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Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for Episode 125/Jan. 19, 2014- MINATAMISANG SABA WITH TAPIOCA. Ingredients: 6 pc saba 1 cup sugar 2 cups water 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups cooked sago Photo and recipe credit: Idol sa Kusina Procedure: Boil water and sugar in a pot, add saba and cook. Set aside to cool. In a bowl, place minatamis na saging and cooked sago then add the syrup and serve.

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for Eisode 125/Jan. 19, 2014- GINATAANG ALIMASAG. Ingredients: 3 tbsp oil 4pcs garlic, pounded 1 thumb sized ginger, sliced and pounded 4 pcs finger chili, sliced 2 stalks lemongrass, pounded and tied 2 tbsp bagoong 3 cups coconut milk patis to taste  4-5 pcs alimasag 4 cups spinach bunch of cilantro to top Photo and recipe credit: Idol sa Kusina Procedure: In a large pot, sauté the garlic, lemongrass, and ginger. Add the coconut milk then bring to a boil. Put in the shrimp paste and fish sauce and cook until the coconut milk is thick. Add the finger chili and simmer. Put the crabs in the pot and mix until evenly covered with coconut milk. Simmer until crabs are cooked. Add the spinach last and transfer to a plate. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for Episode 125/Jan.19, 2014- SINAMPALUKANG MANOK. Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil 1 thumb sized ginger, sliced and pounded 1 pc red onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 kilo chicken, cut into 8 pcs 1.5 L water 3 cups sampaloc leaves, chopped patis to taste pepper to taste Photo and recipe credit: Idol sa Kusina Procedure: Saute ginger, onion and garlic in a pot. Add the chicken pieces and let the oil of the chicken come out. Add water and let it boil. Put in the the sampaloc leaves, season with patis and pepper. simmer until chicken are cooked. Serve hot.

A premium, lifestyle cafe brand founded in Indonesia has now come to the shores of the Philippines! J. CO Donuts and Coffee’s first branch was opened in Indonesia, the company’s Headquarters is in there too. Entrepreneur Johnny Andrean founded J. CO in 2005 in Indonesia. Since then, it bloomed to another 100 shops in Indonesia alone. Now it has branches in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Shanghai and here in the Philippines. Contemporain Foods, Inc (which operates J.CO Donuts & Coffee in the Philippines) holds the exclusive franchise for J. CO in the Philippines right now so there is no chance aas of now to Franchise and branch-out the the J.Co. anywhere in the Philipines except the said company.  Branches can be found at: J.CO SM Megamall - Ground floor, Megastrip B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City - 385-3488 - Mon-Thurs: 8am-10pm; Fri-Sat: 8am-12mn; Sun: 8am – 11pm J.CO SM Mall of Asia - Ground floor, North Parking Bldg. (near Hypermarket), Pasay City - 823-9627 / 823-9252 - Mon-Thur

Here's Unang Hirit Kitche Hirit of the day- January 16, 2014: Fish Asado with Chef Zandra Tepait. Ingredients: tilapia bawang sibuyas star anise dahon ng laurel leeks brown sugar soy sauce liquid seasoning mantika pineapple sauce asin paminta Photo and recipe credit: Unang Hirit Procedure: 1. Lagyan ng asin at paminta ang tilapia. 2. Iprito ang isda. 3. Itabi muna ang piniritong isda. 4. Magpakulo ng tubig. 5. Ihalo ang sibuyas, bayleaf, star anise, brown sugar, soy sauce, at pineapple juice hanggang ang lahat ng lasa ay maghalo. 6. Ihain kasama ng pritong isda at kanin.

Unang Hirit Kitchen Hirit of the day- January 15, 2014 : Menudong Puti with Chef Christian Argel. Ingredients: kasim o pigue vienna sausage all-purpose cream patatas carrots red at green bell pepper toyo calamansi pasas bawang sibuyas mantikilya asin paminta Photo and recipe credit: Unang Hirit Procedure: 1. I-marinate ang karne ng baboy sa toyo, kalamansi, bawang, asin at paminta. 2. Sa isang kaserola, igisa ang bawang at sibuyas sa butter. 3. Ilagay ang mga hiniwang karne ng baboy at timplahan ito ng asin at paminta. Hayaang masakangkutsa nang maigi. 4. Lagyan ito ng tubig kung kinakailangan hanggang sa lumambot ang karne. 5. Kung malambot na ang karne, ilagay na ang patatas, carrots at red bell pepper. Takpan muli hanggang sa maluto ang patatas. 6. Huling ilagay ang all-purpose cream, vienna sausage at pasas.

Here's  Unang Hirit KitchenHirit of the day- January 14, 2014: Sizzling Tofu Steak with Chef Mitchie Sison. Ingredients: tokwa sibuyas luya bawang green bell pepper red bell pepper siling haba mushrooms oyster sauce coconut cream brown sugar sesame oil onion leeks Photo and recipe credit: Unang Hirit Procedure: 1. Prituhin ang tokwa hanggang sa magkulay golden brown ito. 2. Sa isang hiwalay na kawali, igisa ang sibuyas, bawang, bell pepper, at siling haba. 3. Idagdag ang mushroom, oyster sauce, brown sugar at coconut cream. 4. Lagyan ito ng sesame oil. 5. Timplahan ng asukal at paminta.