PhilippinesMixed Fruit with Coconut Milk (Halo-Halo) #FilipinoFoods

Philippines Mixed Fruit with Coconut Milk (Halo-Halo) #FilipinoFoods

This is a Filipino dish eaten for dessert or merienda (snack). It's a sweetened stew of coconut milk, sticky rice balls, sweet potatoes, purple yam, and lots of other good stuff. It's great to eat hot or cold.

Ingredients:

100 grams ripe plantain bananas, cubes
100 grams sweet potatoes, cubes
1 piece medium size mature coconut, grated
100 grams fresh ripe jackfruit, Julienne strips
1 pinch of anise seeds
60 grams cooked cassava, cubes
100 grams purple yam, cubes (optional)
200 grams glutinous rice flour, soaked in water
600 ml water

Procedures:

1. Pour 1 cup of lukewarm water in grated coconut and extract the coconut milk by straining, then, set aside. Discard the shredded coconut meat.
2. Make small balls from soaked glutinous rice flour. Set aside.
3. Peel sweet potato and plantain banana. Slice into small cubes.
4. Boil water; add the small balls until it floats. Remove from boiling water and set aside.
5. Boil sweet potatoes until tender. Add yam, banana and jackfruit.
6. When cook, add the coconut milk, anise seeds, and rice balls. Add cassava cubes.
7. Simmer until thick and creamy.
8. Serve hot or cold.

Notes: When serving cold, you can use your creativeness. You can put vanilla ice cream for topping and ice cubes.