Lumpia Recipe

ready to fry lumpia

This is hubby's favorite among Filipino foods. He likes it with lots of lots of cabbage and with ground beef only, no pork, no shrimp and no chicken. 

If you want to try it, here's the recipe:

You will need:

1 package of Lumpia wrapper (I buy them at an Asian Store in Reno)

1/2 pound of ground beef, yup, half a pound only

1 cup diced carrots

1 cup diced celery

1 cup diced onions

2 cups shredded cabbage

salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

1. In a pan, cook the ground beef and onion together until the beef is not pinkish anymore and the onions are transparent already.

2. Add carrots. Cook for 3 minutes.

3. Add celery.Cook for 2 minutes.

4. Finally, add the cabbage and add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Set aside to cool down.

6. Wrap in the lumpia wrapper following the package instruction.

7. Fry.

8. Uncooked lumpia can be stored in the freezer for future use.

Dried Fish or "Bulad" in Tomatoes

Dried fish is not healthy if eaten alone since it is very salty so most of the time I'd cook it with lots of tomatoes. When tomatoes are very cheap in the market, that's the best time to make this recipe.

By the way, this is a Filipino recipe :)

Dried Fish in Tomatoes

salty no more :)

You will need:

3 or 4 pieces of (Pinikas) Dried fish/"Bulad"

6 medium size tomatoes

1 medium size onion

2 cloves of garlic

vegetable oil (for frying the dried fish and for sauteing the other ingredients)

Instruction:

1. Wash the dried fish thoroughly. Fry in a hot oil. Set aside when done.

2. In another pan, saute the garlic until it looks brownish.

3. Add onion until it becomes transparent.

4. Add tomatoes. Cook for 3 minutes.

5. Put in dried fish. Make sure to mix the tomatoes and dried fish thoroughly.

6. Simmer for 5- 10 minutes in a low fire.

7. Serve as a side dish.