Beef tapa and malunggay pasta

 Kids are always hard to feed nutritious foods, especially vegetables. Why don't make a bit of a trick through this delicious pasta dish fortified with nutritious malunggay

Makes 1 serving

 
 
Ingredients:

• 250 grams Fresh Malunggay pasta, boiled aldente
• Beef tapa
• Olive oil
• ½ cup Tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¼ cup chopped carrots
• 1 tbsp. red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• Medium size onions, chopped
• Chopped parsley
• Ground black pepper 

Procedure: 

1. In a pan, put beef tapa and a small amount of water to make it more tender. Cover and let it boil. 
2. Before it becomes dry, add spoon full of olive oil and fry both sides. Set aside. 
3. On the same pan, sauté garlic, onions and red bell pepper. 
4. Pour tomato sauce and add pepper. Let it boil for a minute. 
5. Plate pasta and add the beef on top. You can also cut the beef in stripes before adding on top. P
6. our the sauce on the dish and garnish with parsley on top. 
7. Serve.

Sopas

 In every carenderia, served hot, sopas (Filipino term for "soup")is always present and is the best dish to start the day of an early bird Pinoy.

Makes 4 servings
 
Ingredients:

• ¼ kilo elbow macaroni
• 1 cup shredded carrots 
• ¼ cup chopped onion & garlic
• ¼ kilo of shredded cabbage
• ¼ kilo of ground meat
• Chopped celery
• Oil for sautéing
• Salt and pepper 

Procedure: 

1. In a pan, sauté garlic and onions in oil.
2. Add meat. Stir until slightly brown.
3. Add carrots, celery and macaroni.
4. Transfer into a boiling pan and add water.
5. Let it boil unlit the soup thickens and pasta turned aldente.
6. Make-it-more-Pinoy tips
7. Since Sopas is commonly ordered by kids, local Filipino restaurant or carenderia overcooked the pasta. 

 

Pinoy style spaghetti

   Filipino loves spaghetti. Pinoy party won't ever be completed without this dish. The sweet tastes of spaghetti and its generous amount of cheese on top is what Filipinos always wanted. 

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo spaghetti pasta, cooked al dente
• 1/4 kilo ground lean pork
• 1/4 kilo hot dog, sliced thinly
• 750 grams Filipino style spaghetti sauce (If not available, use ordinary spaghetti or tomato sauce)
• 150 grams banana ketchup
• 1 cup carrots, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup garlic, chopped 
• 4 cups or 32 oz water
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• Olive oil for sauteing
• Grated cheese (Any cheese you want) 

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Tips:
  To make it more pinoy: after the 5th procedure,
put all the pasta into the sauce mixture and mix it
thoroughly to absorb the sauce. Transfer it in a
serving container and put a generous amount of
cheese on top.
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Procedure:

1. On a heated pan, Put 2 tbsp. Olive oil and saute garlic until brown. Then, add onions.
2. Add the ground pork and carrots and saute until the meat release its juices.
3. Add the hot dog, sugar, soy sauce and water. Simmer for 2 mins.
4. Then, add the spaghetti sauce and ketchup.
5. Simmer for a minute and then remove from the heat
6. You can now top it with cheese into your pasta. Enjoy!