Turon Triangles

Ingredients:

• 2 medium pcs of ripe plantain bananas (saging na saba)
• 1/2 cup of grated quickmelt cheese
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• 24 pcs square wanton wrappers
• 1 pc egg white
• 2 cups of cooking oil for deep-frying

Procedure:

1. Slice into twelve each piece of banana. Lay a wanton wrapper on a flat surface. Brush all sides with egg white. Put a slice of banana at the center. Top with a teaspoon of grated cheese and half teaspoon of brown sugar. Form a triangle. Sealing all the sides. Do the same to the rest.
2. In a pan, over medium fire. Heat oil thoroughly but not smoking hot. Drop carefully each triangle. Do not overcrowd the pan. Cook until light brown. Turn to have an even browning. This would only take a few seconds. Drain in a colander.
3. Serve.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups of cake flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 cup masked ripe bananas
• 2 tbsps molasses
• 1/2 cup all-purpose cream
• 2/3 cup softened not melted butter
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup raisins

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan. Set aside.
2. Sift the first-four ingredients together. Set aside. In a bowl, combine bananas, molasses and cream.
3. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, while beating continuously.
4. Add sifted ingredients alternately with banana mixture. Beat until smooth.
5. Stir in raisins. Pour into the pan.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until done.

Quekiam

Ingredients:

• 500 grams lean ground pork
• 4 pcs spring onion, minced
• 4 pcs dried mushroom, soaked & chopped
• a tbsp of five-spice powder
• 2 tbsps soy sauce
• 2 tsps sugar
• a good pinch of msg
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp cornstarch, cooked in 1/4 cup water
• 2 sheets of dried soy bean milk skin (tawpe)
• cooking oil for deep frying

Procedure:

1. Mix the first-nine ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Wet edges of tawpe. Cut into two. Wrap the pork mixture with tawpe and seal with cornstarch mixture.
3. Deep fry until golden brown. Drain in lots of paper towels.
4. Slice before serving.
5. Dip in sweet and sour sauce.

Sweet Potato-Bacon Balls

Ingredients:

• a kilo of yellow sweet potato, boiled & mashed
• 1 egg beaten
• 1/4 tsp fine salt
• 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
• 1 cup cooked bacon, chopped
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

Procedure:

1. Boil pineapple juice and brown sugar for 5 minutes. Use to baste sweet potato balls.
2. Meanwhile, combine first-four ingredients together. Shape into balls and roll in chopped bacon. Arrange in greased pan. bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes or until nicely colored.
3. Serve with toothpicks
   

Stuffed Eggs

Ingredients:

• 6 hard-boiled egs, shelled
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp prepared mustard
• a tbsp of chopped white onion
• 2 tbsps pickle relish
• mayonnaise to soften egg mixture
• lettuce
• 6 large tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• sliced cucumber
• minced parsley

Procedure:

1. Slice of pointed tops of eggs. Make short diagonal cuts around edge of white to produce zigzag effect. Set aside.
2. Mash yolks, blend in seasonings, onion, pickle relish and enough mayonnaise to moisten. Fill egg white with mixture, using a piping bag. Chill.
3. Slice tops of tomatoes. Scoop out of seeds. Arrange the tomatoes in a bed of lettuce. Nestle a stuffed egg on a tomato.
4. Sprinkle with paprika. Garnish with slicd cucumber and minced parsley.
5. Serve cold.
   

Maruya

Ingredients:

• a cup of sifted all-purpose flour
• a tsp of baking powder
• a tsp of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tsp melted fat or vegetable lard
• plantain bananas (saba), cut lengthwise
• white sugar

Procedure:

1. Sift dry the ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
2. Mix eggs, evaporated milk and oil. Add to the dry ingredients. Beat until smooth.
3. Dip banana in batter and deep-fry in fat. Drain on lots of paper towels. Roll in sugar.
4. variation: instead of using bananas, substitute it with sweet potato.