SWEET AND SOUR FISH

Try this tasty fish in a delicious sauce with half cooked vegetables. Enjoy it with rice and you will surely forget your diet.

INGREDIENTS:
Fish
Ginger
Bell pepper
Onion
Garlic
Carrots
sugar
Vinegar
Water
Cooking oil
Banana ketchup
Sweet chili sauce

DIRECTIONS:
1. Fry the fish then set aside.
2. Mix vinegar, sugar, sweet chili sauce, banana ketchup, and water for the sauce.
3. Sauté ginger, garlic, onion. Pour the sauce mixture to boil. Add salt.
4. Put the fish and simmer to soften.
5. Include carrot, onion, and bell pepper. Simmer for seconds then serve.

MILKFISH STEWED IN VINEGAR

This dish is common in pinoy households and can keep well. Quick and easy to cook, nutritious and heart friendly. Milkfish cooked in vinegar and vegetables, little bit spicy, no oil, suited for health conscious people.

INGREDIENTS:
Milkfish
Ginger
Vinegar
Salt
Ampalaya
Alagaw leaves
Green long chili
Eggplant
Water

DIRECTIONS:
1. At the bottom of a pot arrange the alagaw leaves.
2. Alternately, arrage the fish, chopped ginger, green long chili, cut ampalaya and eggplant.
3. Add salt then pour the vinegar. Pour water according to your preference. Bring to boil in few minutes then serve.

CORN SOUP

This soup is usually a good partner for fried fish, chicken, or pork. Adding chili or malunggay leaves will surely boost the immune system specially during cold season.

INGREDIENTS:
White corn
Ground pork, shrimp, or chicken
Garlic
Salt
Fish sauce
Water
Cooking oil
Green long chili
Malunggay or chili leaves.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Grate the corn finely.
2. Saute meat with chopped garlic.
3. Add salt, fish sauce, green long chili, and water. Put the grated corn. Boil until tender.
4. Simmer then include the fresh leaves. Serve.

AMPALAYA IN TOMATO SARDINES

The ampalaya is a vegetable that is healthy and good for dieters. Quick and easy to prepare. Make it half cooked to retain its nutrients.

INGREDIENTS:
Ampalaya
Tomatoe sardines
Garlic
Onion
Tomato
Salt
Water
Cooking oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. Soak the thin sliced ampalaya in salt and water for few minutes then wash and drain.
2. Saute the tomato sardines with chopped garlic, onion, and tomatoes. Add salt and water.
3. Bring to boil then put the thin sliced ampalaya. Simmer for a minute then serve.

CLAM SOUP

After giving birth, the family will prepare this clam soup for the mother. It helps to regain strength after a stressful child delivery, and will help stimulate milk let down for her baby. A filipino cuisine common to the Kapampangan people in Central Luzon.

INGREDIENTS:
Clams
Ginger
Garlic
Onion
Salt
Green long chili
Water
Cooking oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. Saute the clams in ginger, garlic, and onion. Add salt , green long chili, and water.
2. Bring to boil until the clams opened their shells.
3. Simmer for few minutes then serve.

The Pinoy Food Delight showcases the delicious meals from different generations of homemade dishes mostly prepared by moms hands-on to their families.