[b]~Apple Chutney~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
12 pieces apples
7 pieces tomatoes
4 pieces native onions
3 pieces bell pepper
1 cup seedless raisins
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
2 cups refined sugar
1 cup vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
Material
Cooking utensils
Sterilized jars
Procedure
1. Cut first 4 ingredients into desired pieces.
2. Combine cut pieces with rest of ingredients.
3. Cook until mixture thickens
4. Pack in sterilized jar, leaving ½-inch head space
5. Seal
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[b]~Appliance Cleanser~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
1 tablespoon bleach solution (available at a chemical store.)
1 tablespoon baking soda
¼ cup water
Material
Wide-mouthed plastic container
Spoon
Bottles
Procedure
1. Pour bleach solution into container
2. Add baking soda. Mix well.
3. Add water and mix again.
4. Use this mixture in cleansing appliances. (Be sure, however, to clean appliances with running water after application to avoid any chemical trace.)
5. Store mixture in bottles for future use.
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[b]~Banana Catsup~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
10 pieces ripe cooking bananas (saba)
10 cup water
2 pieces onions
1 clove garlic
2 cups vinegar
1 teaspoon calamansi juice or a pinch of citric acid
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 teaspoons salt
1 cup refined sugar
Atswetes seeds soaked in water (for food coloring)
Material
Cooking utensils
Blender
Sterilized containers
Procedure
1. Peel bananas and slice into small pieces.
2. Boil bananas for 10 minutes.
3. Puree boiled bananas in water.
4. Chop onions and crush garlic.
5. Blend onion and garlic with rest of ingredients except the atswetes solution.
6. Boil mixture of spices until it lets out of a strong smell.
7. Pour banana puree into same container and boil new mixture until it becomes sticky.
8. Pour atswetes coloring into mixture until it gives out your desired color.
9. Pour hot mixture in containers. Refrigerate 10C for future use.
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[b]~Banana Cracker~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
1 kilo green cooking bananas (saba)
½ kilo refined sugar
Vegetable oil
Material
Cooking utensils
Strainer
Plastic bags
Procedure
1. Peel bananas and cut into thin slices.
2. Coat slices with sugar.
3. Deep-fry until they become golden brown
4. Using a strainer, drain oil from banana slices.
5. Pack banana slices and seal.
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[b]~Banana Flour~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
Good quality, almost-ripe cooking bananas (saba)
1% salt solution ( tablespoon salt dissolved in 5 cups water).
Solution must be enough to cover bananas while soaking.
Hot water
Material
Wire trays
Cabinet drier
Grinder, strainer, or sieve
Cooking utensils
Airtight containers
Procesure
1. Peel and soak bananas in salt solution for about an hour.
2. Discard salt water and blanch bananas in hot water for 4 minutes.
3. Wash bananas in tap water.
4. Cut bananas lengthwise, 1mm, 1 thick.
5. Spead bananas over wire trays and crispy dry in cabinet.
6. Grind dried bananas. Sieve.
7. Store banana flour in airtight containers.
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[b]~Banana Fritters~[/b]
[quote]
Ingredients
200 grams bananas (saba)
2 pieces egg yolks
1 cup flour
1 grain salt
4 cups water
1 tablespoon refined sugar Edible oil (as needed)
Material
Cooking utensils
Bags
Trays
Procedure
1. Cut bananas thinly and dry.
2. Put dried bananas in trays and cover them with water. Soak for 2 hours. Drain.
3. Beat egg yolks in mixing bowl. Add flour, salt, water, and sugar. Mix well until mixture thickens.
4. Add bananas. Mix to coat bananas.
5. Fry a spoonful of mixture at a time until fritter becomes golden brown.
6. Store in plastic bags.[/quote]
Your Favorite Mix of Simple Ingredients
From the OneCebu archive, last updated February 10, 2014. Some details may have changed.
