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Easy Pork Siomai Recipe

happypinaymommy — Wed, 02 May 2018 03:42:30 +0000

How to make easy pork siomai

I have always wondered if i could ever make pinoy-style siomai on my own. I have always loved siomai even as a kid, that i often prod my dad to eat at our favorite Chinese restaurant every Sunday. Fast forward to today, I came up with an easy pork siomai recipe.

While it is devoid of shrimp and mushrooms, and the mini bamboo steamers we have all been accustomed to, I want to have a version that could at least satisfy my craving anytime. A ready meryenda in the freezer for the family, or even a quick ulam I could steam along with rice for those busy days. It can also be a great baon for your school kid.

So as what I always say, I am just suggesting baseline seasoning levels. It is up to you to season it to reach your taste preference level. What I do really is after mixing up all the ingredients, i fry a bit, taste it and adjust seasoning as needed. You can use soy sauce to up the saltiness level of you wish.

So without further ado, here’s —

How to Cook Easy Pork Siomai

How to cook easy pork siomai: The ingredients are easy to find!

Ingredients for the easy pork siomai recipe:

500 grams ground pork
1 pack siomai wrapper
1/4 cup minced carrots, split into mixture ingredient and garnish
1/4 cup minced turnips
2 strips of spring onions finely chopped
1 medium onion, minced
1/2 cup cheese
2 tbsp oyster sauce (or more)
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp cornstarch
1 egg, beaten

Cooking procedure for Pinoy Pork Siomai:

1. Mix all of the ingredients except for the beaten egg and the wrapper.

2. Mix thoroughly. You can use your hand to mash and mix up all the ingredients. Once it is fully mixed through, add in the beaten egg and mix again.

3. At this point, fry a bit of the mixture so you can taste it and adjust seasoning levels.

Just mix all the ingredients (except the wrapper of course), you can use your hands to thoroughly mix it up. Fry a bit so you can taste the seasoning level, and then adjust the seasoning accordingly.

3. Once you are fine with the taste, you can now start wrapping your siomai. We have different ways of wrapping siomai, and I will not claim that I am good at this.

My daughter and I watched Youtube video guides so we can learn wrapping techniques. Pero nahiya naman ako because my eldest even wraps better. Me, I use my palms, she on the other hand wraps it on top of the plate. She wrapped most of the siomai! After wrapping, put a piece of carrot on top of each siomai.

My daughter wraps siomai much better than me!

4. Bring your steamer to a boil.

5. Brush your steamer with oil so that the siomai will not stick unto it.

6. Arrange the siomai in the pot and steam for 20 to 25 minutes.

Bring steamer into a boil, brush your steamer with oil, arrange the siomai pieces and steam for about 20 minutes.

Serve the siomai with your favorite dipping sauce. Soy sauce, calamansi and chili oil is the yummiest as we all know.

Tadaaaaa. Siomai that you can have anytime at home!

If you will not be steaming everything at once, you may keep the remaining siomai in a vacuum sealed container and freeze. When ready, just thaw and steam accordingly.

One of the reasons why I wanted to make homemade siomai, is that I could have siomai ready anytime for merienda or quick meals.

The amount of mixture can make up to 36 siomai pieces. You will not spend more than P180.00 for this except if you do not have sesame oil, oyster sauce, and cornstarch in your pantry.

You can make about 36 pieces of siomai for every half a kilo of ground pork

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Here meanwhile is a video guide on how to wrap siomai.

https://happypinaymommy.com/2018/04/30/how-to-cook-easy-baked-tahong/

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How to Make Homemade Detergent in the Philippines

happypinaymommy — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 05:00:41 +0000

Here are some recipes for natural homemade detergent in the Philippines. (Photo Credits)

When the DIY, naturalista and frugalista bugs bite us, we would like to try out homemade versions of everyday stuff that we use.

Moms like us use laundry detergent all the time, and I am sure, I am not just the only one wondering if I can make a natural and homemade detergent in the Philippines that I can use. The frustration however comes when you try to research and most of the recipes you see call for ingredients that are not locally available.

For instance, washing soda is not widely available in our country (although you can buy it here), and essential oils are available but are not as affordable as we want it to be. (Check out these essential oils gifted to me by my US based sister in law, you may get it here too if you wish). UPDATED, there are affordable pure essential oils in sampler sizes in some of the shops mentioned in my updated article >>>>here<<<<<<

Anyway, allow me to share with you some of the DIY detergent recipes that I have discovered, experimented on and tweaked a bit so as to conform to what is available in our local supermarkets.

Recipes for natural homemade detergent in the Philippines:

1. LIQUID HOMEMADE DETERGENT — This recipe from tipnut.com calls for just three ingredients: Water, Grated bar soap (think ivory), and two cups of baking soda. Check out the procedure here.

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2. COCONUT OIL BASED LAUNDRY BAR SOAP – This DIY recipe from mommypotamus.com is fairly easy to make, and just needs a super common ingredient available in our country which is coconut oil – not even the extra virgin that is quite expensive. Just the usual coconut oil. This actually reminds me of Perla. Anyway, you will also need Lye, which is available in hardware stores (Ace), and then water. You may wanna add an essential oil if you want fragrance but it is entirely optional (i love lemon EO for this particular recipe). Anyway, check out the procedure here.

3. POWDERED LAUNDRY DETERGENT — This recipe from wellnessmama.com calls for Washing Soda (I know, I know this aint available here, but you can make your own by turning your baking soda into one as shared by onegoodthingbyjillee.com here) UPDATE: THERE ARE SOME SHOPEE STORES THAT SELL WASHING SODA SO CHECK THEM OUT or if you want the easy way just get it here. Then you will need some borax – you can get this one from hardware stores but not the ones in the malls, the ones beside your subdivision or along the road! For some reason true value, ace, and handyman does not carry borax, but the small hardware stores do (PLUS AS AN UPDATE THERE ARE SOME SHOPEE MERCHANTS THAT SELL BORAX AS WELL). And then some grated coconut oil-based bar soap like PERLA. Click here for the step-by-step instructions.

So there you have it. Hope you could indulge your inner DIY Diva soon and try out these recipes. J

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