Foodtrip: My Favorite Food Collections

My Favorite Food Collections

Hello Everyone!

Today, I'm taking you to for an ultimate food trip. Yes! I'll be sharing my ultimate favorite food, recipes, and foodie escapades. This is just basically a collections summary of my ultimate favorite food. I started blogging back in 2012, since then, I know that my blog is all about my love for food. And sharing that love for food through my blog felt amazing. It's not only that I learned from my fellow bloggers, readers, but also able to learn new recipes and experience new things. Its always fun experimenting food. Do you agree? I remember the first time I received my first cookbook, my first baking experience, and first time trying new recipe. Let me tell you! Its not always a success. I failed so many times but the FUN part was the experience. Its give me motivation to keep me going until I got it right. Moving on... Are you ready to explore my ultimate favorite food? I hope your excited because I'm taking you with me.

I have way to many favorites. Its hard to choose just few, So, I'm giving my long list of my favorites. I'll promise you! this is going to be fun and delicious food-trip ever.  By the way, I made all the recipes mention on this blog post. If you want to make some at home or a copy of the recipe, just click on the link that I attached on every recipe. Enjoy!

Let's get start our tasty journey! :)

Kamote Que is deef fried sweet potatoes covered with caramelized brown sugar.  It's one of my favorite because its easy to make, affordable, delicious, and it reminds me back home. Delicious! I'm thinking having this later today. Yum! For recipe check the link HERE.

Shakoy or well known as Twisted Donuts covered with sugar is also one of my favorite because its simply delicious. It reminds me of my Grandma who used to make Shakoy every weekend. Totally love this food. Click HERE for recipe.

Binangkal- is basically fried sweet dough with sesame seeds. This is for sure my ultimate snacks! I love how simple it is and its delicious. If you want to make it at home, just click HERE for the recipe.

Monggo Bread ( Pan de Monggo) is for sure my favorite bread of all time. It has the combination of my two favorite ingredients. Monggo beans and sweet soft bread. This is really something that I would make every now and then.. So delicious! For recipe just click HERE.

Chicken Empanada- is  combination of sweet flaky pastry with chicken filling. Its a perfect meal indeed. Its super easy to make and tasty. Yum! For Empanada recipe just click HERE.

Crispy Fried Chicken- a homemade fried chicken that taste so good is fantastic! This is actually my family's favorite and its so good paired with white rice and homemade gravy. Yum! For super easy recipe please click HERE

 Suman Malagkit- This remind me so much back home! The sweet sticky rice wrapped with banana leaves and cooked to perfection. So good! For recipe just click HERE

 BIKO- this Filipino delicacy is amazingly delicious. It made with sticky sweet rice with caramel sauce. I'm a big fan of BIKO for sure! Its something that I eat once a month. Yummo! For recipe please click HERE.

 Butsi - is something that I crave from time to time and one of my favorite. This little goodies is delicious. Its soft dough with sweet coconut filling inside and covered with sugar. Yum! For recipe click HERE.

TAHO- this is simply good. Its made with tofu, tapioca, and drizzle with caramel sauce. This is great for merienda! For recipe please click HERE.

I hope this food favorites of my mine will inspires you to make one soon. Which one is your favorite or favorites? Leave me a comment below. I hope you enjoy our tasty food-trip experience today. See you in few days everyone! Have a great and gorgeous day ahead.:)

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Butsi Espesyal Recipe

Butsi Espesyal Recipe

Hello Everyone!

Hungry for some snack or merienda today? Perfect!, I got a scrumptious recipe for you to try at home. As you all know me, I love sweets, and who doesn't? Especially if it is made from scratch just like how I remembered it back home. Do you remember my post from last year of Butsi Recipe?  I can't get enough of this classic merienda that I dearly love. It's not only its my favorite merienda growing up, It also remind me of my grandma, she made butsi all the time, that's were I learned how to make them. Thank you, Grandma!:) Anyways, the recipe from previous post is no different this time. The only thing that I change is the size of the Butsi, that's all! I love making little butsi but I found it easier to fry when they are little larger and less time spent in the kitchen as well. 

We call it Butsi-( Butsi with sweet coconut filling inside and coated with granulated sugar) back home especially in Mindanao area where this sweet treat is very popular. There is also Butchi with sweet monggo filling rolled into a sesame seeds which you can get at( Chowking) famous fast food chain in the Philippines. I love those kind of Butchi too. They are different in terms of ingredients but both are equally delicious.

Anyways, which one do you prefer to eat? I would go with Butsi that I'm familiar with and I know exactly how to make them. Are you hungry already just by talking about it? Me too, Come on join me in my kitchen as I made this delicious and super easy treat that is so perfect for everyone.:)

 

Ingredients:

2 cups All purpose flour

1/2 cup lukewarm water

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup butter- cold and chopped into cube

1 pack yeast or (2 1/4 teaspoon yeast)

1 tsp. salt

granulated sugar- for coating

oil for frying- I used canola oil

Coconut Filling-

- combine 2 1/2 cups of shredded coconut/ or coconut flakes and 1/2 cup brown sugar let it set overnight. Note: Used fresh coconut if you have one if the above method is pretty close.:)

Procedure:

* NOTE: Flip the Butsi ONE to avoid greasy butsi. Stay close to the fryer, because it cook FAST! 

1.) In large bowl combine the flour, salt, sugar, yeast and chopped butter. Mix until well combined.

2.) Add the lukewarm water and egg and mix it well.

3.) Knead the dough into clean surface until it become elastic. Let the dough rise 1-2 hours.

4.) Divide the dough into 8 parts. Form the dough into balls, flatten it out using rolling pin. Add as much coconut filling as you want as long as it close tightly for frying. Repeat the process until everything is done.

5.) Let it rise dor like 25-30 minutes. It also gives you time to heat up your oil or frying..:)

6.) Fry the butsi in medium low for about 2-3 minutes on each side.  Make sure that its cook all the way before turning it over.  Drop this cuties into granulated sugar for coating. YUM!

7.) DONE! Serve it hot or cold along with your favorite drink and let your friends come over. 

In large bowl combine flour, sugar, yeast, salt and butter. Mix well until everything incorporated.

2.) Add the egg into the mixture and lukewarm water and start mixing together.

3.) Knead the dough in clean floured surface until smooth and elastic. Let is rise for 1-2 hours.

4.) Divide the dough into 20 pieces. Start forming the dough into little balls, flatten it out using the rolling pin, and fill the coconut filling. Do this process until everything is done.

- See more at: http://pinayexplorer21.blogspot.com/2013/05/butsi-recipe.html#sthash.8pV68cD1.dpuf

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup water, lukewarm

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter - cold and chopped into cube

1 pack yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon yeast)

1 tsp. salt

extra sugar- for coating

oil- for frying ( if u have deep fryer, much better:)

Filling:

1 1/2 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup brown sugar

- Put this 2 ingredients in a food processor, pause for couple minutes. Set aside.

Note: Just use something you like for filling if you don't like sweet coconut filling. - See more at: http://pinayexplorer21.blogspot.com/2013/05/butsi-recipe.html#sthash.VxJNAdWg.dpuf

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup water, lukewarm

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter - cold and chopped into cube

1 pack yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon yeast)

1 tsp. salt

extra sugar- for coating

oil- for frying ( if u have deep fryer, much better:)

Filling:

1 1/2 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup brown sugar

- Put this 2 ingredients in a food processor, pause for couple minutes. Set aside.

Note: Just use something you like for filling if you don't like sweet coconut filling. - See more at: http://pinayexplorer21.blogspot.com/2013/05/butsi-recipe.html#sthash.8pV68cD1.dpuf

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup water, lukewarm

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter - cold and chopped into cube

1 pack yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon yeast)

1 tsp. salt

extra sugar- for coating

oil- for frying ( if u have deep fryer, much better:)

Filling:

1 1/2 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup brown sugar

- Put this 2 ingredients in a food processor, pause for couple minutes. Set aside.

Note: Just use something you like for filling if you don't like sweet coconut filling. - See more at: http://pinayexplorer21.blogspot.com/2013/05/butsi-recipe.html#sthash.8pV68cD1.dpuf

Would you love to come over and grab some? C'mon! I promise its delicious. I hope you find this recipe so appetizing and make your merienda moments so fun and give this Butsi Espesyal a try. I gotta grab some butsi before its gone. (hehehe) So, until next time everyone for more fun and exciting recipe. Enjoy the rest of the day.:) Stay inspired and cook with your heart:)
 P.S-Kudos to Chemist Dad for very easy tutorial- 
Note: ( I added the print this page for easy printing to my lovely readers.)
 xoxoxo- Melgie
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Butsi Recipe

Butsi/Butchi Recipe

(my grandma's butsi recipe)

If you're a big fan of Butsi or Butchi at chowking ( chinese fast food, popular in the Philippines )  you probably thinking, there's no way this is BUTSI RECIPE! I know! This is not the typical Butsi, the fried sesame balls with sweet bean filling inside.  If you get a chance to travel in Bukidnon, the pineapple capital of the Philippines, then you probably have a sweet encounter with this native delicacy. This quite popular from where I'm from.  My grandma loved to make Butsi  and sold to our neighbors and friends.

What I like most about BUTSI, is the sweet coconut filling inside is just perfect with the soft chewy dough and coated with sugar to top if off.

The inspiration behind the making of this delicious delicacy, is when I have lot of left over coconut filling from the Pan de Coco and the perfect Shakoy/ Donut dough, combine the two and the BUTSI was born. The process of making it is exactly the same making Shakoy, the only difference are the shape and there's coconut filling inside the dough. It's been years I haven't have butsi, and I'm so happy to have it fresh in my kitchen. It's taste closer to my grandma's recipe, but, HEY! practice makes perfect. Sooner its gonna taste even better than the first try.. C'mon let's start BUTSI!

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup water, lukewarm

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter - cold and chopped into cube

1 pack yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon yeast)

1 tsp. salt

extra sugar- for coating

oil- for frying ( if u have deep fryer, much better:)

Filling:

1 1/2 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup brown sugar

- Put this 2 ingredients in a food processor, pause for couple minutes. Set aside.

Note: Just use something you like for filling if you don't like sweet coconut filling.

Filling the Butsi with sweet coconut filling

NOTE: It only take few minutes to cook BUTSI, So, stay close to the fryer.
             To avoid greasy BUTSI, flip it only ONCE:)

 Directions:

1.) In large bowl combine flour, sugar, yeast, salt and butter. Mix well until everything incorporated.

2.) Add the egg into the mixture and lukewarm water and start mixing together.

3.) Knead the dough in clean floured surface until smooth and elastic. Let is rise for 1-2 hours.

4.) Divide the dough into 20 pieces. Start forming the dough into little balls, flatten it out using the rolling pin, and fill the coconut filling. Do this process until everything is done.

5.) Let it rise for 20-30 minutes. (Enough time to heat the deep fryer on medium low)

6.) Fry it for about 1-2 minutes each side. Let is cool. Put in the plastic bag with sugar and shake it.

7.) Serve hot or cold for mid-afternoon snacks. Taste even better if you share this with family and friends. ENJOY!

I'm munching this goodies while blogging about it..YUM!