Binignit Filipino Recipe

Binignit - glutinous rice porridge with coconut cream, blended with some fruits and root crops like yam, sweet potato, and the like sweetened with sugar.

Binignit is an authentic Filipino (Visayas region) dessert (also considered as snack) that can be served hot or cold. Binignit is traditionally served by Cebuanos during holy week or Lenten season. This dish is usually cooked with slices of "saging na saba" (plantain), taro and sweet potato. It is quite similar to ginataang halo halo or ginataang bilo bilo of neighboring regions.

If you wanted to try Binignit at home, here is an easy to follow Binignit recipe for you. It uses the most basic ingredients that you can surely find at your local market or store.

Filipino Coconut Jelly Recipe

At each and every Filipino events, parties or gatherings, a good tasting and looking dessert will always be present. Aside from the usual leche flan and cakes, gelatin (Filipino jelly) will always be offered and served.

At this recipe post, Ms. Cherrie Moore of SweetCherriePie.Com will guide you on how to make a great looking and yummy tasting Filipino jelly with a twist. At this recipe of hers, she added coconut milk to make the jelly more thicker and creamier. If you wanted to try this one out, just read and follow the below Filipino Coconut Jelly recipe by Cherrie Moore.

Kalamay-Hati or Calamay Hati Recipe

Kalamay, just like the suman, do have many names, kinds or variations. Each and every region in the Philippines seems to have their very own type of Calamay. One of the most common type and Pinoy favorite is the Kalamay-Hati or Calamay Hati.

This Filipino authentic dessert or sweets is a best seller during family gathering or event. This kind of dish is a perfect addition for your table of sweet and colorful foods this Christmas season.

Kalamay-Hati Image Credit - PinoyDesserts.Net Kalamay-Hati Recipe Page

5 Mouth Watering Pinoy Desserts To Crave For - Filipino Foods With Low Cholesterol

With the alarming issue on the growing number of Filipinos who fall beyond the border line of having normal cholesterol level, several people nowadays practice healthy living and this includes picking the right food that is being served in each family’s table.  With this regard, we made a food article that suits your healthy lifestyle. What we have are 5 Most Suggested Low Cholesterol Filipino Desserts that are the suitable for your healthy family diet.

1. Malunggay Sherbet (Horse Radish Sherbet) – We are all aware that horse radish, which is commonly known as malunggay by locals, has the ability to heal various diseases including the increased cholesterol level of a person. We are also aware that people have also created various health products that are made from this ingredient. To name some, we already have malunggay capsules and malunggay tea but what we have for you right now is something which kids would even love. The Malunggay or Horse Radish Sherbet is a creation from a local restaurant in the Ilocos Province. Most people who had a taste of this dessert said that its creaminess wash away the tangy vegetable taste of horse radish. They also say that this dessert is best enjoyed when one squeezes “calamansi” over it.

Malunggay Sherbet (Horse Radish Sherbet) Image Credit - Chlorinated Brain

2. Broken Glass – Being taken from its appearance where this dish’s name was discovered, broken glass is a desert that is made from the combination of various colors of gelatin plus milk and some fruits that are molded together. Its outcome makes it look like a wonderful mosaic made from colored broken glasses. In addition to its palatable appearance, broken glass is also a must include dessert for people who are cholesterol conscious as gelatin is proven to be one of foods with low cholesterol content.

Cathedral Broken Windows Gelatin : Filipino Gulaman Dessert Image Credit - Elizabeth Q. Of asianinamericamag.com

Ginataang Mais - Sweet Corn with Coconut Milk Recipe

Ginataang Mais or Sweet Corn with Coconut Milk is one of a kind Filipino dessert recipe that is usually served as a snack or merienda. Ginataang Mais, as the name of the food and recipe implies it, mainly consists of a combination of corn (mais) and coconut milk (gata).

Ginataang Mais (Sweet Corn and Rice Pudding with Coconut Milk) Image Credits: Art Of Dessert

Ginataang Mais Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 medium can sweet corn
* 1 can coconut milk
* 3/4 cup glutinous rice or malagkit
* 1/2 cup ripe langka or jackfruit strips (optional but highly suggested)
* 1 cup sugar
* 6 cups water

Cassava Cake Recipe By Inadvertently Domesticated

Here is a cassava cake recipe brought to you by the people behind InadvertentlyDomesticated.Com blog. If you have time, you can check out and visit their blog. They write about random things that will surely catch your attention (and taste buds of course).

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Now back to our cassava cake recipe. Here is the complete instruction and recipe.

Cassava Cake Recipe Ingredients:

* 2 packs grated cassava (about 2 lbs total weight)
* 1 1/2 cup coconut milk
* 3/4  evaporated milk
* 2 pieces raw egg
* ¼ cup butter, melted
* 6 tbsp mozzarella cheese, grated
* ½ cup condensed milk
* 14 tbsp sugar

For the topping:

* 1 1/2 cup coconut milk
* 2 tbsp sugar
* ½ cup condensed milk
* 2 tbsp flour
* 2 tbsp mozzarella cheese, grated
* egg white of 1 piece of egg

Cassava Cake Recipe Baking Instruction And Preparation:

1). In a large mixing bowl, combine the grated cassava, butter, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cheese, sugar, and eggs. Mix this thoroughly. Add the coconut milk and mix again.

2). Pre-heat the oven at 350 degrees F. Grease the baking tray and pour the batter in it. Bake the batter for about 1 hour.

3). For the topping, combine the sugar and flour in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix this as the sugar melts. Once the sugar has melted, add the condensed milk and continue mixing. Add the cheese, still with constant stirring. Add the coconut milk and stir for 10 minutes.

4). Pour the topping over the baked cassava cake and spread evenly. Broil for approximately 5 minutes when the topping has settled.

5). Take the cake out and glaze the topping with the egg white using a basting brush. Continue to broil until the color of the topping turns light brown.

This is ready to be served immediately. Garnish with grated cheese.

Cassava cake photo credit: Ms. B Of InadvertentlyDomesticated.Com
Original recipe can be found at: http://inadvertentlydomesticated.com/taste-buds-cassava-cake/

Mango Float Recipe By Jackie Go

In this post, we will be featuring a recipe of an online and twitter buddy of mine; Jackie Go. Jackie is a well known individual in the modeling and TV advertising community. The most memorable TV advertisement of her, in my opinion, are the ones from McDonalds. Remember this line? Paburger ka naman! Burger Burger Burger. I am sure you do! She's the girl at those TV ads that went viral and became the talk of the town for years! You can check her TV ads at her YouTube Channel to revisit those memories.

If you want to know more  about Jackie, visit her blog titled Go! Jackie Go!, or follow her at twitter. By the way, she is running a blog contest wherein you can win good and awesome prizes. Visit her blog's Facebook page for more information about the said blog contest.

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Now, lets go down to her yummy and tempting recipe!

Mango Float Ingredients:

All you need are 5 ingredients:
* Condensed milk
* Crushed Graham crackers
* Graham crackers
* All purpose cream
* Ripe mangoes

How To Make Mango Float (Instructions):

1). Mix the all purpose cream together with the condense milk.

2).Layering. 1st layer the graham crackers in your preferred container (a rectangle would be your best bet since it’s the shape of the cracker) , then pour in just the right amount of your creamy mixture, then top it off with sliced mangoes. Do this repetitively until it’s filled to the brim.

3).  Sprinkle crushed grahams on the last layer and cover it up  w/a cling wrap, then let it chill.

 

The Finished Product

"There you have it, my version of Mango Float. So far my family have no complains about it, heehee. Oh if you’ve noticed, I have not given any exact measurement  for any ingredients? That’s because I  measure flavors based on my palette." Jackie Go

Originally posted at http://mynocturnaljournal.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/mango-float/

Halo Halo Recipe With Pictures

Halo-Halo is a famous Filipino dessert and refreshment as well. Halo halo is quite a best selling Filipino food/dessert/refreshment during the summer season. Halo halo recipe is a mixture of sweetened preserved fruits, evaporated milk and crushed ice top with either ice cream, leche flan or ube.

Halo Halo is usually served in tall, clear  glasses (but nowadays, plastic cups are being used) that show its colorful preserved fruit contents or mixtures.

Halo-halo Recipe Ingredients:

- Sweetened red beans
- Sweetened garbanzos
- Sweetened saba banana
- Sweetened kamote
- Sweetened jackfruit
- Sweetened kaong
- Cooked sago
- Pinipig
- Macapuno
- Shaved/Crushed ice
- Ice cream
- Ube haleya
- Leche flan
- Milk
- White sugar

How To Make Halo-halo:
- Half-fill a tall glass with your choice of sweets. Fill with shaved/crushed ice. Top with ice cream, ube haleya or leche flan. Serve with milk and sugar.

Halo Halo Pictures

Filipino Dessert: Halo Halo

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Filipino Desserts

Filipino dessert is a big part of Filipino dishes and cuisine. It plays a huge role in terms of Filipinos way of cooking and eating. Filipino desserts is usually called as "panghimagas" in Tagalog word. For many of us, Pinoy, it isn't a good meal without something tasty and sweet to top it off. It is like without any dessert, the meal isn't really complete.

However, as time passes by, Filipino desserts evolve on its own. Nowadays, kids or young ones do like ice cream, cake or brownies as their dessert. But for me, nothing beats authentic Filipino dessert recipes. Check out below some of my all time favorite dessert recipes you might try making at home.

Masapan de Buco

Masapan de Buko is a famous Filipino or Philippine dessert. It can be found or can be seen mostly at Filipino parties or occasions. Below is a simple recipe for Mazapan de Buko. The recipe makes 2 dozen servings.

Masapan de Buco Recipe Ingredients:

* 2 cups grated buko
* 1/2 tsp vanilla
* 1 (300 ml) can condensed milk
* 2 tbsps butter
* 4 egg yolks
* Evaporated milk for brushing
* 1 tbsp cornstarch
* glazed fruit

How To Make Masapan de Buko:

1). In saucepan, combine the buko and vanilla; cook over low heat15 minutes or until thick. Stir constantly.

2). Beat the egg yolk along with butter and condensed milk in a bowl and pour in the buko and vanilla mixture.

3). Continue cooking and stirring over low heat until mixture separates from sides of pan.

4). Remove from heat and stir in butter. Pour into muffin pan lined with 1-1/2 inches paper cups.

5). Brush top with evaporated milk and garnish with diced glazed fruit.

6). Bake at 350°F 15 minutes until golden brown.

Enjoy!

Pichi Pichi

Pichi-pichi is an authentic Filipino dessert or delicacy. Pichi Pichi is made from coconut and cassava or kamoteng kahoy. This is considered as one of many variants of the famous "puto" of the Filipino people. Pichi pichi originated from the province of Quezon.

Pichi Pichi

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Macapuno Tart

Macapuno tart is one of many variants of Filipino delicacies. Check below the simple macapuno tart recipe for you to follow.

Macapuno Tart Ingredients:

* 6 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1 tsp. fine salt
* 1 1/2 shortening or margarine (chilled)
* 1 cup cold water

Graham Cake With Mango

Here is a simple and easy to follow cake recipe for you. This is the graham cake with mango recipe. This kind of cake is best serve as merienda or even as a dessert.

Graham cakes are good for those rush thrown parties or at children party because of its simple ingredients and pretty basic preparation procedure.

Buko Salad

Buko Salad is a Filipino dessert usually served after lunch or dinner. Buko salad dessert recipe is usually served out of a young green coconut shell. Buko salad can go along with other fruits such as mango, banana, kiwi fruit and dragon fruit.

The mixture of condensed milk and cream makes this recipe taste even better.

Buko Salad Image By Allan Reyes. Some Rights Reserved.

Buko Salad Recipe Ingredients:

* 3 young whole coconuts, water removed, flesh scraped
* 1 big can fruit cocktail, drained
* 1 can pineapple cubes, drained
* 1 cup nata de coco, drained
* 1 cup mabong (palm/attap seeds)
* 3 apples, peeled and cubed
* 1/2 cup jackfruit, diced
* 1 cup condensed milk
* 1 cup whipping cream

How To Make Buko Salad:

1). Cut the young coconut flesh into strips.

2). In a mixing bowl, combine all the fruit salad ingredients, including the coconut.

3). Stir together the condensed milk and whipped cream, and add this to the fruit salad. Mix well.

4). Chill in the refrigerator for several hours.

Best consumed at its cold state or after pulling out of the refrigerator.

Ginataang Halo Halo - Guinataan

This ginataan halo halo recipe is one of a kind Filipino recipe that is best served as dessert and merienda as well. Also, it can also be served either hot/warm or cold.

Guinataang halo-halo main ingredients are bananas (saging na saba), kamote (sweet potatoes), gabi (taro), sago (tapioca balls) and bilo-bilo (sticky rice balls) that is cooked in sweetened coconut milk.

Guinatan Halo Halo

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Maruya Banana Fritters

Banana Fritters or simply Maruya is an authentic and all time favorite Filipino food. Maruya is best serve as dessert and merienda.

Biko (Rice Cake with Caramel Toppings)

Biko is a native and authentic Filipino food. This is a special rice cake topped with caramel drizzles or latik. Biko is usually served during birthday parties, fiestas, Christmas, New Year and other celebrated events in Philippines. Thus, the Biko recipe is somewhat popular and very well known by most of the Filipinos.

Tapuy and Biko

Tapuy is the ceremonial rice wine of the Cordilleras and sometimes referred to as Filipino sake. 

Biko or Rice Cake was made from glutinous rice boiled in coconut milk and brown sugar. 

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Tupig Filipino Delicacy

Tupig is a native delicacy from Pangasinan. Tupig is made with glutinous rice and grated coconuts wrapped in wilted banana leaves and cooked over live coals. Aside from being one of the specialties in Pangasinan, making and cooking Tupig is also one of the most important source of livelihood in the province.

Here is a basic Tupig recipe that you can try at home.

Champorado

Champorado (Cham-Poh-Ra-Doh) is a rice porridge flavored with chocolate, sweetened with sugar and finished with evaporated milk. It is also called Rice Chocolate Pudding or Rice Chocolate Porridge.

Champorado at Tuyo Image Credit - energychef.blogspot.com

Champorado Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 cup sweet sticky rice (white glutinous rice)
* 6-8 cups water (more or less depending on your preferred consistency)
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
* evaporated milk (optional)

Champorado Recipe Cooking Instructions - How To Make Champorado:

1). Mix all ingredients together (except milk) in a large pan. Place a dry and clean cover.

2). Put on high heat until boiling for 3 minutes. Mix well.

3). Put on low heat for 30-40 minutes (still covered). Mix well to prevent sticking.

4). Serve hot with evaporated milk on top.

Champorado is usually served for breakfast or as an afternoon snack. Best served with deep-fried salted fish (tuyo) on top.

Sapin Sapin Filipino Dessert

Sapin-sapin is a layered glutinous rice and coconut dessert in Filipino cuisine. It is made from rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, water, and coloring with coconut flakes sprinkled on top. Sapin-sapin means "layers" and the dessert is recognizable for its layers, each colored separately.

Sapin Sapin recipe is made from rice flour or rice that has been soaked overnight then crushed into a paste, sometimes yams or yam flour, coconut milk and sugar.

Each layer is tinted (the bottom one a deep ube-like purple, the middle a golden yolk yellow,the top one white), and steamed before the next layer is added.