How to make Empanada

Empanada is a popular food snack in the Philippines.It is similar to siopao (both have fillings) but empanada is made and taste differently. Empanada is fried, while siopao is steamed. An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry. The name comes from the Spanish verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing. In Spain, empanadas are usually large and circular in size and are cut into smaller portions for consumption, whereas in South America empanadas are normally small and semi-circular.

There are many empanada recipes around, what we have here is a basic procedure how to make empanada ( you can change or improve on the fillings) , and video showing how it is done, the Pinoy way.

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How to make Papaya Soap and other Herbal Soaps

Herbal soap is now a lucrative business. In fact, there is an existing good market for Likas Papaya, a papaya based bleaching soap. Even safeguard, a popular bath soap brand in the country has now a papaya brand of soap. Below is a procedure how to make, not just papaya soap, but also other herbal soaps such as Kamias Soap, Calamansi Soap, Cucumber Soap, Radish Soap, Akapulko Soap, Papaya Soap and Guava Soap. Herbal soap is a kind of soap mixed with natural ingredients, juice or extract and vitamins from medicinal plants.

These types of herbal soap have advantages, and can help treat various skin indications as follows:

Akapulko leaves - anti-fungal soap
Guava leaves - antiseptic for wounds soap
Kamias - fruit extract or juice (bleaching soap)
Calamansi - fruit extract or juice (bleaching soap)
Cucumber - fruit extract or juice (moisturizer)
Papaya - extract from fresh leaves (bleaching/moisturizer)
Radish - extract from the stem (moisturizer)

So, how do we make these herbal soaps?