On May 13 we will be celebrating Mother’s Day-one special ocassion for one special person– our Mom. Every year I look forward to Mother’s day because on this day, my Nanay would always cook special menu for the family.

This year, my sister told me if we can cook for Nanay this time, instead of her cooking for us. I thought it’s a good idea and so i browsed through some recipe books and found these two simple recipe for Nanay that we’ll cook on Mother’s Day. Since mom, loves Pinoy foods, we chose to cook for her Pinoy recipe with a twist.

I would like to share this recipe with you ‘coz you might want to cook for your Mom too, on Mother’s day. So here we go..

Main Dish:

FISH KARE-KARE

Ingredients:

300 g labahita fillet, cut into large chunks
1/2 tsp ginger juice
1/4 cup cornstarch
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pc medium onion, chopped
1 pc beef bouillon cube
4 strings sitaw, cut into 2” pieces
1 pc (300 g) puso ng saging (banana heart), trimmed and sliced
1 pc large eggplant, sliced
1 tbsp atsuete juice
1 pouch (115 g) Del Monte Original Style Tomato Sauce
1 tbsp rice flour
3 tbsp toasted peanuts, pounded
2 heads native pechay

Procedure of Cooking:

1 SPRINKLE fish with ginger juice, 1/4 tsp iodized fine salt (or 1/4 tbsp iodized rock salt) and 1/8 tsp pepper. Coat each piece with cornstarch, then fry until golden brown. Set aside.

2 SAUTÉ garlic, onion and bouillon cube. Add 1-3/4 cups water, sitaw, puso ng saging, eggplant and atsuete juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes.

3 ADD remaining ingredients and fish. Simmer until pechay is cooked. Serve with sautéed bagoong alamang.

For Dessert:

FRUITED LECHE FLAN

Ingredients:

FLAN
4 pc eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp sugar
1 can (439 g) Del Monte Fiesta Fruit Cocktail drained

CARAMEL

3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp water

Procedure of Cooking:

1 CARAMEL: cook sugar and water over medium heat with occasional stirring until sugar caramelizes. Pour into 8 individual molds (1/2 cup capacity). Set aside.

2 FLAN: Combine first 4 ingredients. Beat well. Strain. Pour mixture into prepared molds half full. Spread 2 tablespoons of DEL MONTE Fiesta Fruit Cocktail on each mold. Cover with wax paper or foil and steam for 40 minutes. Cool, then chill. Unmold and serve.

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