🍧 Halo-Halo
Halo-halo, Tagalog for 'mix-mix', is a Filipino shaved-ice dessert layered in a tall glass with sweet beans, colorful jellies, banana, coconut strips, purple ube jam and a slice of leche flan, all soaked in evaporated milk. It is stirred together before eating, giving a cold, creamy mix of textures in every spoonful.
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What it is made of
Recipe
Ingredients
- 400 g shaved ice
- 60 g sweetened red beans
- 60 g coconut gel or jelly cubes
- 1 ripe banana, sliced and cooked in light syrup
- 40 g sweetened coconut strips
- 2 tbsp ube jam
- 2 slices leche flan
- 150 ml evaporated milk
Method
- Divide the beans, jelly, banana and coconut between two tall glasses.
- Pack the shaved ice on top.
- Pour the milk over the ice.
- Top each glass with ube jam and a slice of leche flan.
- Serve with a long spoon and mix before eating.
How to make it lighter
- Use plain banana instead of syrup-cooked to cut added sugar.
- Choose fewer sweet toppings and more ice.
- Use light or skimmed milk in place of evaporated milk.
History
Halo-halo is often linked to Japanese migrants in the pre-war Philippines who sold shaved ice with sweet beans, to which Filipinos added local ingredients. Today it is the country's best-known summer dessert, sold everywhere from street stalls to restaurants.
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →