This is the time of the year! Well almost since it is still febuary, summer in the Philippines usually start around March, but you just can't help yourself buying one of these, specially if it's noon time and you've just finished a happy lunch with your family. The weather is hot, the sun is out, you walk around the corner for a fresh breath of air and ('walah!'), you find a little store that sells halo-halo. A perfect dessert!
They sell this for just P10/ea would you believe that. Ah, God is so good!
Some of the best halo-halo i have ever tasted can be bought in Chowking and Razon's ( popular food chains in the Philippines).
How do you make one?
Well generally halo-halo is a mixture of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl..
There are various ways of mixing it but here are the one's commonly used.
Boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport(macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapioca or Tae,nata de coco, sweet potato (kamote), pounded crushed young rice (pinipig). In terms of arrangement, most of the ingredients (fruits, beans, and other sweets) are first placed inside the tall glass, followed by the shaved ice. This is then sprinkled with sugar, and topped with either (or a combination of) leche flan, purple yam (ubeng pula), or ice cream. Evaporated milk is poured into the mixture upon serving.
delcioous!
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