Let’s cook easy to make fish products
source: The Pisces, by Rosario Ragaza
The Filipino patterns in eating and preparing food have changed. These changes are due to the increase in the number of women joining the workforce. Another reason is the western influence on acceptance of fast foods. Hence, there is an increased demand for instant or convenience foods, which are easy to prepare, taste good and provide the desired nutrients.
Fish Quekiam
Ingredients for quekiam
1/2 kilo fish meat (dalagang bukid)
1/4 kilo shrimp meat
1 egg (well beaten)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped singkamas
1/2 cup celery
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons nguyong powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
taupee wrapper
cooking oil
Procedure in making the quekiam
1 separate the fish meat from the skin and bones .
2 Grind or chop fish meat and shrimp.
3 Add all ingredients to the meat and shrimp and mix throughly.
4 wrap the mixture with the taupee wrapper.
5 place the mixture in the refrigerator for five minutes if aluminum foil or plastic is used as wrapper.
6 Fry the quekiam in hot cooking oil. Ifaluminum foil or plastic was used as wrapper, remove it first before frying the quekiam.
7. serve the quekiam with sweet and sour sauce.
Ingredients for sweet-sour sauce
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon soy sauce
monosodium glutamate
Procedure in a making the sauce
1 mix all the ingredients throughly.
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