Ruth's Oxtail Stew

Ingredients:

a kilo of oxtail
flour (for coating)
veg oil (this is for frying)
soysauce
salt or fish sauce
soup stock or water
a dash of ground pepper
a dash thyme or rosemary
a few of any vegetables (carrots,bell peppers red and green, beans,okra, eggplant etc)
a small can of mushrooms


Directions;

1. Marinate for 2 hrs. or overnight the oxtail (assumed its cleaned and sliced already), with soy sauce, ground pepper, and salt.
2. Coat each piece of marinated oxtail with flour.
3. Fry just enough to make it golden or slightly golden brown (maybe for 2 min on each side).
4. Then remove excess oil and pour the soup stock or water to the fried oxtail.
5. Boil for one hour on medium heat or until the meat is tender (add more stock or water as needed so as not to thicken or dried out the broth).
6. You can add also the soysauce mixture you use in marinating it will add flavour to your stew.
7. Add the veggies, mushrooms, fish sauce or salt to taste.
8. Simmer until veggies are cook. Add thyme or rosemary to garnish and for aromatic smell of your dish...

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Steamed Lapu-lapu (Hammour)

In pilipino the name of this fish is lapu-lapu . Internationally it's called hammour or sea bass or grouper...whatever!!! to me its the delicious "lapu-lapu". Back home you can buy a live one and you can cook it just the way you want it.

My Ingredients:

1 medium or large size fresh lapu-lapu
1 small carrot (jullienne)
1 thumb size ginger (half jullienne, half thick slice or pounded)
coriander leaves
salt and pepper
pepper corn
soy sauce
fish sauce (patis)
1and a half cup of water
steamer


My Method of preparing and cooking:

1. Scale and clean the fish
2. Rub salt and pepper on the skin and inside the head of the fish
3. Make a small slit on both sides of the fish body. then set aside
4. On the steamer add water, salt, pepper corn, thick sliced ginger, then let it boil
5.When the water start to boil place the fish on the steamer and cook it for 30 - 45 min.(Do not throw the remaining water mixture in the steamer).
6. when its done place it in a nice platter or serving dish and garnish it with the jullienned carrots , ginger and coriander leaves,
7. Pour the sauce (remaining water mixture) on top and around the fish and viola!!! you just make a simple, delicious, and healthy dish.

Enjoy... bon appetit

mutton/chicken curry

This is how i prepare and cook my chicken or mutton curry.You can substitute or use beef instead of mutton or chicken i have tried it many times and it still delicious, I don't measure my ingredients because i'm not use to it, i just use my common sense and according to my taste. I use less chili powder 'coz i dont want it to be so hot.





Ingredients:

mutton
cooking oil
whole garam masala
ginger/garlic paste
onions
coriander powder
red chili powder
cumin powder
coconut powder
turmeric powder
coriander leaves (chopped)
salt and fish sauce
water
a tablespoon of plain yogurt (optional)
tomato paste/sauce (optional)



Methods of cooking:

1. clean and wash the meat thoroughly, If using mutton, after cleaning best way is to tenderize it first.

2. in a skillet (over a medium heat) add 3 Tbs of oil, then add the whole garam masala, onions, ginger/garlic paste, salt.

3. add the meat, mix it then cover the pan and let it boil for a minute.

4. this time add the other powders (cumin,coriander,chili, turmeric and the coconut powder), mix it all, add water and cover the pan let it boil again for 2 minutes.

5. add the coriander leaves and season to taste (this time u can use fish sauce or salt). and add yogurt and tomato paste/sauce if you want.

6. simmer for 3 minutes or until meat are tender. And its done..