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If you are an avid foodie like me then you’re aware that Filipino food is becoming very popular. As a female sushi chef with a Filipino mixed background born and raised in America I’m always ready to cook some wonderful appetizers to kill my cravings and one of the first things that comes to my mind is Lumpia. A crispy fried Filipino spring roll which is also known as Egg rolls. And without any doubt, my friends love it especially when I roll enough Lumpia to feed the whole kababayan.

If we talk about its history, it is originated from the Chinese spring roll. It was the time when Chinese refugees from Fujian province carried the dish to Asia and its fame spread from there.

There are a few versions of this dish; Lumpiang Sariwa, Lumpiang Hubad, Lumpiang Shanghai, and Lumpiang prito. The filling can be rolled in with raw ingredients and then fried or is rolled with the ingredients already cooked. I find if you roll with cooked ingredients and you allow some time to drain out excess moisture before you roll you'll have a lumpia that will stay crunchy longer this is perfect if you’re having party or a get together. Nobody likes a soggy lumpia.

The basic ingredients of lumpia are garlic, ginger, ground pork, shrimp, chopped carrots, cabbage, green beans, green onions, and very important the lumpia wrapper. There is nothing set in stone with what you want in your lumpia. For example if you do not like ground pork you can use ground chicken or ground beef again there is no hard and fast rule. I usually stick to what my mom taught me but with this recipe I want to go healthy so I'm using lean ground turkey.

Lumpia wrappers can easily be found in any Asian stores but the best wrapper for Filipino Lumpia I find is Menlo because when it’s fried it has a nice light crunch. Other wrappers like wonton or spring roll tend to be heavier and chewier. But if you can't find it in your city then use spring roll wrappers.

Finally for a perfect experience, you need a nice sweet n sour or chili sauce for dipping as Lumpia is incomplete without it. But if you want a real Filipino Lumpia experience dipping it in rice vinegar with salt and pepper is so wonderful and tasty. I hope you enjoy!

• Ingredients

50 pieces Menlo lumpia wrapper

3 cups cooking oil

• Filling ingredients

1 1/2 lbs. ground turkey

1/2 onion minced

1/2 cup carrots minced

1 tsp of ginger paste (optional)

4 cloves of garlic peeled and minced

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup green beans minced

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 eggs

Instructions for rolling with Raw or Cooked ingredients

• Step 1 (for Rolling Lumpia with Raw filling ingredients)

Sauté onions, garlic, carrots, green beans, ginger until tender. Remove from heat. Allow to cool

In mixing bowl combine the turkey, 2 eggs and the sautéed vegetables. Mix well using your hands or a wooden spoon. Make sure ingredients are evenly distributed.

• Step 1 (for Rolling Lumpia with Cooked filling ingredients)

Sauté onions, garlic, carrots, green beans, ginger until tender. Add ground turkey meat to pan and cook thoroughly. Make sure to break up chunks of turkey. Put mixture into strainer and allow excess moisture to drain out and allow to cool.

In mixing bowl combine the 2 eggs and the cooled filling ingredients. Mix well using your hands or a wooden spoon. Make sure ingredients are evenly distributed.

Step 2

Place one of the wrappers on your surface with the corner facing you.

Scoop around 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of filling and place about an inch from the corner closest to you. Grab the corner closest to you and roll it up and over the filling then fold both sides of the wrapper add continue rolling up. Brush beaten egg mixture on the top end of the wrapper. Roll-up until completely wrapped. Perform the same step until all mixture are consumed.

Step 3

Heat oil in a cooking pot. Deep fry lumpia in medium/high heat until it floats or is golden brown

Step 4

Remove from the pot. Let excess oil drip. Serve. Share and enjoy

You can also save and freeze uncooked Lumpia.

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Being a female sushi chef I still find cooking Filipino food relaxing, so whenever I am having a stressful day or feel like my brain is shutting down, I go straight to the kitchen and plan to cook. Cooking for my family or friends makes me happy and relaxed.

The best sweet dish I want to share with you is Turon which is very close to my heart because I remember it was a treat to have a turon at a birthday party or if my mom was feeling generous on the weekends.

Super simple dish with few ingredients;

Turon is a simple, but yummy fried Filipino dessert which is made with simple ingredients such as plantains, burro, saba or bananas, sugar, jarred jackfruit, and spring roll wraps. You will also need sugar.

I know you might be thinking “what is burro and saba bananas?” These terms may even seem foreign to you but worry not since you can easily find them in ordinary Asian grocery stores. You can swap them for ordinary bananas just wait till they have completely ripened. Saba is mushy whereas burro bananas are bland and meaty in taste. Because of this difference, I prefer saba bananas as it gives the dessert a nice texture. In my recipe because the jackfruit is already sweet and with the carmelized sugar on the outside I don't roll the filling with sugar.

I hope you like this recipe. Wherever you are in the world I wish you love and positive energies. Remember everyone in different ways are affected with whats going on during this 2020. Be good to yourself and to others when you can.

Ingredients

6 pieces bananas Saba or plantains, cut 1/2 (lengthwise)

1 cup jackfruit ripe, sliced

4 tablespoons sugar

12 pieces lumpia wrapper, preferably Menlo brand.

1/4 cups cooking oil

1 beaten egg

Step 1

Place one of the wrappers on your surface with the corner facing you.

Place 1/2 slice of the Saba or banana and a strip of Jackfruit and place about an inch from the corner closest to you. Grab the corner closest to you and roll it up and over the filling then fold both sides of the wrapper and continue rolling up. Brush beaten egg mixture on the top end of the wrapper. Roll-up until completely wrapped.

Step 2

Heat oil in a cooking pan add sugar. Fry Turon on medium/high heat until its golden brown. Sugar will stick to wrapper and caramelize.

Step 3

Remove from the pan. Serve hot or room temperature. Share and enjoy

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Filipino food is a complex fusion of Spanish, Western, and Japanese flavors.

I recently went on a Filipino cooking spree and wanted to share some elementary recipes with y'all. So I will be starting with Sinigang since it is close to my heart. Being born in America I have a mulitcultural diet that includes basically everything from Italian to sushi. So whenever I’m eating Sinigang it's like I'm connecting back to my Filipino roots.

Sinigang to me is considered as the representative of the Filipino palate because every Filipino mom makes sinigang. It’s easy to make with simple ingredients. You can’t mess it up.

If you like tender meat and soup then you will like Sinigang as it has both of these two delicious elements combined. You can either make this dish with tender beef, chicken, shrimp, or even with fish fillets. The best part is it comes with a variation of vegetables. However, if you’re a vegetarian you can also just use veggies like bok choy, spinach, eggplant and daikon.

For this recipe I used a potatoe instead of daikon because I didnt feel like driving out to an Asian Market. I just used whatever I had in the kitchen. For its preparations, you will need 12 cups of water, one potatoe, one peeled onion (cut into quarters), green beans, water, spinach, package of tamarind and short ribs.

For all the Kitchener folks I know how difficult it can be to find daikon or Asian veggies in your local stores. However, there is no need to worry as you can substitute like I did here with the daikon and potatoe.

Sinigang is famous because of its sour and savory taste. You can also modify it according to your taste, budget, and readiness of vegetables. I love you all and I hope you enjoy.

Prep: 10 min

Cook: 3 hr 10 min

Total: 3 hrs 20 min

Servings: 8

Ingredients

1 large Onion chopped in quarters

2 whole garlic

3 -4 lbs. Short Ribs (with or without bones) cut into 1 inch cubes or at the bone

1 pound fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed

1 daikon or potato cut into 2 inch

2 cups of spinach

1 package of tamarind soup base

12 cups of water

Step 1 (optional)

Removing scum from short ribs. Boil the short ribs in water on high for 15 minutes. You’ll see the foamy scum at the top. Remove meat from the pot and set aside. Throw scummy water down the drain. Use a clean pot or the same pot but make sure to wash and remove any scum residue at the bottom.

Step 2

Sauté onions and garlic until tender. Add beef and water and simmer for 2 1/2 hours till meat is tender.

Step 3

Place potatoes or daikon and continue to simmer for 20 minutes.

Step 4

Stir in green beans and Tamarind soup mix. Simmer for additional 20 min. Then add Spinach when spinach is just cooked you’re ready to serve. White rice optional.

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Real Housewives Star Teresa Guidice's ex Joe Guidice is set to fight in the Bahamas on December 12. Joe’s opponent is Jlo's ex actor and producer Ojani Noa. The fight will be made up of three rounds, each lasting one minute and 30 seconds. Joe is excited to be in full training mode for his upcoming fight against Ojani and has been sharing workout videos on Instagram. He has been living in his native Italy since his release from ICE custody last October and his most recent deportation appeal was denied in April. Ojani confirmed in an interview that the event is not in the States because of Joe's immigration issues . Battle of the ex husbands! I think this will be a fight worth watching what are your thoughts?

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