Gulaman (Gelatin in Coconut Milk)

Ingredients : 1 bar gulaman (unflavoured gelatin), red or green 3 cups water 1/2 cup sugar 1 medium coconut, grated 1/2 cup pinipig, toasted Cooking Procedures : Gulaman, the local gelatin made from seaweeds, is usually sold in long dried bars of red, green, or clear, unflavoured. Rinsegulaman in cold water. Drain and shredgulaman to pieces. Bring 3 cups water and 1/2 cup sugar to a boil. Add shredded gulaman and stir until dissolved. Strain gelatin mixture through a fine sieve into a shallow dish to remove impurities, if any. Several layers of cheese cloth may also be used to strain the […] Read more »

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Guinataang Mais I (Corn in Coconut Milk)

Ingredients : 6 cups coconut milk 1/2 cup glutinous rice 1 can (10 oz.) corn niblets 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup thick coconut milk (optional) Cooking Procedures : In a heavy pot, pour in coconut milk. Heat over medium heat. Wash and drain rice and then add to the pot. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and let it simmer until rice is cooked for about 30 minutes. Add corn and salt. Bring to a boil again and then lower the heat. Cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Add sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved. Remove […] Read more »

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Healthy Filipino Food


Bibingkang Malagkit (Glutinous Rice Cake)

Ingredients : 4 cups coconut milk 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 2 cups malagkit (glutinous) rice Topping 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 3/4 cup thick coconut milk Cooking Procedures : In a large heavy pot, bring coconut milk to a boil. Add salt and malagkit rice. Cook on medium heat, stirring until rice is almost dry for about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in 3/4 cup brown sugar. Lower heat and cook covered for 10 minutes. Spread cooked rice in a greased foil-lined 9″ x 13″ oblong pan. For topping: Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar with 3/4 cup thick coconut milk. Pour […] Read more »

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Budbud Hinambid

Ingredients : 1 kilo glutinous rice (malagkit) 3 cups sugar 2 tbsp. salt 1 thumb-sized ginger, extracted juice only 1/2 liter coconut milk 4 tablets tableya (native cocoa) Cooking Procedures : In a pot, cook the malagkit rice along with the sugar, salt and ginger juice. When the rice mixture is half-cooked, remove and allow to cool. Melt the native cocoa. Set aside. Get half of the rice mixture and mix it with the melted cocoa. Roll this chocolate-rice mixture with the remaining cooked rice. Do not mix so as to give that distinctive white and black marks. Wrap the rice mixture […] Read more »

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Bilo-Bilo (Rice Balls in Coconut Syrup)

Ingredients : 1-1/2 cups glutinous rice flour 3/4 cup water 1 pandan leaf (or 1 tsp. pandan extract) 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 cups coconut milk 1 tbsp. ripe jackfruit, cut in strips Cooking Procedures : Add water to glutinous rice flour, little by little while stirring with fork. Knead until you have a stiff dough. If necessary add more water or flour, a tbsp. at a time, to make dough stick together in a ball. Form into marble size balls. Boil pandan leaf, brown sugar and coconut milk until sugar is melted. Carefully drop sticky rice flour balls into boiling […] Read more »

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Bibingkang Galapong (Sticky Rice Flour Cake)

Ingredients : 1/2 cup butter, melted 2 cups sugar 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1 can coconut milk 2-1/2 cups milk 1 can evaporated milk 1 box Mochiko sweet rice flour 1 tbsp. vanilla 1/2 cup ripe jackfruit, cut into strips 1/2 cup fine bread crumbs Cooking Procedures : Preheat oven to 250°F. In a big bowl, combine all ingredients except jackfruit and bread crumbs. Stir until well mixed. Pour mixture 3/4 full into one 8″ square pan and one 9″ x 13″ oblong pan. Sprinkle jackfruit strips and bread crumbs on top. Arrange pans side by side on middle rack […] Read more »

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