Yesterday, I was craving for original Filipino food again so I decided to cook something I’ve never ever cooked before, not even in the Philippines (as if I cooked in the Phils :D). It was the monggos with dried fish! weeeee!…. :D
I invented the recipe. I didn’t look it up online or asked my mom or anybody. It was all common sense and memories from our old restaurant back when I was in highschool. I soaked the monggo (mung) beans overnight to soften it then cooked it in the pressure cooker for a few minutes. This I learned from our restaurant cooks back in hiskul while watching them prepare the ingredients for all the dishes they were going to cook. I then sauteed the spices and squash on a lil bit of pork fat then added some lean meat then the cooked monggo beans and previously fried dried fish (that I cooked outside of our house!) plus sikwa (found it in my garden) then let it simmer for a bit. Didn’t need to add much salt as the dried fish was already salty. That’s it. It turned out to be soooo good and it smelled so good. The dried fish gave the dish the kick.. as in manipa jud! I thought Kyle would like it but he didn’t and of course Brian would not even try. Oh well, more for me! :D Kinsay mangayo?!
Last week, I cooked pinakbet following my mom’s recipe (of course from hiskul) and it tasted good also. Now, I gotta think of another original Filipino dish for this week.
p.s. I don’t like to look at recipes online. Most of them don’t taste right. I prefer trying my own or asking my mom.
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Ei! Zim,
Kani kai maka comment nako.
Ako unta e ingon zim nga maypa nangayo ko sa imong monggos labi na ato nga time nga wala mi sud.an dari. hahaha! kai mo kaon mana si cliff og monggos pero dili lang siya sa dried fish. You know na. hehehe!
I like your template nga gigamit zim. nice siya.
sige zim, labay2x lang ko.
haha lagi cel nanobra akong monggos kay ako ra isa mokaon, gilabay nalang nako ang sobra kay 3 days na ko sigeg kaon og monggos sumo na kaau..hahaha! sus silingan pa lang unta ta hatdan jud tikag sud-an pirme kay kada luto nako manobra jud kaau. maau pa si Cliff kay dili kaau tamilian, si Brian dili mokaon og mga sinabaw.
kanang template cel sa friendster ra na.. wa koy labot paghimo ana.
sige labaw lang.. sige pod biya ko labay2x sa imong blogs. im one of ur fans :D
psssssssshhh;
hahahah good job?
you’re acting like a real housewife now! XD
..you sounded like a chef explaining how you cooked the stuff..
you’ve been watching too many cooking shows..
yet you cant cook anything that your family likes.
hahahah that’s sad[:
of course, i shouldn’t be talking..
cuzzz i cant cook for craaappppp.
but i dont have a family to feed.
but i have a family to feed me.
hahaha that sounded so spoiled.
iono, im bored. just wanted to comment
cuz i like writing like this. xD
Bayoy, i am a housewife!
at least i wont be hungry anymore ..kyle’s favorite is rice and egg. Brian can eat his microwave stuff haha