...  should have a very thick base at this point. Now add water a cup at a time pureeing between additions until the soup is the consistency you prefer - a light vegetable stock would work here as well. Bring up to a simmer again and add the salt (and more curry paste if you like) Notes Start with a teaspoon of Thai curry paste to start and then build from there until the soup has a level of spiciness and flavor that works for your palate. By Jean Fermano Jean's Filipino Recipes ...

Ingredients Needed: ½ kilo pata or pig’s leg (sliced crosswise) 3 pcs bay leaf 1 head garlic chopped 1 tsp whole pepper corn ¼ cup brown sugar ½ cup soy sauce ¼ cup vinegar 2 packs banana blossoms (soaked in water) Water for boiling Salt to taste Directions: Boil the pig’s leg until the meat is tender. Use pressure cooker to save time. In a pan, transfer the boiled pig’s leg. Put in the bay leaf and whole pepper corn. Boil for 10 to 15 minutes until a little water is left. Add the garlic and vinegar. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in the soy sauce and combine the brown sugar, mix. Put in the banana blossoms and let it boil until it thickens. Add salt to taste. Simmer for a minute. Remove from heat. Serve and enjoy!  ...

Ingredients Needed: 1 pc big clean bangus (milkfish), sliced into five pieces 2 pcs of eggplant, sliced 1 cup of string beans cut into inch size 1 cup of kangkong (watercress) leaves and stalks 2 pcs of white radish, sliced 5 pcs of okra, sliced 3 green chili fingers 2 onions, sliced 2 tomatoes, sliced 1/2 cup of tamarind powder 5 cups of water Salt to taste Cooking Procedure: Pour the water into a clean casserole bowl or medium pot; then add the onion and tomatoes. Cover and let it boil. For the first boil put the fish, radish, eggplant, okra, string beans, and the green chili. Boil for 5 minutes then add the tamarind powder and the kangkong (watercress). Cover and lower the flame and put in salt to taste. Cover the pot and let it boil for another 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy.  ...

  Ingredients Needed -1/2 kilo of pork with fat(cut in bite size) -4 tbsp of cooking oil (vegetable cooking oil) -2 pcs of onion diced -2pcs garlic cloves sliced -2 tomatoes sliced -3 pcs ampalaya or bitter melon (cut in small pieces) -3pcs of medium eggplants (cut into bite size) -10pcs of okra (cut into bite sized) -1/2kilo of squash (cut into bite size) -1/4 kilo of string beans (cut into 1 inch) -5 tbsp of shrimp paste or bagoong -salt and pepper to taste -1 cup of water   Cooking Procedure In a cooking pan, put the pork and fry until the oil of the fat separate to the pork. Cook the pork until it turns brown. Remove the pork from the pan and set it aside.  Add cooking oil to the same pan and sauté the onion, garlic and tomatoes. When you sauté always put in the onion first the onion before the garlic because garlic is easy to burn. Then add the bagoong or shrimp paste, mix and sauté for 5 minutes until it cooks. Put all the vegetables together in the pan. After 2 mi ...