Beef and Potatoes Omelet

I didn’t put all my minced beef and potatoes into the pan when I cooked it yesterday. I subdivided it and cook it with egg and made an omelet out of it. I just wish I had cheese and grated some to put it in my omelet but anyway, it was as good as this one anyway.


Minced beef and potatoes omelet



Simple ways to prepare your omelet:

Potatoes (cut into smaller dice) so that it can be easier to cook
Beef (toast it first) I don’t include it as raw because some minced beef are hard and rubbery

I do cook my potatoes first before I include it in egg. Why? It’s because I don’t want it hard from the inside while your egg was already over toasted on the outside. About the beef, what I can instruct you to do is to boil it first with enough water, meaning if you’re going to use ¼ kilo of minced beef, then your water should be about 4-5 tbsp. of water. Once the water is drained, then that is the time that you can put your oil and toasts the minced beef.

But if you like to put raw minced beef and raw potatoes, on your omelet it’s up to you, but I can guarantee you that it will be hard and rubbery and the egg will be overcooked. When combining the two ingredients together with your batted egg put some salt and ground black pepper first on your mixture so that there is taste in your omelet.

Never put a lot of oil when frying it, you can just add 2 tbsp. of oil and that will be sufficient if it’s only a portion of beef and potatoes. But if you have more than ¼ kilo, well you can figure it out obviously if the pan needs more oil or not. It will be bubbly and froth once the beef and potatoes soaked in egg are placed in the pan. Use a big flat spatula to overturn the omelet and avoid messing it.I don’t have a measure cup for placing the omelet into perfect round; just a spoon to place it in but it’s still gorgeous to look at. Hope you like this meal!

Minced beef with potatoes

Its beef and potatoes for the day since starch are also needed by our body as well as protein. I have mince beef this time to match with potatoes and I diced them in small sizes so that it can be cooked well.

It is also great to match potatoes with corned beef although there are no canned goods here (particularly beef) being sold in the market since it is a Hindu nation. Anyway, hubby bought this mince beef in a store nearby since there are Muslims and Christians who sell it. I know that at home we used to include sotanghon or vermicelli bean thread noodle in this recipe. It is just easy to prepare although for me what I like is to toast first the mince beef by placing water and let it boil for some time. I added salt so that it will have a taste and once the water is gone, I can now put oil and cook it further.

Easy to prepare minced beef with potatoes



I like to toast the beef well till it gets that dark brownish color. About the potatoes, make sure that it was just sliced smaller so that you can cook it very well. Once your beef is done, you can now sauté it with garlic and onions. Then you can put the diced potatoes and add some water.

On this recipe, I don’t put too much water. It was just half tea cup water which is enough for simmering the beef and potatoes. Once your potatoes are half cooked, you can season it with soya sauce, salt and ground black pepper. There’s no problem if you wanted to add more flavor by putting some beef bouillon while simmering the beef and potatoes.
If you want some more flavor and color, you can add green and red bell peppers into it, but for this recipe, I don’t have a stock so you won’t be able to see in the picture. I have another version of cooking this recipe but I will post it by tomorrow. Hope you try this delicious recipe also.

Sautéed Bitter gourd with beef and egg

I know what will be your reaction, yucks! Most of us don’t like bitter gourd obviously because it was bitter. I don’t even push hubby to try it since he was not used of eating bitter gourd. I do know why I like this recipe but this has something to do with influence.

Our parents brought us up to eat veggies and that includes bitter gourd. I used to remember my grandmother who cooks this veggie with tofu and pork while my mom sauté it with chicken and sotanghon (bean thread noodle). I also like bitter gourd in braised beef and sometimes we just cook it with an egg. I also like Pinakbet (Ilokano dish) which includes bitter gourd.

So during my childhood days, I don’t have any problem eating bitter gourd and that is why it is important for me to influence my children (to-be) to eat veggies and not to be choosy in food. I have learned that convincing your kid would also help aside from telling them those stories about how nutritious the food they eat. I also remember how my mom says she likes this veggie and for us kids, we do like to imitate our parents and also like what they like. Sautéing is the easiest thing to do with this recipe although I just included egg and beef bouillon cube. Here is the recipe for Sautéed Bitter gourd with beef and egg:

Ingredients:

Medium size bitter gourd
1 medium size onion (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
1 beef bouillon cube
Soya sauce
Salt
Ground black pepper
Water
Oil
1 egg

Preparation/ Method on How to Cook Sautéed Bitter gourd with beef and egg:


Bitter gourd anyone?





Step 1: Wash the bitter gourd in running water. Cut it in half lengthwise and remove the seeds by using a spoon and shovel it off. Cut the bitter gourd looking like half ring, not too thick and not too thin.

Step 2: On a heated pan, put oil and once your oil is hot, you can now sauté garlic and then onions. Put some salt to cook your onions faster. After this you can now put the beef bouillon cube, stir well to blend with your garlic and onions and now you can put the bitter gourd.

Step 3: Stir the bitter gourd with the sautéed garlic and onions with beef bouillon and put soya sauce for about 2-3 tbsp. and then add some water 4 tbsp. only, not too much water since this veggie will also produce water.

Step 4: Put the flame on medium heat and wait for 3 minutes and sprinkle some ground black pepper. If you think the taste is enough, don’t add more salt; else if it is too salty for you just add some tablespoons of water but not too much water. Again, do not overcook your veggie. The last is crack an egg and stir it well together with the bitter gourd. Stir it properly and make sure that the egg is cooked well (not gooey) before you put the stove off.

Mushroom Hakka vs. Singapore Noodles

Does it make any difference at all? At first when I glace at it, it does not have any difference since both the noodles are just the same. Although the ingredients to both are different since Mushroom Hakka Noodles obviously does have mushrooms while Singapore Noodles does have Cashew Nuts and big chunks or dried red chili and without any mushrooms.

About the taste, well I can still say that it does not have any big difference since both are sautéed and stir fried noodles. The common denominators for both the recipes are spring onions, capsicum, carrot and cabbage strips. But the taste would be much better if they have put soy sauce into the dish. Anyway, sprinkle it with lemon and a dash drops of soy sauce would be more appetizing to do. In fact, I don’t have any bread to match this noodle recipe although I still ordered some pizza (local one) and it went well perfectly.


Photo above: Singapore Noodles vs. Mushroom Hakka Noodles (pic below)






Sunday is my relax day and it’s really not my intention to be so sluggish preparing something to eat. But I just wait for the time to go out and buy ingredients for decent food to prepare. Everyday menu is what I wanted to make a list of but I guess it will be more difficult here since most of the veggies and menus I know of, well we don’t have it here.

I don’t want to be redundant on the food item that I prepare and that is why every day is really a challenge for me. I keep asking the same questions again and again, what to cook? What to prepare? A wife should always be consistent and innovative in the kitchen particularly on cooking food for her family. Can’t help thinking that another day like this would happen and I really don’t want to burden hubby about ordering food outside since it is really not practical these days.

Hmmmm, well it’s another day, I just hope I can present a good recipe by this week as I keep myself a bit busy online to get back on the track before we go again for another short trip. Enjoy your weekends!

Singapore Noodles and Mushroom with Cheese Pizza

That’s what they call it on their menu, “Singapore Noodles”. I am sure Singapore has nothing to do with it, just like that! Anyway, another day with no time to prepare meals so we dependently ordered at Radhakrishna Restaurant and they delivered it for free. I didn’t even cooked rice so I said to hubby; why not order a pizza along with it since they have vegetarian pizza so I ordered Mushroom and Cheese pizza. It was delivered hot and fresh in our door steps for about 20- 25 minutes.


Yummy Mushroom and Cheese Pizza!



Well the noodles have whole cashew nuts which are slightly roasted and the veggies are really raw and crispy. I said hard because it isn’t cooked and I really hate to chew strips of cabbage. I have no problems with raw carrot strips but the cabbage, aww forget it, I’d be skipping it or keep it aside the plate. They also have included big chunks of dried red chili, anyone dares to eat it?

At least the noodles aren’t burnt and smoky smelling like the once we ordered on a different restaurant. Spring onions are all around and complimentary sauces were also given like Chili sauce, dark soy sauce and tomato ketchup for the pizza.


Singapore Noodles available at Radhakrina Restaurant



About the pizza, well it does taste like the local pizza that we order in the cart. This restaurant offers only pure veggies so forget the pepperoni and other meaty toppings for your pizza. What they have was cheese, mushroom, paneer (tofu) and tomato. But on what I ordered, you can see only cheese and mushroom on it. The price was affordable enough since the pizza was sliced into 8 while the noodles can be eaten by three to four persons.

The pizza costs only Rs90.00 and the noodles for only Rs.85.00 but the tendered bill was Rs 185.00; well I guess that extra Rs10 will be the charge for delivery even if they say it’s free of charge. But I don’t complain on that, nothing at all since they have delivered it on time and the food was great so that would suffice. ..verdict, day complete…stomach is full!