MANILA, Philippines – This May, Filipinos celebrate their town fiestas with pomp and pageantry, and yummt offerings.
The Maya Kitchen lets you whip up tamales, a yummy Kapampangan delicacy using Maya Oven Toaster Bibingka, for a change.
Tamales
Ingredients:
Paste:
1 pck. (150g.) Maya Oven Toaster Bibingka
1 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. peanut butter
Filling:
2 tbsps. oil
1 tsp. chopped garlic
2 tbsps. chopped onions
1 cup flaked chicken or pork adobo
2 pcs. hard-boiled eggs quartered prepared hot sauce banana leaves for wrapping
Procedure:
Pass the banana leaves over medium flame to wilt them. Cut into eight 8x4-inch strips. Set aside. Prepare steamer.
Boil water in a steamer pan.
In a sauce pan combine the bibingka mix, water and peanut butter. Mix until smooth. Cook over medium heat until thick while stirring constantly. Cool then divide into eight portions.
In a skillet, heat oil then sauté the garlic and onions. Add the cooked meat. Set aside to cool.
To assemble: Lay one banana leaf to form a cone or use two banana leaves and fold overlapping to form a square. Fill up with the cooked tamales paste. Press lightly to make a shape of a pyramid or square. Add a slice of egg. Seal edge of pyramid with toothpick or lay square tamales seam side down. Repeat procedure with the remaining paste and filling. Wrap all tamales with aluminum foil. Steam tamales for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool then unwrap. Serve with hot sauce if desired.