Fruited Fish (Sweet and Sour)

This is our recipe for the week.

1 kl. - Large Fish Fillet

¼ tsp. - Salt

8 cloves - Garlic (crushed and minced)

4 tsp. - Ginger (Slice Strips)

1 stalk - Leek (spring onion)

115 grams - Tomato Sauce

234 grams - Pineapple Chunks with syrup

1 cup - Water

¼ cup - Sugar

2 tbsp. - Cornstarch

2tbsp. - Water (to dissolve Cornstarch)

2 medium - Red Bell pepper (strip)

4 squares - Tokua (cubbed)

1 small - Cucumber

Procedure:

1. Fillet Large fish (dalagang bukid) and chunk. Sprinkle with ¼ tsp. rock salt. And fry Tokua until brown.
2. Fry until golden brown. Set aside.
3. Sauté 2 cloves garlic (crushed and minced).
4. 4 tsp. ginger (strips) and 1 long leek
5. Add original style tomato sauce and pineapple chunks with syrup.
6. Add 1 cup water and ¼ cup sugar, cornstarch (dissolved in 2 tbsp. water) and salt, pepper to taste. Simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Add fish and tokua. Stir and simmer for 2 minutes and serve.

My Greatest Valentine Gift

At last my long-time suffering on fixing our computer has finally ended. Heheheh.. This week, hubby decided to buy me a new computer set as a valentine gift. Its a good idea to buy new computer for me to have much time doing the household chores. Spending more time troubleshooting the computer's problem is not healthy, because it can consume most of my time and leaving me headache as well. I am back... blogging here i come... go go go go..

Fish Ball Recipe

Last week I started attending my once in a week meeting of culinary class. I have here our first recipe and the picture of our finished product.

½ kl. (14 oz.) - White Fish Fillets

5 cups - Water

1pc. - Onion finely chopped

25 g. (1/4c) - Spring Onion

½ cup - All purpose flour

2pcs. - Lightly beaten eggs

1tsp. - Salt

½ tsp. - Ground black pepper

1 cup - Oil

4 tsp. - Evaporated Milk

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

½ cup - Sugar

½ tsp. - Salt

¼ cup - Tomato catsup

¼ cup - Vinegar

2 tbsp. - Corn starch

1 cup - Water

Fish Procedure:

1. Clean fish fillet well, making sure to remove any remaining fish bone.

2. Put the water in a pot and bring to boil.

3. Drop the fish fillet into the boiling water in a pot and let cook for about 5 minutes or until flesh is slightly firm but not flocky.

4. Remove fillets from water. Mash the fillets and mix with onion, garlic, spring onions flour and eggs. Season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly to form a smooth butter. Shape the butter into small balls by using spoon.

5. Heat the oil in a wok. Place the balls in a 1 by 1 making sure each ball is completely submerged in the oil for even cooking. Cook by batch.

6. Remove from heat and drain over paper towel.

Sauce Procedure:

1. Put the sugar, tomato ketchup and vinegar in a sugar pan. Simmer over low heat until the sugar dissolved. Stir in the flour and water mixture.

2. Simmer stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens. 3. Remove from the heat and set aside.

A Valentine Gift

A sweet and simple gift from hubby on valentines day. Thank you very much lav.. I love you very much...

A Black Friday the 13th Party

A day before valentines was Friday the 13th. A black Friday the 13th party has been organized by hubby's officemates and I was invited to join. I really enjoyed their company especially everyone cooperates. Some were playing billiard, some were dancing and singing. For a long busy week of work, all i could say is that having such gathering is worth to unwind and releases pressure.

Moving to New House

For these past days, hubby and I were busy packing our things ready for transfer to a new place. Just yesterday afternoon we moved out .

Today, we spend the whole day cleaning the new house and partly unpacking things. It's a long week for me ahead to finish everything in our house.