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Butterflied Pla Pla with Buto and Mustasa from Manam Comfort Filipino

  When you have family friends who have informed you that they will be visiting the Philippines.  The common is that they will inform you when they would be in town. Upon their arrival after having many activities they will inform you when they are free to see you. Carmina had message Tita Edita that we would like to treat them for lunch along with Mom Violy. Tita Edita had informed me that her son and husband Tito Rozel would also be coming. It wasn't a problem for us it would great to see them again. The day was approaching for our bonding moment. Tita Edita asked if we would like to have lunch or dinner. Mom Violy said lunch works better for her.  Tita Edita said sounds good lunch on October 4, 2024. Mom Violy saw a recent post of Edita saying they wanted to eat at Manam, but they were number 15 before they could be served. Mom Violy decided to make the lunch be at  Manam Comfort Filipino  inside Robinsons Magnolia. Mom Violy made sure she would arrive early to make the reservat

Adobo Chicharo with Pork Recipe

Chicharo is known for sweet peas in another country and is cooked in our home adodo style along with pork. Adobo Chicharo Recipe: Ingredients: 1/3 cup - Soy Sauce 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 1 - Medium Onion (chopped) 3 Tbs - Vinegar 2 - Tbs Cooking Oil 1/4 Kilo Pork (chopped) 1/2 Kilo Chicharo/Sweet Pea (remove the sides) 1/2 Tsp - Black Pepper 1/2 Cup - Water Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Cook in a large pan in medium heat add cooking oil add garlic and onion saute  Add pork cook for two minutes  Add soy sauce, vinegar and water until sauce begins to boil Step 2: Add chicharo/sweet pea mix together cook for 10 minutes season with black pepper. Ready to eat!    

Adobo Hito Recipe

Hito is known to be called Catfish for people who don't recognize the name this fish is something I cannot eat but my family can and this is their favorite dish they like to eat once in awhile. Adobo Hito Recipe: Ingredients: 4 tbsp. - Ground Garlic 3 cup - Soy Sauce 1 cup - Distilled vinegar 2 tbsp. - Peppercorn crushed 8 big - Bay leaves 4 Tsp Maggi Sauce 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice Calamansi or Lemon Cleaning Instructions: To clean the hito/catfish squeeze calamansi or lemon and drizzle juice inside the fish's cavity. Rub the calamansi or lemon with salt and rub all over the hito/catfish. Let t stand until salt has evaporated to the hito/catfish. Rinse well  Cut hito/catfish 2 inch thickness. Marinate Hito/Catfish: Step 1: In a bowl add hito/catfish add soy sauce, peppercorn, maggi sauce and garlic for one hour set aside. Drain sauce Set aside the sauce when you cook the fish on the last step. Frying Hito/Catfish: Step 1: Heat oil on pan place the hito/catfish cook until slightly br

Do you know how to change something you’ve already started?

We learn for reason and we learn when we make mistakes to change a way we want something to look or base on our experience. When I started posting video and pictures I didn’t know there we’re rules and guidelines to follow and obey as we learn by our mistakes we need to redo and edit things that need to be change. Who knows maybe you have notice the new changes added in each video to state the ownership of the video sometimes we don’t realize other people can download your video and sell to someone else to make money out of it. In order to protect what belongs to you there is something you need to do in order to have it protected that is the reason you see my website Carmina Lifestyle  in each video you have seen. You have probably notice each video has a watermark identify who the maker is and it was created by Carmina Lifestyle. Later you realized you need to make a thumbnail that allows all your audience to recognized who you every time they see who you are they can remember

Vegetable Lumpia Recipe

There are two ways to eat this the naked way or wrapped up in what they call it vegetable lumpia. Vegetable Lumpia Recipe: Ingredients: 2 Cups - Bean sprouts 1/2 Cup - Small Shrimps (clean, remove head and shell) 4 Cloves - Garlic (chopped) 1 Medium - Onion (chopped) 1 Cup - Carrots (peel and shredded) 1 Cup - String beans (sliced thinly) 1 Cup - Sweet Potatoe (peel and shredded) - optional 1 Cup - Jicama (cubed) - optional 3 Tbs - Patis Salt to taste Black Pepper to taste Lumpia Wrapper Cooking Oil Vinegar - Dipping Sauce Cooking Instructions: Step 1: In a pot heat cooking oil add garlic, onion and saute. Add the carrot, string beans, sweet potatoe, jicama and bean sprouts. Season with patis, salt and black pepper. Mix together. You plan to eat it naked it is ready to eat but if you plan to wrap it up in a lumpia wrapper you will set it aside. Wrapping Lumpia Instructions: Step 1: Place one piece of lumpia wrapper on a plate scoop 2 tablespoon of the vegetable filling wrapped it up an

Adobo Pusit Recipe

There are so many types of Adobo cooked in the Philippines from seafood, fish, chicken and pork anything possible when you are cooking a dish in the Philippines and can be cooked somewhere else in your own home. Adobo Pusit Recipe Ingredients: 1 Kilo Small Fresh Pusit (squid) – (cleaned keep the ink) 1 – Onion (chopped) ½ Cup Vinegar ½ Cup Soy Sauce 3 Bay Leaves 1 Cup Water 8 Cloves Garlic (minced) Salt to taste Ground Black Pepper to taste Cooking Oil Cleaning Instructions: Clean squids by removing eyes, innards and transparent backbone keep the ink sac intact. Rinse and drain well. Set aside Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Heat oil in small pan set in medium heat. Add onion, garlic sauté for 2 minutes Add garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves bring to a boil Add squid cook for 3 minutes until the color of the squid change color. Ready to eat!