir frying, add the spinach  and stir fry until done, add salt and pepper to taste then turn off the heat.
3.  Serve it with a smile.

Salmon Sinigang sa Camatis

 To avoid a slimy  smell of the soup here is my technique of cooking my fish sinigang sa camatis. I hope you will like it.

 Ingredients:
1/2 kilo fish
1/2 kilo tomatoes ( sliced)
1 onion ( sliced)
1 bunch of spinach
4 cups water
1/4 cup fish saue (patis)
some jalapeno or cayenne pepper ( siling haba)
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1.  In a pot put the tomatoes, onion, fish, cayenne pepper and fish sauce, cover over medium heat then wait until it boils, then allow to simmer for few minutes.
2. Add the water and bring to boil, simmer for few minutes until the fish is cooked.
3. Add the  spinach and simmer for a minute then turn off the heat.
4.Serve it hot.

Pork Adobo with Sprite

Adobo is an all time favorite dish in our family, and we loved to try our adobo with different variants, here is one of the variants that we loved so much.

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup sprite
6 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon peppercorn ( pamintang buo)

Procedure:
1. Saute the garlic then add the pork, soy sauce, vinegar, and peppercorn, then let simmer over medium heat for few minutes.
2. Add the sprite and cover until the meat is tender stirring occasionally, when its tender increase the heat to make the sauce thickens then turn off the heat.
3. Serve it with rice.