Overseas Pinoy Cooking

Inihaw na Talong at Itlog na Maalat Salad . Salted egg is one of the favorite quick ulam for most Pinoy. They are known as side dish of Pinoy banana leaf-packed meals. In our household salted egg is serve with chopped tomatoes and is usually served during breakfast. Grilled Eggplant and Salted Egg Salad is also serve as a side dish for grilled fish or meat. Please note that the ingredients should only be mixed when ready to serve, this is to avoid the fishy egg taste and of course, the vegetables are crunchier when freshly cut. Enjoy. Ingredients: 3 pcs. itlog na maalat , salted egg, shelled, diced 6 medium size eggplant 2 medium size tomato, diced 1 medium size onion, thinly chopped Cooking procedure: Grill each eggplant until skin is charred, let cool. Remove skin of each eggplant and cut/chop at about 1/2” crosswise, set aside. When ready to serve, in a big bowl toss eggplant, salted egg, onion and tomato. Serve immediately. See other reletated grilled eggplan...

Inihaw na Talong at Okra are my favorite vegetable side dish for barbecue or anything inihaw or grilled meats or seafoods . They are grilled side by side with the barbecued meat or grilled fish. And to complete the dish it is served with KBL the Ilocano acronym for kamatis (chopped tomatoes), bagoong (salted anchovies) and lasona (chopped onions). When ever I am at home with my family, I always try to have a barbecue with the family during the weekends. This is the time when every member of the family is at home. We normally have our barbecue lunch outdoor and eat with our hands. The magic word is “kakain sa labas”, which is to most Pinoy means to have a meal out in a restaurant. But to my family its and outdoor barbecue meal. Ingredients: 6 medium size talong , eggplant 12 pieces okra , lady finger 2 medium size tomato, chopped 1 small size onion, chopped bagoong na isda , salted anchovies Cooking procedure: Grill each eggplant until skin is charred, let cool...

Sautéed Broiled Eggplant . There is a very popular eggplant with egg scrambled/omelet Ilocano dish called poqui-poqui . Here is another version with out the egg it is as good as well. More often life in the province when I was a kid is hard. There are times when we can not even afford to have eggs in the dinning table. We just settle to what ever available vegetables at our backyard vegetable garden. Vegetables are just cooked boiled or steamed together with the rice, (Click here ) or broiled over the fire of cooking pot of rice. When oil is available at our kitchen we could have a sautéed vegetable dish. And this sautéed broiled eggplant was and always been one of my favorite. I love the flavor broiled eggplant where its juices are caramelized during the stir cooking process. Try this dish and I am certain you’ll enjoy it. Ingredients: 6 medium size eggplant 2 medium size tomato, diced 1 medium size onion, diced salt cooking oil Cooking procedure: Grill each eggplan...