Tuna Mushroom Pasta in Red Sauce

Ingredients:

500 gr. pasta spaghetti (cook according to package direction)
2  packs of Italian pasta sauce (250 gr. each)
1 whole white onion (finely chopped)
1 whole garlic (finely chopped)
2 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. black olives
1 tbsp. capers
1 can sliced button mushroom (drained of water)
1 can of Tuna in vegetable oil
1 can of Tuna hot and spicy (if you don't want the spicy taste, just use another can of tuna in vegetable oil.)
dash of Spanish paprika
dash of Italian seasoning
grated Parmesan cheese

Procedure:

1. Cook the spaghetti pasta according to package directions. (you will know that it is cooked when you slice a pc. and the inside of it has no more white spot in the middle.) Drain. Set aside.

2. In pre heated sauce pan, put some 2tbsp. butter and 3 tbsp. vegetable oil. Sauté the onions until a little transparent, then toss in the garlic. Sauté until the garlic is a little brown in color. Mix in the mushroom. Add a dash of Spanish paprika, and a dash of Italian seasoning.

3. Pour the contents of the 2 Tuna in cans in the sauce pan, Sauté for 3 minutes. Add the black olives and capers. Finally add the 2 packs of spaghetti Italian style pasta sauce. Simmer for about 3 minutes.

4. Plate your Spaghetti pasta  then, Pour the sauce over to your favorite spaghetti pasta. Sprinkle with some grated Parmesan cheese over the pasta for salty taste.

Enjoy!

Adobong Pusit "Without the Ink"

Here is how I cook the Adobong Pusit, I hope you like it as much as I do. :D

Ingredients:

1/2 Squid "Pusit"
Ginger size of a thumb
1 red onion "rings"
5 cloves of garlic "finely chopped"
1 tsp. pepper
1 siling haba "cut diagonally into 2"
4 pcs. tomatoes "sliced"
4 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. vinegar
3 tbsp. vegetable oil or palm oil

Procedure:

1. First clean the squid. you have to place it in running water so you could easily clean it. pulling the head from the body first. then scoop out any black ink and the innards of the squid. also take out the plastic backbone of the squid. wash it properly till it's clean. For the head and its tentacles just take out the hard part of it in the center, between it's eyes and wash it clean. set it aside.

2. Slice the onion into rings, crushed the garlic, then chop it finely. Then crushed the ginger and cut the siling haba in half diagonally. Slice the tomatoes discarding the seeds.

3. Heat the casserole, then pour 3 tbsp. of vegetable oil. saute the onions,garlic and ginger. when they are starting to brown for a bit toss the tomatoes and continue sauteing.

4. After the tomatoes are softened mix the squid and saute for about a minute. Then pour some soy sauce and vinegar. mix it all together with the siling haba. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or if you like it to have more sauce stop cooking when the squid is cooked.But if you like it dry cook it until the oil is separating from the sauce.

5. Serve it hot with steamy white rice.

Yield for 4 people.

Ginataang Tilapia

Hello everyone! This fish dish that i cooked is called Ginataang Tilapia. Hope you try it too in the comfort of your own home.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients:
1 whole red onion "slice"
4 cloves of garlic "Crushed"
1 bell pepper " cut into long strips"
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 kg. Tilapia
1 bundle of String beans "sitaw" "cut into 2 inches long"
2 cups of coconut milk "Kakang gata"
2 pcs. Siling haba "optional"
Ginger "thumb size"
2 tbsp. Fish Sauce "patis"
rock salt
vegetable oil or palm oil
3 pcs. Banana "Saba" "cut diagonally"

Procedure:
1. Clean the fish Tilapia, remove its scales, innards, fins, gills. Wash it properly.
Hold the fish in its body then shake downward so that its saliva and the slimy thing will go down to its mouth. After it is cleaned, cut a to slit into the fish body side by side then season with rock salt. Then fry it in a non-stick pan with vegetable oil or palm oil. After all tilapia is cooked, set it aside.
2.In a non-stick pan put a little bit of vegetable oil or palm oil enough to fry the bananas "Saba". set it aside when done.
3. In a casserole heat a little bit of oil enough to sauté the onions, garlic and ginger.
4. Pour the 2 cups of coconut milk "kakang gata" in the casserole. Add in the ground black pepper into it. if you would like you dish to be a little bit spicy add in the Siling haba. let it simmer till the liquid is reduce in half.
5. Add the string beans "sitaw" continue simmering it for about 2 minutes.
6. Now we can add the fried tilapia and banana into the casserole. Simmer it for about 3 -5 minutes and we are done.
7. Serve hot with steamy white rice.

yield for 4 people