Recipe#13: Bicol Express ala Malunggay

Ingredients:
Malunggay leaves thinly chopped
1 pack instant coconut powder mix
1-2 cans spicy or hot corned tuna
Onion chopped
Garlic chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking oil

Cooking Directions:
1. Saute garlic, onion and corned tuna in 1 tsp. Cooking oil.
2. Dissolved coconut powder in 1 medium cup hot water and pour in the pan.
3. Add the Malunggay Bits for atleast 1 plate
4. Mix until cook and add water if desired.
5. Add 1 tsps. salt and pepper
6. Simmer for 5 mins. Or until cooked and serve.


Tip: It is very easy to cook and budget friendly and very delicious. Less time cooking also. Enjoy your meal!

Recipe#12: Cheezee Omelet with Malunggay Leaves

A very easy to cook, easy to prepare, affordable but very nutritious because it is rich in Vitamin A and B.
Ingredients:

5 cloves Garlic, crushed
2 Onions, chopped
5 Eggs
Malunggay Leaves, chopped
1 Carrots, grated
1/4 kg. Beef or 2 150g corned beef
Ham or hotdog bits (opt.)
1 cup Grated Cheese
Cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions:

1.) Mix all ingredients in a bowl except for cooking oil
2.) Heat pan and put cooking oil.
3.) Pour the mixture, flip on the otherside to cook.
4.) Serve

Recipe#11: Malunggay Macaroni Soup (Sopas)

Ingredients:

1 250g. Elbow Macaroni pasta

1/4 ground chicken meat or 1 can hot Corned Tuna

1 cup evaporated milk

2 tbps. Margarine

5 cloves garlic, crushed

Malunggay Leaves, thinly chopped

1 medium size onion, chopped

3-4 cups Water

Patis (fish sauce)

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:

1. Cook pasta as per package instructions. Set aside.
2. Saute garlic, onion, and meat. Simmer for 5mins. Or until meat is tender.
3. Add cooked macaroni, water, malunggay, patis, evap, salt and pepper to taste.
4. Bring to Boil and serve.

Recipe#10: Malunggay Dynamite

I love watching TV that involves cooking. So oftentimes I watch the show of Jennylyn Mercado w/c is Sarap TV w/family. One time, she cooked the Dynamite Recipe, she is advertising for the CDO ulam Burger mix. So I tried it, I loved it. So I made my own version. I add malunggay to make it more nutritious.

Ingredients:

1 CDO Ulam Burger Beef Mix

1 large carrot, grated

1 cup grated cheese

Malunggay leaves, thinly chopped

5 cloves of Garlic, crushed

1 large onions, chopped

10-15 pcs. Long green peppers (pansigang)

2 cups bread crumbs

2 eggs

1 cup flour or breading mix

Cooking oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:

1. Using a knife cut the one side of the long green peppers and use a spoon to remove the beans. Wash it and set aside
2. Mix the beef, garlic, onion, malunggay, carrots, cheese, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
3. Stuff the green pepper with the mixture.
4. Dip in flour, egg and bread crumbs.
5. Deep fried and serve.

Recipe#9: Malunggay Burger

Because I love to eat burger, I thought of adding malunggay in the ingredients of the burger. Also, your kids can eat it without knowing that it is a vegetable. 

Ingredients:

Bread Bun

Mayonnaise or mustard (opt.)

Fresh Tomatoes, sliced

Catsup

Cheese (opt.)

lettuce (opt.)

Malunggay nuggets as burger patty (see Recipe#1)

Instructions:

1.)  Slice the bread in the middle.

2.) Put the Malunggay Nuggets, Sliced Fresh Tomatoes, Mayonnaise and Catsup.

3.) You can add cheese, lettuce and mustard if you want

4.) Heat in Oven or Pan or as is and Serve.

Recipe#8: Ensaladang Tofu

Tofu is made soy beans w/c is very nutricious, affordable, and easy to cook. Mostly, we only fried it and dip in soysauce. This time, I want to show you another alternative way of cooking it that is not just taste yummy but also looks yummy.

Ingredients:

5 pcs. Tofu, cut

1/2 cup soy sauce

1 pack Chicken breading

Bread crumbs

Egg, beaten

5 pcs. Fresh tomatoes, sliced

2 cans hot sardines

Vinegar for dressing

Salt and pepper (for vinegar)

Cooking oil

Cooking Instructions:

1.) Dip tofu in soysauce, then egg, then chicken breading, then bread crumbs, set aside

2.) In a pan, deep fry the tofu until golden brown.

3.) Put tofu in a plate with kitchen towel to remove extra oil.

4.) Cut tofu into cubes and place in a bowl or plate, set aside

5.) Remove the bones and sauce of sardines, put the excess egg, chicken breading, and bread crumbs.

6.) Saute sardines until crunchy or golden brown

7.) In a bowl, mix the tofu, cooked sardines, and top w/ sliced tomato.

8.) Put desired vinegar for dressing and serve.

Tip: pair it with rice or even an appetizer.

Recipe#7: Pinakbet with Tofu

Ingredients:

5 pcs. Tofu, fried

1 can Hot Sardines, remove the bones and chop

1 Ampalaya (bitter melons), sliced

2 eggplants, sliced

3-5 pcs. Okra, cut in two

3 pcs. Sitaw (string beans), cut into 2"

1/4 of kalabasa (squash), remove the skin, sliced thinly

1 garlic, chopped

2 onions, chopped

2 tomatoes, sliced

4 tbps. bagoong (opt.)

3 tbps. Cooking oil

1 1/2 cup water

Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions:

1.) In a cooking pan, heat 

2.) On the same pan, saute garlic, onion sardines and tomatoes.

3.) Add in all the vegetables, water, and seasonings.

4.) Put the fried tofu then serve.