Description:
A hybrid of the land of the rising sun and the pearl of the orient! Two cuisines joined into one delicious food

Ingredients:
Batter

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 cup powdered milk
4 tablespoons baking powder
2 1/2 cups water
3 pieces whole eggs

Topping

2 tablespoons cooking oil
1/4 kilo ground pork or beef
2 tablespoons minced celery (optional)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon seasoning
pinch of salt
pinch of sugar
pinch of pepper
pinch of MSG

Directions:
1. In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, cake flour, milk, baking powder, water and eggs. Mix until well-blended. Set aside for one hour.

2. Prepare the topping: In a skillet, heat oil and cook ground meat until brown. Add the celery, soy sauce, seasoning, salt, sugar, pepper and MSG. Stir mixture occasionally until ground meat is cooked.

3. Pour puto batter in greased small muffin cups about half full. Add a tablespoon of topping in each cup. Steam for 10 to 15 minutes.

Description:
A delicacy of the Filipino cuisine. Best paired with Dinuguan and Palabok

Ingredients:
1 c. rice flour
1 stick butter
3 eggs
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. Bisquick
1 (19 oz.) can coconut milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:
Mix all the ingredients to form a batter and pour in a deep baking pan (round) 2/3 full and cook in a steamer for 45 minutes.

Description:
The tasty chinese dimsum that is popular here in the Philippines

Ingredients:
DOUGH 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water, 2 tsps dry active yeast, 2 TBSP sugar, 5 cups all purpose flour, 1 TBSP baking powder, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 TBSP lard. Soften yeast in 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water. Add 2 TBSP sugar and stir. In another bowl mix together flour, baking powder and 2/3 cup sugar. Add softened yeast to flour mixture, then add the pork lard. Mix, knead until smooth. Let rise for 2 - 3 hours. Divide into 24 pcs. Set aside for 30 minutes. Apply filling, let rise another 30 minutes. Steam for 20 - 30 minutes. FILLING: 2 TBSP cooking oil, 2 cups pork cut up into small pcs., 2 TBSP soy sauce, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, 2 pcs star anise or 1/4 tsp anise powder, 2 TBSP MSG, salt and pepper to taste. (chopped onions and salted egg or hard boiled egg optional)

Directions:
Heat cooking oil in pan and add pork and cook till brown. Add soy sauce. sugar, water, star anise, MSG, salt and pepper. Simmer till tender. Add the salted egg or hard boiled egg. Flatten the dough and fill with filling. Twist top to close. Cut up some wax paper and set on wax paper with the twisted part on the wax paper. Steam for 20-30 minutes. Serve hot.