Moringa (malunggay) Cupcakes
Posted on: September 26, 2009
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‘Malunggay muffins’ served Thursday at Quirino anniversary
The snack mentioned in the article is actually Moringa Cupcakes.
CABARROGUIS, Quirino — An enterprising housewife has prepared moringa muffin — which is said to be the official snack for the celebration Thursday of the 38th founding anniversary of this province.
Hilda Arrojo, resident of this capital town who loves to bake, was commissioned by the provincial tourism office to bake thousands of the malunggay-based muffin as snack for thousands of festival participants.
Her product had earlier won for her daughter the grand price at a cooking competion in school.
“Last July when my daughter’s teachers asked me to assist them come up with a simple recipe that is malunggay-based for their cooking contest during the Nutrition Month celebration, steamed muffin (puto) came to my mind,” said Arrojo.
She started browsing the internet, and “I found more of malunggay-fortified recipes.
“Anyway, my daughter won first place in the cooking competition, and seriously I came to know more of the benefits of this wonder plant.”
Here is a prayer written by President Cory Aquino
Prayer for a Happy Death
by Corazon C. Aquino
Almighty God, most merciful Father
You alone know the time
You alone know the hour
You alone know the moment
When I shall breathe my last.So, remind me each day,
Most loving father
To be the best that I can be,
To be humble, to be kind,
To be patient, to be true,
To embrace what is good,
To reject what is evil,
To adore only You.When that final moment does come
Let not my loved ones grieve long,
Let them comfort each other
And let them know
How much happiness
They brought into my life.
Let them pray for me,
As I will continue to pray for them,
Hoping that they will always pray
For each other.Let them know
That they made possible
Whatever good
I offered to the world.
And let them realize
That our seperation
Is just for a short while
As we prepare
For our reunion in eternity.Our Father in heaven,
You alone are my hope,
You alone are my salvation.
Thank You for Your
Unconditional love.Amen.
Corazon Aquino’s words to live by
Posted on: August 6, 2009
Corazon Aquino Quotes
Corazon Aquino (1933 – 2009)
By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com
Politics must not remain a bastion of male dominance, for there is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn’t be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
Freedom of expression – in particular, freedom of the press – guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
One must be frank to be relevant.
It has often been said that Marcos was the first male chauvinist to underestimate me.
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services efficient and timely, and its commitment to democracy strong and unwavering.
The media’s power is frail. Without the people’s support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
Every filipino who feels profound gratitude to what the late president Corazon C. Aquino did for our country, went out on the streets to endure the rains and heat of the sun to pay last respect to the lady who restored our democracy. Those in the provinces like me, were glued infront of our televisions to watch the footages of the final rights.
I salute the four honor guards for the extraordinary discipline they exhibited during the funeral procession of Mrs. Cory Aquino which lasted for almost nine (9) long hours .
“They’re specially trained to undertake such ceremonial duties, specially to bear such difficult task to be immobile,” Arevalo said. He added they were trained even to resist “the call of nature”, Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo said.
I warmly extend my admiration to the four honor guards for showing such an exemplary deeds. Kudos to you!
Puto de Moringa (Steamed Muffins)
Posted on: August 2, 2009
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I didn’t realize I could use malunggay on muffins until three weeks ago when my daughter’s TLE teacher asked me if I could assist her and my daughter come up with a malunggay snack recipe as they are going to compete on a cookfest in the division level to be conducted by DepEd as part of Nutrition Month 2009 celebration. She said the recipe should be low fat, rich in fiber and most of all nutritious and inexpensive. I thought of “puto” right away coz even kids can do it. I started searching for malunggay recipes and there I got an idea that I could use malunggay powder.
The winning snack recipe of my daughter and her teacher in the recently concluded cookfest during the celebration of Nutrition Month 2009
All the blogs I read suggest air drying malunggay about three to five days. I thought that’s quite long, I can’t wait that long so I tried oven drying. I put a handful of malunggay leaves into an oven toaster, closed its door and set it to low. I noticed the leaves wilted and moisture built up so I opened the door and leave it open for about 15mins. The leaves became crunchy and retained its natural color . I crushed the leaves by hands. The outcome was so nice. It worked!
With that, I used my conventional oven and fill several layers of cookie sheets with malunggay leaves (about 5 layers x 1 full cup each of leaves ) and set the temperature to 50 deg centigrade, left the oven door partially open so that moisture won’t build-up and make the leaves wilt to a very dark color. The first layer took me almost 1 hour to fully dry it to a crunchy texture. When the top most layer is done, I brought the next layer up, and so on. A layer yields 6+ tbsp moringa powder. I kept it in a sealed plastic container. I am still observing how long will it last without developing molds. So far, the powder I made 2 weeks ago didn’t change at all.
Oven drying is quite costly and time consuming but you can have moringa powder in a few hours (not days) but if you are not rushing and want to save up on lpg/electricity, opt for air drying method.
Here’s the recipe for Puto de Moringa:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup powder skimmed milk
- 3 tbsp moringa (malunggay) powder
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs, beaten
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups water
Procedure:
- Mix well all dry ingredients
- Add water and vanilla.Fold in eggs, mix well until free from lumps
- Fill puto molders with the mixture (3/4 full) and arrange in the steamer
- Steam for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Serve with Malunggay-Gulaman Juice (I will post the recipe soon)
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