Kutsinta ~ Filipino Food

When I saw My Kitchen Snippets's baked cassava cake, i immediate bookmarked but I only managed to do it after 4 months later. I was curio...

Ubi Kayu (Oo-bee Car-you)or cassava is one of the cheapest potatoes/roots around at 2 Ringgit (US 0.60) per kilo. It became a staple for many when rice became scarce during the second world war when our then Malaya fell under the Japanese occupation. It was a hard time for many. I did not come from that era but I've heard stories of how cassava or ubi kayu saved many from hunger. It was a poor man's food and still is in many parts of the developing world because it will grow in poor soil all…

There are two types of bingka I've grown up with. First is the flat and "coconutty" ( with lots of buko strips) bingka made famous by the...

Biko is a rice cake made out of glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and palm sugar then topped with caramel, latik (a type of reduced coconut cream)

Cassava cake is one of the Filipino delicacies or “kakanin”, it can be soft and chewy or firm. It is easy to make and the ingredients are easy to find especially if you have cassava planted in your garden. I love how the delicious taste of the grated cassava (kamoteng kahoy) blends with coconut milk, egg, butter and milk mixture.

After breakfast, we spent some baking. It is a good way to teach the girls sequential order and reinforcing following directions. I pretty m...

As most of you know, I’ve lived in Hawaii for many years and as a bored homemaker, lol, I also learned to make and create many dishes while we were stationed there. Here is one of my most fa…

Sticky Rice Cake with Red Bean Paste | Omnivore's Cookbook

Cassava cake<3 My friends (Calderons) parents make this and its sooooo amazing!!!! I want to learn how to make this.

Lechon Kawali derived its name from pork belly that’s deep-fried in a wok or kawali. It is usually part of ordinary day’s menu or sometimes served on special occasions. Estimated Cooking Time: 50 minutes Makes 2-4 servings Lechon Kawali Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs pork liempo (pork belly) 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 pcs. bay leaves 1 teaspoon peppercorns or 1/2 teaspoon black pepper salt water, for boiling oil (for deep frying) Sauce: 3 tablespoons soy sauce 5 tablespoons vinegar 1 shallot, minced…

Kutsinta or Kutchinta is a sticky rice cake. This is one of the most popular Filipino Snacks. Watch the cooking video to learn the recipe.

Am I the only one who thinks merienda [mehr-yen-dah] is terribly underappreciated? It is a meal often missed like almusal, or breakfast on rushed mornings. Merienda is often overlooked. We obsessively

Like the regular bibingka, royal bibingka is also associated with Christmas but mostly in Vigan. Though it shares the name with the normal bibingka they are two different rice cakes as this one uses glutinous rice flour which makes the texture sticky and dense.