Kamote Cones

Assemble these supplies:

2 cups boiled mashed kamote
1 tablespoon margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded cheese


Steps in preparation:

Mix kamote with margarine and salt. Add a little milk if too thick. Mix very well. Mold into small mounds as cones. Make a little hole in the top of the cone and put shredded cheese in the hole. Bake till cheese is melted. Serve hot.

Bamboo Shoots With Gata

Assemble these supplies:

1 big bamboo shoot, sliced thin
2 handfuls saluyot leaves
1/2 teaspoon vetsin
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
Salt to taste

Steps in preparation:

Squeeze out the juice from the bamboo shoot. Put in a pot with enough water and boil for a few minutes. Continue cooking until it is almost done. Add the saluyot leaves and season it. Add the coconut milk. Let it simmer, then remove from fire.

Banana Blossom Adobo

Steps in preparation:

Remove tough cover of banana blossom. Chop fine. Squeeze with salt to remove puckery taste, and wash. Saute garlic till brown, add (laurel leaves) water, kalamansi juice and salt. Bring to a boil, and drop chopped banana blossom. Add vetsin and 2 tablespoons oil. Cook till tender and juice is almost gone.

Adobong Okra

Assemble these supplies:

20 pieces young okra
4 tablespoons kalamansi juice
1/2 cup finely chopped gluten
3 tablespoons soy sauce Garlic,
onions Salt to taste
1 teaspoon vetsin

Steps in preparation:

Wash and parboil the okra. Fry the gluten then add the garlic, onions and the young okra. Add kalamansi juice, soy sauce, salt and vetsin. Cook until the okra is tender.

Adobong Kangkong

Assemble these supplies:

2 bundles of kangkong
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon vetsin
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon kalamansi juice
1 clove garlic

Steps in preparation:

Wash and sort kangkong. Saute the garlic. When brown, add kangkong. When partially cooked, add kalamansi juice and bring to a boil. Season with soy sauce, salt and vetsin. Okra or sigarilyas may be used instead of kangkong. For flavor and zest, for a variety of minerals and vitamins, nothing beats the vegetables!