Eggplant and Peas Curry

Eggplant and Peas Curry

I love Indian food because of their spices. I love putting spices on every dish I make. In my opinion, it gives a distinct difference that makes the dish more palatable. I’ve come to love indian spices because my Mom’s best friend is an Indian. When I was a kid I can very much remember how much Indian food had been served on the table whenever we visit their house.

I wanna share a vegetarian recipe. No. I am not a vegetarian but I love my vegetables. There are times that I would do no-meat for a week. And this is one of those days. Lol.

Ingredients:

2 large chinese eggplant (diced))

200g peas (green peas or chick peas)

2 medium tomatoes (halved)

1 medium onion (chopped)

1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder

4 leaves of basil (chopped)

1/2 teaspoon coriander powder

1 teaspoon ginger (minced)

1 tablespoon oil

1 chili pepper (chopped)

1 1/2 cups of water

Salt and pepper

Method:

1. Sauté onions, tomatoes and ginger in oil.

2. Add in eggplant, curry powder, coriander and chill pepper. Stir for 2 minutes.

3. Add the water, salt and pepper. Let it simmer until eggplant is tender.

4. Stir in the peas and have it simmer for 4 minutes (I like that the peas have thickened the sauce)

5. Turn off heat and stir in the basil. Serve over steaming hot rice.

Enjoy!

Pinaputok na Tilapia

This dish is a popular finger food or we called pulutan.

I want to share a Filipino recipe, we call Pinaputok na Tilapia. Pinaputok means bursted, so basically the method of cooking this fish is about frying wrapped with banana leaves or tin foil but we put a little twist into it because we wrapped it with some nappa cabbage too.

Put a twist by wrapping a leafy vegetable. I used a nappa cabbage.

Wrap it tightly!

By the way, I wanna thank my Mom for helping me wrap the fish. Lol.

Ingredients:

Large tilapia (cleaned, scaled, slitted, salted)

4 medium tomatoes (diced)

2 medium onions (chopped)

1 small ginger (diced)

Nappa cabbage (for wrapping)

Pinch of oregano (powder)

Salt and pepper

Tin foil / banana leaves (for wrapping)

Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Combine tomatoes, onions, ginger, oregano, salt and pepper (according to taste) in a bowl. Mix well.

2. Stuff the mixture inside the fish.

3. Wrap the cabbage around the fish. Then wrap in banana leaf and tin foil tightly.

4. Heat pan and deep fry the fish for about 10-12.

5. Open the foil and banana wrapped on the fish. Sprinkle some chopped scallions and red chillies to enhance more the flavor.

Enjoy!

It's More Fun In The Philippines - Part 1

"It's more fun in the Philippines" is our country's slogan launched in 2012 by our Department of Tourism to attract more tourists around the planet! It extra ordinarily label simple things you can enjoy more in the Philippines. 

I happen to discover these photos I took and edited back in 2012. I want to share them just so to give you more ideas why its more fun in the Philippines. :)

Cat fight. More fun in the Philippines - Taken at the observation deck of Mines View Park, Baguio City. From it's deck you will see a spectacular panoramic view of Benguet's gold and copper mines. It's a spectacular view to regard.