Yes, I'm asian. More specificaly, I'm filipino. My parents are hardcore old-fashioned and traditional when it comes to sharing our culture with relatives and close friends. You set one foot in our house and you're automatically hit in the face with filipino culture. And most likely you'll smell something good coming from the kitchen. This page is a list of recipes of filipino dishes that I love to make and eat.
MEALS:Rice; Chicken Adobo; Pansit (Canton) - My mom tells me that this is usually cooked on someone's birthday and when they eat it, this noodle dish will ensure a long life for that person. Every member of our family gets to eat pansit on their birthday. (Mom decided to give it to Jesus this past Christmas...heh.) About the beliefs of this dish, I've heard differently from another filipino, so believe what you will. This traditional recipe basically calls for noodles, vegetables, and meat. It's great for parties, or potlucks, in our case.
Directions: (Listen carefully, these are my mommy's secrets)
Measure and put 4 cups of rice in the cooking pot.
This is optional, but if you wish, you may wash the rice first but putting water in the pot just above the level of the rice, sift your hand through the rice then drain the water.
Put water in the pot that measures about twice the level of the rice. All of this you'll just be eyeballing. If you'd like to make sure there's the same amount of water as rice (and you'll want to), first, with your hand, make sure the rice is leveled out. Hold out your hand with your fingers together, stick in the center of the pot, use your thumb to measure where on your fingers where the rice level is, hold your thumb there and move your hand out of the center and to an outer spot in the pot, sit your fingers above the rice and see if the water level meets your thumb. If it's over, pour out excess water until you're satisfied. If it's below your thumb, put more water and keep on measuring until you're satisfied. If you didn't understand any of that, get a clean ruler.
Wipe off the outside of the pot if it got wet. Put it in the cooker. Put the lid on it. Make sure it's plugged in then press down the button. All you have to do is wait until the button pops up then it's ready to eat. Average cooking time, 30 minutes.
Serving Suggestions: You can eat rice by itself. Put some patis (fish sauce) or soy sauce on it and eat it. We mostly eat it with sides of meat or fish & vegetables. If you have leftovers from the day before, fry it on the skillet with soy sauce. If you're like me, you'll love eating the over-burned rice scraped from the bottom of the frying pan. That's not sick, there's actually a name for the stuff. Better reckanize! Filipinos don't waste food.
