Big Crab with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients:

Crabs
1/2 cup water         
1/2 cup unsalted butter or margarine
1 onion, minced and diced       
1 garlic, minced and diced      
1 1/3 cups oyster sauce(any brand)
salt
pepper

How to cook:

1. Put a little opening at the mid section or back of the crabs. This is to make the broth tastier and to mix crab fats with the sauce later. this where the sauce will come out. Also the smell.
2. Cook crabs with water for 10 minutes. Set aside.
3. In a separate boiling pot, melt butter and saute garlic and onion (and chili, if you prefer).
4. Add oyster sauce. Transfer the boiled crabs including the broth from the other pot.
5. Cook until the crabs legs are orange enough. Cool for 5 minutes. Transfer crabs to a dish and evenly distribute the sauce.
6. Serve with steamed rice.

Note: I hope you have a crab leg cracker/scissor. You will be surprised by the yummier pieces inside the legs.

With the smell of the dishes alone, you pig out already alone. I love this dish. One of my favorite. Enjoy your meal.

Sinigang na Hipon

Ingredients:

Shrimp
Sinigang mix or if you want fresh sampaloc fruit
Green Pepper
Kangkong Leaves ot camote tops
Tomatoes
Salt
water
onions
Pinch of Ginger

How to Cook:

1. First, boil the chopped tomatoes, onions and ginger.                                     
2. While boiling, add the chilli or the green pepper.                                       
3. Boil for a minute just to give time for the flavors to mix.                              
4. Add the shrimps.                                                                         
5. Salt to taste                                                                            
6. Add the greens until half cooked.                                                        
7. Serve with soy sauce or with vinegar                                                     
                                                                                            
Note: Wash the veggies thoroughly especially the green leafy ones. Also wash the shrimps.    

Roasted Eggplant Salad

Cooking Ingredients:

Eggplant
Tomatoes
Onions Leaves
Salt
Peppers

Cooking Procedures:

1. Wash the eggplant and grill it. Remove the eggplant if the skin is dark brown or it smells like it's burning already. Grilling eggplants will take longer to cook, it depends how big it is.  Each side should become soft, that's the cue that the eggplant is already cooked and softened.
2. Let it cool off and peel the eggplant.
3. Chop the tomatoes, onions leaves.Sprinkled with salt and pepper.
4. Serve and enjoy the salad.

Homemade Graham Cake

Cooking Ingredients:

1 pack Graham Biscuits(chocolate)

1 250-gram all-purpose cream (optional chilled)

1 150-ml condensed milk

1 medium can of any fruit cocktail (drained, set aside juice)

1 pack of gelatin powder

Cooking Procedures:

1. Combine the purpose cream and condensed milk in a bowl. Mix well. Optional, you can cook this mixture to be able to come up with thick sauce. Mix it until golden brown. Set aside.

2. You have to layer the graham biscuits in a rectangular or square container, alternate with the mixtures. Topmost layer should be thick in sauce and biscuits.

3. Pour the fruit cocktails on the topmost layer of the cake. Optional: you can use any fruits here. It depends on of preferences.

4. Cook the gelatin powder according to instruction.

5. Pour the gelatin at the top most layer of the graham cake.

5. Chilled for two hours or more then serve it with the juice. Enjoy!

Serving:

Serves 3-4 persons for this recipe

Estimated Expenses:

1 pack Graham Biscuits(chocolate)                            -  P30

1 250-gram all-purpose cream (optional chilled)         -  P45

1 150-ml condensed milk                                           -  P50

1 medium can of any fruit cocktail                               -  P56

Total Budget:  Php181