Famous Filipino Food Cookbook

I'm introducing some of  the Famous Filipino Food using this cookbook!

Filipino Food or "Pagkaing Pinoy", The Most Popular Recipes of the Philippines is written by Christie Lee. Some famous and favorite food is divided into the following:

1. Soups, Salads and Appetizers
2. Meat (Beef, Chicken, and Pork)
3. Fish and Seafood
4. Vegetables
5. Rice and Noodles
6. Desserts and Merienda (Snacks)
7. Drinks
I will write all the contents, just for reference:

Soups, Salads, and Appetizers

1. Almondigas
2. Batchoy 
3. Chicken Mami
4. Hototay
5. Macaroni Soup
6. Misua and Patola Soup - Chicken and Spongegourd Soup
7. Pancit Molo
8. Picadillo
9. Atchara (Pickled Papaya)
10. Cheese Sticks
11. Ensaladang Puso ng Saging
12. Ensaladang Talong
13. Ensaladag Ubod
14. Green Mango Salad
15. Kangkong Salad
16. Pritong Dilis
17. Rellenong Itlog
18. Ukoy

- Bottlegourd (Upo) and Shrimp Soup
- Bottlegourd (Upo) and Beef Noodles

 Meat (Beef, Chicken, and Pork)

1. Adobo
2. Beefsteak - Filipino Beef Steak (Bistek)
3. Beef Tapa
4. Bopis
5. Breaded Meat Nuggets
6. Chicken Barbecue
7. Chicken Galantina
8. Chicken Lollipops
9. Chicken Sinampalukan
10. Chili con Carne
11. Cocido
12. Crispy Pata
13. Dinuguan
14. Embutido
15. Fried Beef Liver
16. Hamonado
17. Humba
18. Kaldereta - Caldereta (Filipino Style Beef Stew)
19. Kare-kare
20. Lechon Kawali
21. Lumpiang Shanghai
22. Pork Bulanglang
23. Sinigang na Baboy
24. Tinola - Chicken and Papaya Soup
25. Tocino

Fish and Seafood

1. Adobong Pusit
2. Baked Oyster
3. Calamares
4. Camaron Rebosado
5. Dinengdeng
6. Escabeche
7. Fish Balls
8. Fish Steak
9. Gambas
10. Ginataang Alimasag
11. Giantaan Kuhol
12. Halabos na Hipon
13. Inihaw na Bangus
14. Kilawin
15. Nilasing na Hipon
16. Paksiw na Isda
17. Pinangat na Tuna
18. Rellenong Alimango
19. Sarciado
20. Sinigaang na Hipon - *Salmon Sour Soup (Sinigang na Salmon)
21. Tortang Tahong

- *Marinated Milk Fish (1) - *Marinated Milk Fish (2)

Vegetables

1. Ampalaya Guisado -
2. Bicol Express
3. Ginataang Kalabasa - Squash and Stringbeans in Coconut Milk
4. Laing
5. Lumpiang Ubod - Fresh Bamboo Shoots Spring Rolls
6. Monggo Guisado
7. Pinakbet - Mix Vegetables without Shrimp Paste
8. Puso ng Saging

Rice and Noodles

1. Arroz a la Cubana
2. Arroz Caldo
3. Arroz Valenciana
4. Corned Beef Rice
5. Java Rice
6. Paella
7. Pancit Canton
8. Pancit Malabon
9. Rice and Peas
10. Sotanghon Guisado

Desserts and Merienda (Snacks)

1. Barquillos
2. Buco Pie
3. Bunuelos (Egg Doughnuts)
4. Camote Chips - Sweet Purple Potato Chips
5. Carioca (Sweet Rice Balls)
6. Cassava Suman
7. Churros con Chocolate
8. Coffee Jelly
9. Egg Pie
10. Empanada
11. Ensaymada
12. Espasol
13. Ginumis
14. Halo-halo
15. Inipit
16. Leche Flan
17. Lengua de Gato
18. Maruyang Kamote
19. Palitaw
20. Peanut Brittle
21. Pichi-pichi
22. Puto Lanson
23. Sorbete de Pina
24. Turon
25. Ube Marbles

Drinks

1.  Buko-Gulaman Combo
2. Frappe
3. Fruit Punch
4. Green Mango Shake
5. Guyabano Citrus Mix
6. Homemade Lemon Iced Tea
7. Hot Choco with Mallows
8. Sago at Gulaman
9. Salabat

21 Pounds in 21 Days

I love reading book regarding food and health. Sorry, it doesn't mean I follow everything written.

South Beach Diet

A diet book for losing tummy first as mentioned! It's a six weeks diet (divided into 3 phases) that tells the weight watchers to lose weight without starvation. The book includes 6 weeks meal plan and many recipes. Some of the ingredients are difficult to find here in Taipei, for instance ricotta cheese. In Costco, I used to buy part-skim mozarella cheese sticks, and now I couldn't find one! It's in Taiwanese Culture that they don't like much cheese. I guess that's the reason Coscto isn't selling anymore.
I'll blog some of the recipes adapted from this book:




Phase 1

1. Vegetable Quiche Cups to Go
2. Grilled Salmon with Rosemary
3. Vanilla Ricotta Creme
4. Turkey Roll-Ups
5. South Beach Chopped Salad with Tuna
6. Roasted Eggplants and Peppers
7. Mocha Ricotta Creme
8. Easy Asparagus and Mushroom Omelet
9. Surprise South Beach Mashed "Potatoes"
10. Almond Ricotta Creme
11. Eggs Florentine
12. Chef's Salad
13. Orange Roughy in Scallion and ginger Sauce
14. Western Egg White Omelet
15. Gazpacho
16. Balsamic Chicken
17. Stewed Tomatoes and Onions
18. Chicken Caesar Salad
19. Oven-Roasted Vegetables
20. Lemon Zest Ricotta Cheese
21. Smoke Salmon Fritatta
22. Crab Cobb Salad
23. Marinated London Broil
24. Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms
25. Lime Zest Ricotta Cheese
26. Light Spinach Frittata with Tomato Salsa
27. Hummus with Raw Vegetables
28. Savary ChickenSaute

Julie and Julia

As I've mentioned, I watched the film several times - it's two different stories in a film, Julia Child (author of Mastering Arts of French Cooking) and Julie Powell (blogging the book of Julia Child). Yes, the movie is full of eating that made me hungry after watching it!

The book is quiet different from the film, written by Julie Powell... I'm still reading it!

My Life in France

The life of Julia Child and her husband living in France, how she started cooking, teaching, and writing cookbook - Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Although the book is full of French words - mostly, I need translator to understand, yet I like it very much. Actually, I watched the movie "Julie and Julia" several times.

Comfort Food

I bought this book in Amsterdam Airport while waiting for the connecting flight to Budapest. Although it's fiction, I find it interesting since it's also about food - a celebrity chef helping others and her friends sorting out their problems, Gus (herself) can't even find time organize her wn birthday party...

I've read this 2 years ago, I forgot all about it - I'll find time to read it again soon!

Under the Tuscan Sun

Finally I've finished reading this book "Under the Tuscan Sun (At Home in Italy)", I'm only reading it when I'm taking train (about 20 minutes from my place to Taipei). The story is about the author herself bought an old villa in Tuscany and renovated it in time. She mentioned all her experiences, both happiness and hardship. She also included some recipes, things she bought,places she had been , people she met ... some Italian words... I heard also there's a movie about this, but the story is different from the book! If you love county place, this book is a must to read! I like it!

Eat, Pray, Love

A divorce woman (author herself) Liz, who went to Italy to enjoy food, went to India to seek for her devotion, and went to Bali (Indonesia) to find love of her life. A very interesting book specially if you guys love to travel. I enjoyed the part when she was in Italy (why, because of food!)

Fish 100 and More

Fish 100 is a Chinese cookbook by Angela Cheng. It contains 100 recipes for cooking fish in different ways like steaming, stir-frying, stewing, quick boiling, frying, deep-frying, baking, chilling, and making soups. The recipes are more of Cantonese Taste. She uses different combinations of seasonings interchanging to come up with different dish.

I'm going to list all of them here, just for reference:

Before Steaming

Before Stir Frying

Before Stewing

Before Quick Boiling

Before Frying

Before Deep Frying

Before Baking

Before Chilling

Before Making Soups

1. 
   
   Steamed Fish Head with Dried Radish
2. 
   
   Steamed Fish with Black Bean Sauce
3. 
   
   Steamed Fish with Tree Seeds
4. 
   
   Steamed Fish Slices with Garlic Sauce
5. 
   
   Steamed Egg with Cod
6. 
   
   Steamed Fish Fillet with Bean Sauce
7. 
   
   Steamed Fish, Cantonese Style
8. 
   
   Steamed Fish Cubes with XO Sauce
9. 
   
   Stemaed Fish with Black Mushroom Sauce
10. 
    
    Steamed Fish Rolls with Asparagus
11. 
    
    Steamed Tri-color Fish
12. 
    
    Steamed Fish with Spicy Meat Sauce
13. 
    
    Lemon Fish, Thai Style
14. 
    
    Stir-fried Fish with Preserved Mustard Greens
15. 
    
    Fish Slices with Oyster Sauce
16. 
    
    Stir-fried Fish Slices with Yu-Hsiang Sauce
17. 
    
    Stir-fried Fish, Cantonese Style
18. 
    
    Stir-fried Fish with Eggs
19. 
    
    Fish Slices with Wine Sauce
20. 
    
    Stir-fried Fish Fillet with Fermented Beans
21. 
    
    Fish Slices with Tomato
22. 
    
    Stir-fried Eel with Bean Sprouts and Leek
23. 
    
    Spicy Diced Fish
24. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Garlic
25. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Green Onion
26. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Spices
27. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Mustard Green
28. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Fermented Cabbage
29. 
    
    Fish with Vegetable Sauce
30. 
    
    Carp with Hot Bean Sauce
31. 
    
    Stewed Fish Tail, Shanghai Style
32. 
    
    Stewed Fish with Soysauce
33. 
    
    Stewed Eel with Gingko Nuts
34. 
    
    Fish with Curry Sauce
35. 
    
    Stewed Fish Jaws with Black Bean Sauce
36. 
    
    Stewed Fish Head with meat Sauce
37. 
    
    Stewed Salmon Head with Garlic
38. 
    
    Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce
39. 
    
    Fish Strips with Spicy Sauce
40. 
    
    Sweet and Sour Fish with Bean Threads
41. 
    
    Fish Strips with Sha-Cha Sauce
42. 
    
    Diced Fish with Snow Peas
43. 
    
    Fried Pomfret
44. 
    
    Fried Flounder with Garlic Sauce
45. 
    
    Fired Fish Fillet with XO Sauce
46. 
    
    Fried Crispy Fish
47. 
    
    Brown Peppercorn Salt Flavored  Fish
48. 
    
    Crispy Fish Pie
49. 
    
    Fried Fish Rolls with Creamy Wine Sauce
50. 
    
    Egg Rolls with Small fish
51. 
    
    Fried Pomfret Fillet with Clam Sauce
52. 
    
    Deep-fried Fish with Fruit Sauce
53. 
    
    Deep-fried Crispy Fish Strips
54. 
    
    Two Flavored Fish Rolls
55. 
    
    Fish Fillet with Orange Sauce
56. 
    
    Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce
57. 
    
    Pomfret with Butter and Garlic
58. 
    
    Fish with Treasures
59. 
    
    Sweet and Sour Boneless Fish
60. 
    
    Curry Cod with Popped Rice
61. 
    
    Deep-fried Fish with Mayonnaise
62. 
    
    Deep-fried Salmon Balls
63. 
    
    Deep-fried Fish Strips
64. 
    
    Fish with Two Mushrooms
65. 
    
    Baked Fish with Cheese
66. 
    
    Fish Fillet with Bacon and Garlic
67. 
    
    Baked Salmon with Green Onion
68. 
    
    Baked Cod with White Wine Sauce
69. 
    
    Baked Miso Fish
70. 
    
    Baked Pomfret with Teriyaki Sauce
71. 
    
    Baked Smelt, Japanese Style
72. 
    
    Baked Salmon with Garlic
73. 
    
    Baked Tuna with Mushroom
74. 
    
    Baked Fish Fillet with Mustard Sauce
75. 
    
    Smoked Salmon Rolls
76. 
    
    Smoked Salmon Salad
77. 
    
    Salmon Salad, Cantonese Style
78. 
    
    Tuna and Fruit Salad, Japanese Style
79. 
    
    Stewed Carps with Green Onion
80. 
    
    Fish Salad, Korean Style
81. 
    
    Deep-fried Spicy Fish
82. 
    
    Smoked Promfet
83. 
    
    Curry fish with Vegetables
84. 
    
    Cold Fish, Italian Style
85. 
    
    Cold Fish with Tomatoes
86. 
    
    Crispy Fish with Peanuts
87. 
    
    Sweet and Crispy Fish
88. 
    
    Fish Soup with Radish and Clams
89. 
    
    Fish Soup with Vinegar and Pepper
90. 
    
    Miso Soup
91. 
    
    Sour Soup, Vietnam Style
92. 
    
    Fish Head in Casserole
93. 
    
    Home Style Fish Ball Soup
94. 
    
    Sliced Fish Soup, Hunan Style
95. 
    
    Fish Potage with Green Vegetable
96. 
    
    Noodle with Read Sea Bream
97. 
    
    Sour and Spicy Fish Potage
98. 
    
    Fish Soup, Cantonese Style
99. 
    
    Fish Pot, Korean Style

More Fish....

1. Fish Stock
2. Steamed Salmon in Cabbage
3. Steamed Fish Fillet
4. Fried Dried Fish and Tofu
5. Fried Milkfish in Light Soysauce
6. Salmon and Cabbage Fried Rice

Sweet Indulge

A collection of desserts containing fruits, nuts, and cereals.

Clinical Diet???

This paper was given to me 5 years ago from one of my classmates in Chinese Class. I haven't tried it!
I don't know if it's effective!

Measuring Guide

I thought of adding this metric converter and substituitions to my page for reference: It's very helpful!

American standard cup Metric converter equivalent-approx.

1 tsp. = 1/6 fl. oz. = 0.5 cl. = 5 ml.

1 Tbsp = 1/2 fl. oz. = 1.5 cl. = 15 ml.
1 cup   = 8 fl. oz.    = 2.4 dl. = 240 ml
1 pint   = 16 fl oz.   = 4.7 dl. = 470ml.
1 qt.    = 32 fl. oz.  = 9.5 dl.  = 950ml.

British standard cup

1 tsp    = 1/5 fl.oz.  = 0.6 cl. = 6 ml.
1 Tbsp = 0.55 fl.oz = 1.7 cl. = 17 ml.
1 cup   = 10 fl.oz.   = 2.8 dl. = 280 ml.
1 pint   = 20 fl.oz.   = 5.7 dl. = 570 ml.
1 quart = 40 fl.oz.  = 1.1 l     = 1,100 ml.

1 liter = 1.06 U.S. quarts

1 U.S. quart = 0.95 l.
1 l   = 10 dl. = 100 cl. = 1000 ml.
1 dl = 10 cl. = 100 ml.


Weight (approx.)

1 kg = 1,000 g = 2 pounds
1/2 kg = 500 g = 1 pound
1/4 kg = 250 g = 1/2 pound
1/8 kg = 125 g = 1/4 pound
1/2 oz. = 15 g
1 oz = 30 g
3.5 oz = 100 g
4 oz (1/4 lb) = 125g
7 oz = 200 g
8 oz = 250 g
16 oz = 500 g
32 oz = 1,000 g = 1kg

Volume

1/4 tsp. = 1.25 ml
1/2 tsp. = 2.5 ml
1 tsp. = 5 ml
4 tsp. = 20 ml
2 fl. oz. 1/4 cup = 60 ml
4 fl oz. 1/2 cup = 125 ml
5 fl. oz. 2/3 cup = 170 ml
6 fl oz. 3/4 cup = 190 ml
8 fl. oz. 1 cup = 250 ml
16 fl. oz. 2 cups = 500 ml
32 fl. oz. 4 cups = 1 liter
1 liter = 10 dl
1/2 liter = 5 dl
1/4 liter = 2 1/2 dl
1/10 liter = 1 dl
3/4 liter = 71/2 dl

More Equivalents

1 deciliter = 6 (scant) tablespoons
2.5 deciliters = 1 cup
5 deciliter = 2 cups = 1 pint
1 liter = 1.05 quarts
1 gram = .03 ounce
28.3 grams = 1 ounce
450 grams = 16 ounces = 1 pounds
1000 grams (kilograms) = 2.2 pounds
1 cup = 16 tablespoons
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
6 tablespoons = 1 dl
2 cups = 1 pint
4 cups = 1 quart
16 cups = 1 gallons
16 ounces = 1 pound

5-6 whole EGGS = 1 cup

3 egg whites = 1 dl
6 egg yolks = 1 dl
8-10 egg whites = 1 cup
1 egg white = 2 tablespoons
12-14 egg yolks = 1 cup
1/4 pound BUTTER or MARGARINE = 1/2 cup
1 pound cottage CHEESE = 2 cups
1 pound regular grind COFFEE = 5 cups
1 medium LEMON = 3 to 4 tablespoons juice
1 juice ORANGE = 1/3 to 1/2 cup
1 pound brown SUGAR = 2 1/4 packed
1 pound confectioners sugar, sifted = 3 1/2 cups
1 pound sugar = 2 1/4 cups
1 pound all purpose FLOUR = 4 cups sifted
1 pound cake flour = 4 3/4 cups sifted
1 pound raw MACARONI = 4 cups
1 cup uncooked macaroni = 2 1/4 cups cooked
1 pound uncooked noodles = 6 cups
1 cup uncooked noodles = 1 cup cooked
1 pound uncooked spaghetti = 4 3/4 cups
1 cup uncooked spaghetti = 2 cups cooked
1 cup uncooked OATMEAL = 1 3/4 to 2 cups cooked
1 cup uncooked R ICE = 2 1/4 cups cooked
1 cup uncooked rice = 4 cups cooked
1 cup precooked rice = 2 cups cooked
8 MARSHMALLOWS = 1 cup chopped
1 marshmallow = 10 miniature
1 pound seeded RAISINS = 3 1/4 cups
1 pound pitted DATES = 2 1/2 cups
1 pound un-pitted dates = 1 3/4 chopped
1 pound NUTS = 3 1/2 - 4 cups chopped
1 pound nuts in shell = 2 cups shelled
1 pound raw MEAT = 2 cups cooked, diced or ground
1 stick of BUTTER = 1/2 Cup or 2 dl or 2 oz or 60 g.

1 Tbsp cornstarch (for thickening) = ca. 2 Tbsp flour.

1 c. sifted all-purpose flour = 1 c. plus 2 Tbsp. sifted cake flour
1 c. sifted cake flour = 1 c. minus 2 Tbsp. sifted all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder = 1/4 tsp. baking soda plus 1/2 tsp. cr. of tarter
1 c. bottled milk = 1/2 c. evaporated milk plus 1/2 c. water
1 c. sour milk =
1 c. sweet milk into which 1 tbsp. of vinegar or lemon juice has been stirred; or 1 c. buttermilk
1 c. sweet milk = 1 c. sour milk or buttermilk plus 1/2 tbsp. baking soda
1 c. sour, heavy cream = 1/3 c. butter and 2/3 c. milk in sour milk recipe
1 c. molasses = 1 c. honey
1 l oz. square unsweetened chocolate = 2 tbsp. cocoa plus 1/2 tbsp. shortening

All About Rice and Noodles

All About Rice and Noodles Cookbook is divided into two seciton:

*All About Rice : knowing your rice, tips for cookig rice; and All About Noodles: cooking noodles. It also suggesting a good stock for making delicous soup noodles.

*All About Noodles: spaghetti, fettucini, wonton noodles, spinach noodles, hor fun (flat rice) noodles, silver needle noodles, plain noodles, yellow noodles, vermicelli, mung bean vermicelli

1. Hainanese Chicken Rice
2. Claypot Chicken Rice
3. Sambal Chilli
4. Seafood with Crispy Rice Crust
5. Fried Brown Rice with Prawn and Pineapple
6. Nasi Briyani
7. Thai Style Pineapple Rice
8. Japanese Rice Omelet
9. Glutinous Rice Dumplings
10. Musroom Glutinous Rice
11. Cantonese Style Claypot Rice
12. Yam Rice Wrapped in Lotus Leaf
13. Beef Porridge with Egg
14. Deep Fried Rice and Cheese Balls
15. Rice Burger with Ginger Beef
16. Sang Mee with Seafood
17. Prawn Noodle Soup
18. Fried Mee Sua with Shredded and Vegetables
19. Spicy Fried Thick Vermicelli
20. Fried Vermicelli
21. Stir-fried Beef Hor Fun
22. Noodles with Braised Mushrooms
23. Clams with Noodles in White Sauce
24. Spaghetti Pancake

25. Vietnamese Rice Noodles with Beef  -  Cold Noodles with Beef

Scallops and Colorful Pepper Noodles

*********************************

More About Fried Rice...

Fried Rice: Salmon and Cabbage      

 Fried Rice: Corned Beef

All About Soup

This book is all about different types of soups, useful tips in making soups, use of stoks for better taste, common mistakes in making soups, and chinese herbs in soup. It contains 25 recipes using different kinds of meat.

 How to make fish stock?

1. 
   
   Pork Ribs and Lotus Roots Soup with Dried Persimmon
2. 
   
   Pig Trotters and Peanuts Soup with Dried Tangerine
3. 
   
   Dried Bok Choy Soup with Dates
4. 
   
   Tofu and Fish Soup
5. 
   
   Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Herbal Soup)
6. 
   
   Pig Stomach with White Peppercorns
7. 
   
   Duck Soup with Corns, Carrots, and Water Chestnuts
8. 
   
   Chicken Soup with Milk
9. 
   
   Four Herbs and Pork Shank Soup
10. 
    
    Ginseng Soup with Chinese Yam
11. 
    
    Soft Bones Soup with Dang Shen and Chestnuts
12. 
    
    Burdock and Chicken Feet Soup
13. 
    
    Pork Ribs Soup and Winter Melon and Barley
14. 
    
    Bitter Gourd and Pork Ribs Soup with Soy Beans
15. 
    
    Chicken Feet and Peanuts Soup with Black Eye Beans
16. 
    
    Watercress and Preserved Duck Gizzard Soup
17. 
    
    Hawthorn Fruit and Carrot Mutton Soup
18. 
    
    Loofah Pork and Meatballs Soup
19. 
    
    Salmon Vegetable Soup
20. 
    
    Wintermelon Soup with Dried Scallops and Lotus Seeds
21. 
    
    Aloe Vera and lean Pork Soup
22. 
    
    Radish Miso Soup
23. 
    
    Coriander and Century Egg Soup wit Fish Slices
24. 
    
    Minced Meat and Water Chestnuts Soup
25. 
    
    Chicken Soup with White Fungus

All About Eggs

"No other ingredient is as versatile as the humble egg. It can be steamed, scrambles, boiled, pan-fried, baked, or even deep-fried. It's cheap, easy to prepare, and packed full of wholesome goodness."

• Eggyolk - contains most of the nutrients in an egg. It contains 17.5% protein, 32.5% fat, 48% water, 2% minerals and many types of elemens.
• Inner Thick Egg White - Freshly laid eggs have a larger portion that protects the eggyolk.
• Outer Thin Egg White - Eggs laid by older chicken, and eggs stored for a long time have a larger portion of thin egg whites.
• Chalazae - a cordlike joining the yolk and whites

-Steamed Eggs -Fried Eggs -Making Crepes -Scrambled Eggs

There are 25 recipes in this book, one at a time I'll to cook them and blog it here!

1. Boiled eggs
2. Steamed Eggs with Clams
3. Steamed Pork Patties with Salted Egg
4. Chicken and Egg Screwers
5. Cuttlefish and Prawns with Golden Crumbs
6. Twice-cooked Eggs
7. Chinese Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Egg
8. Deep Fried Stuffed Eggs
9. Potato Egg Salad
10. Spicy Century Eggs and Sweet and Sour Eggs
11. Stir-fried Eggs and Mung Bean Vermicelli
12. Egg Parcels
13. Stir-fried Salted Eggs with Bitter Gourd
14. Tri-color Steamed Egg
15. Chawanmushi
16. White Baits Tamagoyaki
17. Braised Egg Dumplings with Mung Bean Vermicelli
18. Braised Cabbage with Deep-fried Crispy Eggs
19. Scrambled Eggs with Shrimps
20. Tomato Fried Eggs
21. Tea Flavored Eggs
22. Pork and Century Egg Congee
23. Egg Whites with Apricot Kernel Juice
24. Egg Tarts
25. Caramel Egg Pudding

All About Meat

All About Meat  is another informative book for a beginner cook. When I was in high school in Home Economics subject, they thought us the right cut of meat for the right dish. All of those I've forgotten. Hoping that I could blog and share you everything in this book. FYI, I don't eat pork and most of the time I will replace it with other meat. But from time to time I'll cook pork when my hubby's in town or visitors coming to my place.  This book contains 25 pork, beef and lamb recipes + cooking tips and techniques on how to prepare, cook, and food look good. *All About Pork - * All About Beef - *All About Mutton. 

1. 
   
   Dong Po Stewed Pork
2. 
   
   Grilled Ribs
3. 
   
   Braised Pork with Preserved Mustard Cabbage
4. 
   
   Sweet and Sour Pork
5. 
   
   Braised Pork with Chinese Yam
6. 
   
   Deep-fried Pork Chop
7. 
   
   Crispy Pork Chop
8. 
   
   Trotter Braised in Coke
9. 
   
   Savoury Spring Rolls
10. 
    
    Stir-fried Pork Belly and Leeks
11. 
    
    Braised Mince Pork with Mushrooms
12. 
    
    Stir-fried Pork with Fermented Black Beans and Pepper
13. 
    
    Stir-fried Pork with Onion
14. 
    
    Braise Meat Balls
15. 
    
    Sliced Pork with Garlic Sauce
16. 
    
    Stir-fried Beef with Kailan
17. 
    
    Thai Style Beef in Cocnut Milk
18. 
    
    Quick-fried Beef with Spring Onion
19. 
    
    Bacon Hamburger Patty
20. 
    
    Japanese Sukiyaki on Rice
21. 
    
    Sirloin Steak with Mushroom Sauce
22. 
    
    Braised Short Ribs with Tomatoes
23. 
    
    Stewed Beef with Red Wine
24. 
    
    Pan-fried Lamb Chop
25. 
    
    Mutton Hot Pot 

More About Meat...

1. 
   
   Shredded Beef and Green Pepper
2. 
   
   
   

All About Steaming

Steaming is one way of cooking that produce the least grease in food. Health concious people are more aware of this method. In this book, I read a lot of steaming tips like preparation, hints and techniques,

There are different kinds of steamers: electric cooker, bamboo steam baskets, steamers, woks, soup pots, microwave ovens, and even baking ovens.

I will be using the bamboo steam baskets. It has been tested for centuries since it aborbs more moisture that prevent condensed steam from dripping into the food.

Tips for Successful Steaming:

The old way to test whether the food is already cook is by inserting a chopstick into the flesh part of the meat. If there's no flesh stuck ont he chopstick, it means that the fish is cooked. But the fish will not presentable because it has so many holes (like my very first steam fish dish). According to this book, just take note of the steaming time. Do not open the lid until the right time, keep opening the steamer lid will prolong the cooking.

The 25recipes included in this book (just for reference):
1. Meat with Tofu and Preserved Vegetables Patties
2. Steamed Codfish with Crispy Fried Soybean Crumbs
3. Steamed Chicken with Herbs
4. Brinjal (Eggplant) with Vinegar and Soy Sauce Dressing
5. Steamed Short Ribs with Fermented Black Beans
6. Steamed Eggs with Spicy Bean Paste Sauce
7. Steamed Live Prawns
8. Steamed Cod Fillet
9. Steamed Chicken Thigh with Spring Onion
10. Steamed Mushroom
11. Cantonese Stye Steamed Fish
12. Asparagus Fish Roll
13. Steamed Fish Slices with Garlic
14. Steamed Pork
15. Steamed Eggs with Fish
16. Beef Brisket with Oyster Sauce
17. Cuttlefish and Cabbage Rolls
18. Steamed Chicken and Bittergourd with Fermented Black Beans
19. Steamed Chinese Yam with Shrimps
20. Mandarin Peel Beef Balls
21. Steamed King Oyster Mushrooms
22. Steamed Radish 
23. Steamed Chicken with Mushroom
24. Steamed Yam Cake with Minced Meat
25. Savoury Steamed Cake

All About Chicken

All About Chicken is giving an idea how to lean new and traditional methods of cooking; from preparation, steaming, boiling, deep-frying, and roasting. Some topics are: All About Whole Chicken; Recipe for Boiled Chicken; All About Chicken Breast Meat; Marinating Tips; and Cooking Tips + 25 recipes. Here are the lists of recipes, just for reference.

Korean Style Ginseng Chicken Soup

Pan-fried Chicken Thigh

Rice Cooker Baked Salted Chicken

Sesame Oil Chicken with Wine and Soysauce

Special Flavoured Chicken

Diced Chicken with Cashew Nuts

Drunken Chicken

Crispy Chicken with Spices

Fried Chicken with Fermented Red Bean Curd

Deep Fried Chicken with Vegetable Rice

Claypot Chicken and Mushrooms

Peking Chicken

Chicken with Spicy Sauce

Hot and Sour Chicken with Black Fungus

Kung Pao Chicken

Roast Chicken with Italian Herbs

Chicken Glutinous Rice

Chicken Parmigiana

Diced Chicken in Lettuce Cups

Braised Chicken with Lemon

Lemon Chicken -

Roast Chicken

Stir-fried Chicken with Fermented Bean Paste

Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce

Chicken Meatballs Soup

More About Chicken....

Grilled Basil and Lemon Chicken

Spicy Basil Chicken

Thai Syle Chicken Curry

Chicken and Baby Corn

Chicken with Peanut Sauce

Chicken with Colorful Peppers

All About Tofu

According to this book, Tofu is divided in to 3 main categories:
Traditional Pressed Tofu - made with gypsum (calcium sulfate) or salt brine (concentrated seawater). It can classified into silken tofu and firm tofu.
Boxed Tofu - the soybean using tofu juice for this kind of tofu has lower content of calcium.
Japanese tofu - classified as momen tofu (firmer and rich in fragrance) and kinugoshi tofu (silken tofu is smooth that almost melts in your mouth)

Upon reading this book, I guess the  things you want to know are: How to make soybean milk? How to make soybean curd? How to make tofu? I'll try to blog the 25 dish listed below, but not exactly the same ingredients:
1. Cold Tofu with Dried Shrimps and Century Eggs
2. Deep Fried Tofu Balls
3. Slated Fish Head and Tofu Soup (1)
4. Crispy Tofu Rolls
5. Home Style Tofu
6. Basil Tofu
7. Tofu Treasure Boxes
8. Tofu Wonton with Spice Dressing
9. Vegetarian Tofu
10. Egg Tofu with Fermented Black Beans and Chili
11. Crispy Home-made Tofu
12. Ma Po Tofu - Spicy Egg Tofu with Brocolli
13. Steamed Tofu Balls with Black Moss
14. Stir-Fried Tofu with Chili and Anchovy - Spicy Tofu and Dried Fish
15. Crispy Fried Tofu
16. Fish Head and Tofu Soup (2)
17. Kimchi Tofu Hot Pot
18. Pipa Tofu with Dried Scallops
19. Yong Tau Tofu
20. Braised Tofu Parcels
21. Baked Tofu with Bacon and Cheese
22. Savoury Bean Curd
23. Tofu and Cherry Tomtoes Bruschetta
24. Tofu Salad
25. Baked Tofu Lasagna

Here are some Tofu Dishes I've cooked: (not included in the list above)
26. Simply Fried Tofu
27. Dried Tofu with Celery
28. Bitter Gourd and Tofu
29. Tofu and Eggplant in Oyster Sauce
30. Tofu and Beansprout Spring Roll
31. Tofu and Vegetable Soup

Berry Tofu Smoothie

All About Home Cooking

All About Home Cooking is a basic book specially for beginner in the kitchen like me. It teaches the essential of cooking, some fundamental techniques, cooking tips, and includes 25 easy recipes using everyday ingredients. Some topics are: About Stir-frying; About Pan-frying; About Steaming; About Boiling; and About Stewing.

1. Stir-fried Kangkong with Thai Shrimp Paste
2. Spicy Sichuan Eggplant
3. Dry-Fried String Beans
4. Minced Meat Potato
5. Stir-fried Prawns and Brocolli
6. Stir-fried Spicy Chicken
7. Braised Mushroom and Chicken
8. Braised Pork
9. Stir-fried Beef with Green Peppers
10. Braised Beef with Carrot and Radish
11. Quick Fried Beef with Spring Onion
12. Steamed Cod Fish
13. Lemon Fish
14. Pan-fried Pomfret
15. Braised Fish
16. Scrambled Eggs with Prawns
17. Steamed Prawn and Chicken Rolls
18. Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Herb Soup)
19. Pork Ribs and Soybean Sprouts Soup
20. Cuttlefish with Special Sauce
21. Sausage Fried Rice
22. Century Egg and Pork Porridge
23. Vegetarian Fried Noodles
24. Vermicelli with Pork, Shrimps and Mushrooms
25. Seafood and Tomato Pasta