Planting Sweet Basil Seeds Part II

I am on leave today, got the car air conditioning fixed.

I checked the pot where I planted the basil seeds more than a week now, and this is what I saw...

:-)

Three of this babies... about two millimeters high...

Hope they would grow faster.


February 26, 2014

Planting Sweet Basil Seeds

Since arriving in our new place last September, 2013, we had not enough time for our plans.  We have neglected them, in short :-(

But I hope that we would be able to find time to take care of them better :-)

This morning, I saw some flowers on the Basil.

When I checked it closer, I saw that there are some seeds inside some of the dried flowers.

So I took some of the dried flowers and took the seeds inside it.

I used one of the unused pots and planted the seed on it.
Let us see how long it would take for the seeds to grow, and be ready for picking.
Today February 16, 2014.
To be continued.......

Palabok

April 06, 2013 (Picture)
July 02, 2013 (Recipe)

Ingredients:
½ kilo ground pork
1 pork cube
1 shrimp cube
1 tbsp annatto powder
Garlic and onion
Patis and ground black pepper
½ to 1 cup flour
250 gms Palabok noodles (follow cooking direction of the package)

Garnishing:
Hard boiled eggs
Special pork chicharon
Tokwa’t baboy
Crispy garlic
Spring onion
Calamansi

Saute’ground pork, garlic, and onion. Add 3 cups water, pork cube, and shrimp cube. Bring to boil. Put the annatto powder and mix thoroughly. Add flour gradually while mixing. Continue mixing the sauce to avoid the flour to form into solid. Mix until it thickens. Season it patis and ground black pepper.

Sizzling Bulalo Steak

March 29, 2013 (Picture)
July 02, 2013 (Recipe)

Ingredients:
1 kilo sliced beef bulalo
Calamansi
Soy sauce
1 beef cube
Ground black pepper
½ cup all purpose cream or evaporated creamer
Worcerstershire sauce
1 onion
1 tbsp corn starch (diluted in water)
Crispy garlic

Marinate beef bulalo in calamansi and soy sauce overnight. Boil marinated beef bulalo with 1 beef cube and 2 to 3 cups of water. Boil until tender. If the meat of bulalo are already tender. Take the meat and set aside the broth. Allow the meat to cool down before grilling them.

Gravy:
In a pan saute’ the onion and add 1 cup broth. Put the all purpose cream or evaporated creamer. Simmer for 2 minutes. Put worcersterhire sauce and ground black pepper. Simmer for 2 minutes and mix the diluted corn starch. Simmer for 1 minute. Set aside.
Pre heat sizzling plate. Put 1 tsp butter. Grill the beef bulalo on both side. Pour the gravy and garnish it with crispy garlic.

Home Style Beef Pares

March 29, 2013 (Picture)

July 02, 2013 (Recipe)

Ingredients:

½ kilo beef (kenchi or brisket)

1 beef cube

1 tsp ginger

1 tbsp minced garlic

1 medium size onion

Star anise

Spring onion

Soy sauce

Brown sugar

Ground black pepper

2 tsp corn starch (dissolved in 3 tbsp water)

Boil the beef with beef cube until the meat is tender (about 1 to 2 hours if slowly cooked or 20 minutes if using pressufe cooker). When the meat is tender, remove from the pot and allow to cool down. Set aside the beef stock. Slice the meat in cubes. Saute’ the ginger, garlic, and onion. Put in the sliced meat and saute’ for about 3 minutes. Add the soy sauce, ground black pepper, sugar and 1 and ½ cups of beef stock. Then bring to boil. Put in star anise and simmer for 10 minutes. Add 2 tsp corn starch dissolved in water and stir until the sauce thickens. Garnish with onion spring on top. Served with Garlic Fried Rice and soup.