in my kitchen
September 27, 2005for the last few days, i made use of what was in my pantry hoping to save up on stocks and supplies during the recent hurricane scare. i discovered a few neglected non-perishable items in my pantry and thought of a few twists on popular filipino dishes.
first, outside my pantry and inside my refrigerator in the vegetable bin, was a whole bunch of water spinach or kangkong. i have never done this before in the kitchen but i cooked adobong kangkong without the pork. with a few spoons of vinegar, soy sauce, bagoong (shrimp paste), onions and creatively, i used garlic flakes (i was out of garlic) to saute the leafy greens. i think i did fine. my version came out comparable to my mom’s.
for my dessert out of the pantry, i thawed out grated cassava and mixed them with condensed milk, an egg, vanilla and surprise, halo - halo mix in the bottle!. my dear friend joy thought of this add-on as i’ve ran out yet again of coconut milk and buko (young coconut) strips. it was cassava cake with beans, kaong and langka (jackfruit)! surprisingly, it turned out sweet and rustically good.
experimenting in the kitchen is not my thing, but at times of desperation, your survival instincts in the kitchen won’t fail you.
you should have posted a pic of that ‘yummy’ cassava cake ala’ paz version! thanks for a nice day yesterday–b kept on talking about that hotdog & all those candies–hahaha:)
Comment by yoj — September 27, 2005 @ 3:21 pm
ha, ha joy! i don’t think there is enough chunk left for a picture!
Comment by paz — September 27, 2005 @ 4:46 pm
adobong kangkong sounds good. how do you make cassava cake?
Comment by shelly — September 28, 2005 @ 3:43 am
hi shelly! here’s the recipe :
1 egg
1 can of coconut milk
1 can condensed milk
1 pack grated cassava (from asian stores)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 bottle macapuno (optional)
Mix all ingredients. Put 1/4 condensed milk and 1/4 macapuno aside. Bake at 350 degrees until moist and cooked (not exactly sure how long). Put remaining condensed milk and macapuno as toppings and leave inside the oven for another 10 minutes.
Enjoy! The halo-halo mix was just our own version since that’s what i found in my pantry!
Comment by paz — September 28, 2005 @ 2:11 pm
Thanks, Paz. I’ll try this one.
Comment by shelly — September 29, 2005 @ 2:18 am
thanks for your sharing.
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