LUTONG PINOY – Easy to Cook Filipino Foods

Fish With Miswa Ingredients:

1 fried fish
1/2 cup miswa
1/2 onion cut in wheels
2 ripe tomatoes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
salt to taste

Fish With Miswa Procedures:

Fry the garlic with the onion then add the tomatoes, previously cut in pieces.
Add the miswa and salt.
Pour this mixture on the fried fish and serve.

Kangkon Fritters Ingredients:

1 egg white
1 tsp. onion powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup oil for frying
1 bundle kangkong

Kangkon Fritters Procedures:

In a small bowl combine egg white, onion powder, flour and salt. Mix well.
Heat oil in pan.
Dip kangkong leaves in batter, then fry until crisp.
Serve with Sour Cream Dip.
Sour Cream Dip

Combine the following ingredients in a small bowl then mix well.
1 tbsp. finely chopped shallot
4 tbsp. sour cream
2 tbsps. mayonnaise
1 tsp. liquid seasoning

TIP: I’ve tasted a version of this dish with an addition of guinamos na bihod or salted fish eggs from the Visayas. It’s worth experimenting on.

Sweet and Sour Tilapia Ingredients:

5 tilapia (cichlid fish)
1 can pineapple (set aside juice); chunks
1 carrot; cut in strips
1 bell pepper; cut in strips
4 cloves garlic; mined
1 onion; chopped
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons flour
Ground black pepper
Cooking oil

Sweet and Sour Tilapia Procedures:

Fry tilapia fish and place in a platter. Set aside.
Sauté garlic and onion.
Add pineapple and carrot.
Simmer for 10 minutes
Add pineapple juice, sugar, soy sauce, water, flour, salt and water.
Simmer until a saucy consistency is achieved.
Add bell pepper.
Simmer for 1 minute.
Pour hot sauce (mixture) on top of the tilapia fish.
Serve hot!