I was asked by my good friend @rizbab28 to post my favorite meal. Growing up in the Philippines, everyday food won’t be complete without Pancit Bihon and Lumpia with rice.
Pancit Bihon is made of long, thin noodles, chicken or pork, lettuce or cabbage, garlic, onion, carrots and other mixed vegetables. It is an easy dish where you mix everything and add soy sauce, and seasonings then you are all done.
Another easy meal famous in my country is Lumpia. It is a type of spring roll with mixed vegetables and pork or chicken rolled in lumpia wrappers. Below is a picture of the Lumpia I made a few months ago.
And of course any meal won’t be complete without Filipino Plain Rice. At home, back in the Philippines, my parents owned a Rice Field and I love eating the rice made fresh from home.
Thank you very much as the plain rice is served in some part of my country with raw sugar and pure ghee, this is just amazing and tasty traditional dessert
@BorrisS I cooked them all. We don’t really have a special spice but we always use Soy Sauce or Fish Sauce in our recipes. And the Filipino Tradition of not measuring ingredients with measuring cups or spoons. We just taste it as we go along the cooking process to see if we made it, the way it was supposed to be. We call it “the whisper of our ancestors guiding us while cooking”. But I also learned to measure ingredients for consistency and faster cooking process.
The meal I would recommend to cook first is the Pancit. For me it is the easiest to make. The only thing is the stirring of the ingredients can make your arms exhausted especially if you cook for a large number of people. I like it because it is a combination of vegetables, meat and Bihon Noodles for carbs so it is an all in one food for me.
Though a lot of people I know likes Lumpia and even my coworkers would ask me to make Lumpia for them. The Lumpia can take time on wrapping the small portions of the meat and veggie mix. I usually do 1 tablespoon for a thinner Lumpia or 2 tablespoon for a bigger version. The wrapping also has to be done in a certain way so you can achieve the same look for the spring rolls. Most people I know like the texture and crispiness of Lumpia. Lumpia is usually eaten with Sweet Chili Sauce.
@OlgaKlimchik It looks similar in the way they look but Lumpia is a spring roll in the Philippines and the wrapper we use is not cabbage but Lumpia Wrapper made of either flour and water, or cornstarch, eggs and water. We always fry it and dip it in sweet chili sauce.
