Have you ever seen a decoration your parents kept, carrying it with them from another country or a previous marriage? Carmina realized that parents often hold onto items they've purchased in the past. While browsing Greenhill's shopping center, she stepped into Mystic Gems by Bensani and saw so many nostalgic items that reminded her of growing up. I pointed out to Mom Violy that she had a similar crystal tree decoration at home. She said it was forty years old and already dirty. The saleslady explained it could be cleaned easily with soap and water. Carmina decided to take Mom Violy home and bring the crystal tree decoration with her. Mom Violy questioned why she was taking it, and I said I would clean it and return it. I noticed Mom Violy had placed planting seeds inside the decoration, for reasons I didn’t understand. Before cleaning it, I checked online to see what was needed, knowing its value. I placed a towel underneath, prepared a plastic container with dishwas...
The Filipino Traditional Kare kare is made of peanut butter sauce cooked with ox tail, ox tripe, eggplant, string beans, bok choy and banana blossom. The modern kare kare is made with chicken, beef ribs, seafood or vegetable.
No matter how you want to make your kare kare it will always have the traditional sauce in order to make it taste how it is supposed to be the Filipino way.
Main Ingredients:
- 10 pcs - String beans (cut into 2 inch)
- 1 Small Banana Blossom (sliced)
- 1 - Bunch Baby Bok Choy
- 1 - Medium Eggplant (sliced)
- 1 - Medium Onion (chopped)
- 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced)
- 5 Tbs - Peanut Butter (Skippy or Lady's Choice)
- 1 1/2 - Tbs Annatto Powder (dilute with 3 Tbs water) or
- 3/4 Cup - Annato Water (1/2 cup annatto seeds soaked in 3/4 cups water)
- 2 Tbs - Patis (fish sauce)
- 1 - Knorr Pork Cube
- Cooking Oil
- 1 1/2 Cup Water
- 1/4 Cup - Cornstarch
- 1/2 Cup - Sauteed Shrimp Paste
Ox Tail Kare Kare Ingredients:
- 1 Kilo Oxtail
Ox Tail Kare Kare Ingredients:
- 1 - Kilo Beef Tripe (sliced)
Beef Short Rib Kare Kare Ingredients:
- 1 Kilo - Beef Short Rib
Seafood Kare Kare Ingredients:
- 1/2 Kilo Shrimp (clean)
- 2 - Crabs (steam) (cut in the middle after cooked)
- 1/2 Kilo - Mussels (boiled in 3/4 water)
- 1 - Medium Squid
When you decided to cook the kare kare with beef tripe you will be cooking it first by placing it in a pot with 4 cups of water boil for one hour. Remove from water and set the beef tripe aside.
It is best to cook the kare kare in a pressure cooker otherwise if you don't have one you can also cook this on your stove top.
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1:
- Heat oil in the pressure cooker or medium pot.
- Sauté garlic and onion
- Add the peanut butter cook for three minutes.
- Add the ingredient in which you plan to use for your kare kare (oxtail, beef tripe, beef short rib, shrimp, crab, mussel or squid)
- Pour annatto water cook for 10 minutes.
- Add patis and pork cubes
- Add cornstarch and water
- Cover the pressure cooker or pot cook for 30 minutes.
- Remove lid add banana blossom, string beans, eggplant and bok choy cook for 25 minutes,
- Transfer to a serving bowl and can be eaten with shrimp paste now it is ready to eat.
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